tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59353067898069453242024-03-13T13:45:09.608-04:00Lexington Daily PhotoA picture a day of the town of Lexington, VirginiaCeciliaGalleranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814435883051381266noreply@blogger.comBlogger146125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935306789806945324.post-52836996555293816072009-04-19T22:13:00.005-04:002009-04-20T17:45:30.405-04:00Hiatus<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/Sevg115mc4I/AAAAAAAAAlg/1FTkZ8zeT2w/s1600-h/Woods+Creek+trail+wall.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326598199902106498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 231px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/Sevg115mc4I/AAAAAAAAAlg/1FTkZ8zeT2w/s400/Woods+Creek+trail+wall.jpg" border="0" /></a>Taking a short hiatus ... posting will resume in a few days.CeciliaGalleranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814435883051381266noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935306789806945324.post-24671797851553738872009-04-18T07:55:00.004-04:002009-04-18T07:55:00.429-04:00Courthouse resolution #3: Materials<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SeY39UX_URI/AAAAAAAAAk0/dfX_ANfBiVo/s1600-h/Courthouse+materials.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325005135993065746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SeY39UX_URI/AAAAAAAAAk0/dfX_ANfBiVo/s400/Courthouse+materials.jpg" border="0" /></a>Third in my series of "10 things I can find to like about the new Rockbridge County Courthouse" at Nelson and Randolph streets: The final design incorporates characteristic Rockbridge area granite (dark grey prominently veined with white), red brick (an ubiquitous building material in these parts) and the white Tuscan columns so often seen on local Roman Revival buildings (albeit ersatz, alas -- you can see the vertical seams quite clearly in person).<br /><br />This view is from Nelson St., looking toward what used to be Davidson Park.<br /><br /><div></div>CeciliaGalleranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814435883051381266noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935306789806945324.post-75167815851437026212009-04-17T07:55:00.001-04:002009-04-17T07:55:00.481-04:00Bird curve<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SeYuUcfU4fI/AAAAAAAAAkk/UEMEr9_hbHc/s1600-h/Birdhouses.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324994538192036338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SeYuUcfU4fI/AAAAAAAAAkk/UEMEr9_hbHc/s400/Birdhouses.jpg" border="0" /></a> Some clever person outfitted this guard rail on Monticello Rd. with a series of birdhouses, linking the cul-de-sac to the fields and views beyond.<br /><div></div>CeciliaGalleranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814435883051381266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935306789806945324.post-63617359322373800752009-04-16T07:55:00.005-04:002009-04-16T07:55:00.529-04:00Edwardian style<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SeY4MXwgMyI/AAAAAAAAAk8/wU3GLswoqGE/s1600-h/Arts+and+Crafts+house.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325005394599228194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SeY4MXwgMyI/AAAAAAAAAk8/wU3GLswoqGE/s400/Arts+and+Crafts+house.jpg" border="0" /></a>The arts and crafts style seems to have arrived in the valley in the 1920s. This 1928 house is at the corner of Jordan St. and Highland Rd.<br /><br /><div></div>CeciliaGalleranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814435883051381266noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935306789806945324.post-46950963105011808252009-04-15T14:51:00.002-04:002009-04-15T14:54:31.301-04:00Rockbridge scene<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SeYsyzuNjqI/AAAAAAAAAkU/BoEnFJ7b7nY/s1600-h/Brick+pier.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324992860801306274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 309px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SeYsyzuNjqI/AAAAAAAAAkU/BoEnFJ7b7nY/s400/Brick+pier.JPG" border="0" /></a> A brick pier at the entrance to the drive of an old house in Rockbridge County.<br /><div></div>CeciliaGalleranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814435883051381266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935306789806945324.post-46891817230810427592009-04-14T10:48:00.002-04:002009-04-14T10:57:52.620-04:00Wildlife<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SeSkSfQAUWI/AAAAAAAAAkM/AF29kuKLoK8/s1600-h/Bear+Building.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324561296991998306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 298px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SeSkSfQAUWI/AAAAAAAAAkM/AF29kuKLoK8/s400/Bear+Building.JPG" border="0" /></a>The Bear Building on Main St., c. 1828, under a mackerel sky.<br /><div> </div>CeciliaGalleranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814435883051381266noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935306789806945324.post-74821234315705374612009-04-13T09:29:00.004-04:002009-04-13T10:09:21.153-04:00Red door<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SeNHJHCIXdI/AAAAAAAAAj8/uZ8SeNVXaGE/s1600-h/Red+door.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324177406314438098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 296px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SeNHJHCIXdI/AAAAAAAAAj8/uZ8SeNVXaGE/s400/Red+door.jpg" border="0" /></a>A perfect little 1928 cottage at the "new" end of Jackson Avenue.CeciliaGalleranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814435883051381266noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935306789806945324.post-90668434811110069722009-04-12T07:55:00.005-04:002009-04-12T07:55:00.243-04:00Church on Sunday: Boxwoods<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SeE06IJtuAI/AAAAAAAAAj0/ORPmFVygnJ0/s1600-h/Good+Shepherd+Manse.jpg"></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SeEjt9mGC9I/AAAAAAAAAjs/Hc81Yjvab1g/s1600-h/Good+Shepherd+Lutheran+and+Manse.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323575507064064978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 303px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SeEjt9mGC9I/AAAAAAAAAjs/Hc81Yjvab1g/s400/Good+Shepherd+Lutheran+and+Manse.jpg" border="0" /></a> The Good Shepherd Lutheran Church on Main St. hides its c. 1850 manse from view.<br /><br />The church, built in 1963, is sited on what was once the long front lawn of a Gothic Revival cottage on South Main St, formerly known as "Boxwoods." The church's use of an existing Gothic building as a manse for a much newer church building resembles St. Patrick's Catholic Church and <a href="http://lexingtondailyphoto.blogspot.com/2009/02/blue-and-gold-ii.html">rectory</a> on Nelson St. -- both cottages are even painted a similar shade of yellow.<br /><br />A very Happy Easter to all!<br /><div></div><br /><div>(Here's a closer look at "Boxwoods":)</div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SeE06IJtuAI/AAAAAAAAAj0/ORPmFVygnJ0/s1600-h/Good+Shepherd+Manse.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323594407753922562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SeE06IJtuAI/AAAAAAAAAj0/ORPmFVygnJ0/s320/Good+Shepherd+Manse.jpg" border="0" /></a>CeciliaGalleranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814435883051381266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935306789806945324.post-33490734461172913212009-04-11T07:55:00.001-04:002009-04-11T07:55:00.684-04:00That time of the year<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SeADyNjnsbI/AAAAAAAAAjk/g3cl1QqgWog/s1600-h/Baseball+at+Waddell.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323258920719331762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SeADyNjnsbI/AAAAAAAAAjk/g3cl1QqgWog/s400/Baseball+at+Waddell.jpg" border="0" /></a> An afternoon Little League game at the Waddell playing fields.<br /><div></div>CeciliaGalleranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814435883051381266noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935306789806945324.post-3424134603097335882009-04-10T07:55:00.001-04:002009-04-10T07:55:00.265-04:00Fourteen by sixteen<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/Sd6ceYcqj_I/AAAAAAAAAjc/CfzQYwoerPI/s1600-h/Tiny+House+on+Davidson.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322863855371194354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 283px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/Sd6ceYcqj_I/AAAAAAAAAjc/CfzQYwoerPI/s400/Tiny+House+on+Davidson.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This tiny 1871 house at the corner of Davidson and Short streets is only 16 feet wide by 14 feet deep, according to city records.CeciliaGalleranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814435883051381266noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935306789806945324.post-22485105760082662852009-04-09T07:55:00.002-04:002009-04-09T07:55:00.141-04:00Solid footing<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/Sd1dInp7exI/AAAAAAAAAjU/lM7JUQFUytk/s1600-h/Under+Nelson+St.+bridge.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322512737286978322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 326px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/Sd1dInp7exI/AAAAAAAAAjU/lM7JUQFUytk/s400/Under+Nelson+St.+bridge.jpg" border="0" /></a> Another in my series of shots under Lexington's bridges.<br /><br />This is the main Nelson St. bridge, which runs adjacent to the new courthouse. The construction of the courthouse has given a whole new feel to this spot -- you may now arrive here from a set of steps beside the courthouse door. Directly underneath the bridge the ground has been paved, but in both directions it is a road to nowhere. (This bridge spans a wide swale, not a stream or river.) A strange place, but not without attractions.<br /><div></div>CeciliaGalleranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814435883051381266noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935306789806945324.post-25200414278177943792009-04-08T07:55:00.003-04:002009-04-08T20:45:57.185-04:00Courthouse resolution: #2<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SdwGsTLZKNI/AAAAAAAAAjM/DaBEpjuixy4/s1600-h/Courthouse+parking+grille.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322136217777154258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 372px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SdwGsTLZKNI/AAAAAAAAAjM/DaBEpjuixy4/s400/Courthouse+parking+grille.jpg" border="0" /></a> The grilles screening the parking levels at the new courthouse make an interesting pattern against a blue-grey sky.<br /><br />Back in <a href="http://lexingtondailyphoto.blogspot.com/2009/01/10-things-i-like-about-new-courthouse-1.html">January</a> I made a New Year's Resolution to find 10 things I can like about our new Rockbridge County Courthouse, which finally opened for business last month. I do like these grilles, which are set in openings in the sides of the attached parking garage.<br /><br />OK -- 8 more to go. Among the many things I don't like about the building: Anybody else think that the Halls of Justice should not have revolving doors?CeciliaGalleranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814435883051381266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935306789806945324.post-50902837100225453802009-04-07T07:55:00.003-04:002009-04-07T07:55:00.452-04:00That light again<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/Sdq-IzqqXQI/AAAAAAAAAis/Etgc-kgWf4M/s1600-h/Afternoon+glow.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321774968209038594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/Sdq-IzqqXQI/AAAAAAAAAis/Etgc-kgWf4M/s400/Afternoon+glow.jpg" border="0" /></a> My favorite light (the setting sun) shines on the side of a Victorian era house above North Main Street.<br /><br />This is a third look at a building I've become a little fascinated with. See other views of it (in the morning and at midday) <a href="http://lexingtondailyphoto.blogspot.com/2009/03/sky-drama.html">here</a> and <a href="http://lexingtondailyphoto.blogspot.com/2009/02/camera-tricks.html">here</a>.<br /><div></div>CeciliaGalleranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814435883051381266noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935306789806945324.post-14965677758047507522009-04-06T07:55:00.003-04:002009-04-06T07:55:00.191-04:00Man and nature<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SdlzUGodooI/AAAAAAAAAik/QXr28nJ6TTA/s1600-h/Brushy+Hill+spring+house.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321411223929856642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SdlzUGodooI/AAAAAAAAAik/QXr28nJ6TTA/s400/Brushy+Hill+spring+house.jpg" border="0" /></a> The spring house at Brushy Hill preserve.<br /><br />The city of Lexington owns over 500 acres in Rockbridge County, about three miles from town, kept as a nature preserve, with former logging roads now forming a network of trails. This old stone spring house (with its shiny new roof) sits down by Union Run, next to the small parking area. It's a little bit of man-made that is not out of place in its natural surroundings, I think.<br /><div></div>CeciliaGalleranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814435883051381266noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935306789806945324.post-41052929753485320192009-04-05T07:55:00.003-04:002009-04-05T07:55:00.279-04:00Church on Sunday: Zack<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SdgiTod0M8I/AAAAAAAAAic/FwcOi_kyVFw/s1600-h/Immanuel+Presbyterian.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321040680413574082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 263px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SdgiTod0M8I/AAAAAAAAAic/FwcOi_kyVFw/s400/Immanuel+Presbyterian.jpg" border="0" /></a> Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Zack (built 1879), dressed for Easter.<br /><br />This clean white clapboard church, with its churchyard in back, is the larger of two in tiny Zack. The other, and a little about Zack, <a href="http://lexingtondailyphoto.blogspot.com/2009/03/zack.html">here</a>.<br /><div></div>CeciliaGalleranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814435883051381266noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935306789806945324.post-41042610769024051572009-04-04T07:55:00.003-04:002009-04-04T07:55:00.538-04:00March of time<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SdbPpx36lSI/AAAAAAAAAiU/ZKZXCQYNmp0/s1600-h/Jackson+Ave+turret.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320668326454269218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 301px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SdbPpx36lSI/AAAAAAAAAiU/ZKZXCQYNmp0/s400/Jackson+Ave+turret.jpg" border="0" /></a>English ivy creeps up the turret of a hundred-year-old house.<br /><br />Though it can't be good for the siding, I love to see vines growing like this on buildings, and wish there were more of it around town. If I could find some "vine eyes," - small metal eyes which slip into the mortar joints between bricks, through which can be threaded wires for non-clinging vines - I'd try to grow flowering vines like cross vine and jasmine on the outside of our house. As it is, we have to tear back our ivy every year to keep it from damaging the brick.CeciliaGalleranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814435883051381266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935306789806945324.post-38483316994795530192009-04-03T07:55:00.003-04:002009-04-06T11:15:00.926-04:00Just east of town<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SdVW1fumVFI/AAAAAAAAAiM/ql56LQIkQvI/s1600-h/Field+with+cows.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320254011858113618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 290px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SdVW1fumVFI/AAAAAAAAAiM/ql56LQIkQvI/s400/Field+with+cows.jpg" border="0" /></a> Another view of the spring fields off of Old Farm Rd.<br /><br />One of the great pleasures of living in Lexington is that only a few minutes' drive from the center, in almost any direction, takes one into some of the most beautiful country in Virginia. It is even possible to walk out along a few of the less-traveled roads, without resorting to a car at all. The scene above can easily be reached by foot (if you like walking).<br /><div></div>CeciliaGalleranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814435883051381266noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935306789806945324.post-48842939056271760792009-04-02T07:55:00.003-04:002009-04-02T07:55:00.723-04:00Runner up<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SdQsBtSIVkI/AAAAAAAAAiE/I96LABWWKF4/s1600-h/Hamilton+Robbins+window.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319925467678529090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 379px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SdQsBtSIVkI/AAAAAAAAAiE/I96LABWWKF4/s400/Hamilton+Robbins+window.jpg" border="0" /></a> In my search for yellow around town I also found these empire yellow walls at Hamilton Robbins on Main St.<br /><br />The image of the arch-top window in the display is echoed in the reflections of both the courthouse and the R.E. Lee Hotel across the street.<br /><div></div>CeciliaGalleranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814435883051381266noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935306789806945324.post-82156521929656059752009-04-01T07:55:00.003-04:002009-04-01T07:55:00.982-04:00Theme Day April 2009: Yellow<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SdLdT7a3J1I/AAAAAAAAAh8/ywfQppmGHus/s1600-h/Pumpkinseeds.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319557444315588434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SdLdT7a3J1I/AAAAAAAAAh8/ywfQppmGHus/s400/Pumpkinseeds.jpg" border="0" /></a> A spring display in the window of Pumpkinseeds, at the corner of Washington and Main.<br /><br />Today is the first of the month, and daily city bloggers around the world are posting on the April theme: Yellow. Many shops around town have displays featuring yellow at the moment, so there was much to choose from. This shot had a special appeal for me.<br /><br />To see how other bloggers have interpreted the theme, <a href="http://www.citydailyphoto.com/portal/themes_archive.php?tid=24">click here to view thumbnails for all participants</a>.CeciliaGalleranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814435883051381266noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935306789806945324.post-19842779133890467022009-03-31T07:55:00.003-04:002009-04-06T22:59:22.946-04:00Zack<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SdF9hLH2p5I/AAAAAAAAAh0/F6QbA1nhsWM/s1600-h/Zack.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319170643776153490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 307px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SdF9hLH2p5I/AAAAAAAAAh0/F6QbA1nhsWM/s400/Zack.JPG" border="0" /></a>The signpost for the rural locality of Zack, with Walker's Creek Community Church in the background.<br /><br />At the far north boundary of Rockbridge County - about 20 miles from Lexington - lies Zack, here amidst the green fields and leafless wooded hills of early spring. This settlement, though tiny, has two churches! (I'll post the second next Sunday.) One church hosts services Sunday mornings, the other offers three services on Sunday afternoons -- at 1, 3 and 5pm. Other than the farms, the firehouse, a handful of "interlopers," and a surfeit of natural beauty, that's about it for Zack. The old store and gas station are no longer in operation.<br /><br />According to a local resident, underneath the vinyl siding above is a log structure close to 175 years old.CeciliaGalleranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814435883051381266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935306789806945324.post-40768328731869840892009-03-30T07:55:00.001-04:002009-03-30T07:55:00.323-04:00Late afternoon again<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SdA6Fy33NlI/AAAAAAAAAhs/skPci5JWqG0/s1600-h/White+St.+porch.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318815031154390610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/SdA6Fy33NlI/AAAAAAAAAhs/skPci5JWqG0/s400/White+St.+porch.jpg" border="0" /></a> A front porch on White Street catches the setting sun.<br /><div></div>CeciliaGalleranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814435883051381266noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935306789806945324.post-21021742413624981172009-03-29T07:55:00.003-04:002009-03-29T07:55:00.262-04:00Church on Sunday: A different view<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/ScwjREopLOI/AAAAAAAAAhk/tYGpnom62Ck/s1600-h/Randolph+St.+Methodist+back.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317664036226673890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 305px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/ScwjREopLOI/AAAAAAAAAhk/tYGpnom62Ck/s400/Randolph+St.+Methodist+back.jpg" border="0" /></a> The back side of the Randolph Street Methodist Church has but three openings: a red door (with sidelights), a small Gothic window, and an even smaller round window up top. Makes you wonder what's up there....<br /><br />(The <a href="http://lexingtondailyphoto.blogspot.com/2009/01/church-on-sunday-randolph-street.html">front</a> has a much larger window.)<br /><br />This photo was taken from the east end of the Nelson St. bridge.<br /><div></div>CeciliaGalleranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814435883051381266noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935306789806945324.post-49258213681491631102009-03-28T07:55:00.003-04:002009-03-28T07:55:00.662-04:00Stairway to...<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/ScwhbNJEBjI/AAAAAAAAAhc/2aWHUTCRAF0/s1600-h/Lenfest+stairs.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317662011285571122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/ScwhbNJEBjI/AAAAAAAAAhc/2aWHUTCRAF0/s400/Lenfest+stairs.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p>...not heaven, but the parking lot. </p><p>The stair inside the cupola at the Lenfest Center for the Arts at Washington and Lee leads to a bridge over Nelson St., and the parking garage beyond. The distinctive railings, with circles forming a top border, are used throughout the campus.</p>CeciliaGalleranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814435883051381266noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935306789806945324.post-43724871503092300882009-03-27T07:55:00.002-04:002009-03-27T07:55:01.037-04:00Post office frieze<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/ScwhEEbuuPI/AAAAAAAAAhU/Egmzt-x7ApE/s1600-h/Post+Office+frieze.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317661613810956530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/ScwhEEbuuPI/AAAAAAAAAhU/Egmzt-x7ApE/s400/Post+Office+frieze.JPG" border="0" /></a> The frieze over the entrance to the post office on Lee St.<br /><br />The U.S. government erected this building at the corner of Nelson and Lee streets between 1911 and 1913. The land had formerly been the grand front lawn of the house of Samuel McDowell Reid, built 1824. (The Reid-White house is still there, its original front door now facing the unlovely back of the post office.)<br /><br />There are three symbols repeated across the width of the frieze: The caduceus of Hermes (two serpents intertwined about a staff with wings), Hermes having been the first symbol of the U.S. Post Office; a torch with a laurel wreath (presumably symbolizing victory); and a third motif, of crossed swords and perhaps a shield or crest, the meaning of which I cannot identify. (If you know what it is, please leave a comment.)<br /><br />A neighbor of mine likes to say that this building was intended as a symbol of the strength of the federal government in the post-war South. The words "Erected by the United States Government," with the year, figure prominently above the architrave.CeciliaGalleranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814435883051381266noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935306789806945324.post-86474629375544411302009-03-26T07:55:00.003-04:002009-03-26T07:55:00.925-04:00Old Farm<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/Scqz2D7yvHI/AAAAAAAAAhM/tuyGhEamAdo/s1600-h/Old+farm+on+Old+Farm.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317260051414695026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5JxES0i3-yI/Scqz2D7yvHI/AAAAAAAAAhM/tuyGhEamAdo/s400/Old+farm+on+Old+Farm.jpg" border="0" /></a> Another composition in orange-red and green, this time in the county. Could this be the old farm that gives Old Farm Road its name?<br /><br />The farmhouse appears to be being gutted inside (that's a dumpster behind the boxwood at left). I wonder what will become of that beautifully rusty roof.<br /><div></div>CeciliaGalleranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814435883051381266noreply@blogger.com1