“If you would attain to what you are not yet, you must always be displeased by what you are. For where you are pleased with yourself there you have remained. Keep adding, keep walking, keep advancing.”Saint AugustineFar be it for me to buck a saint. Es…
A Learning MomentI’m sneaking in another dilapidated building in under the guise of education. Note that the wall framing goes straight up to the top without the usual break between floors. This is known as balloon construction:”Balloon framing, as he…
Just Liked the ShotLignum, Culpeper County. Nothing special here folks just liked the shot. An old unused grazing field and farm building in the background. Just got to love rural Virginia.
A Mystery to be SolvedLignum, Culpeper County. This structure is down a back road leading out of the “town.” What is intriguing about this building is that the few windows on the first floor are shuttered and barred and the only two windows on the sec…
Rose HillAs you drive into old town Fredericksburg you will pass this house. By the way, one block over and you will pass my house. The main section of the house was built prior to the Civil War. The family who owns it are a bit reclusive but I have…
Not Quite “The Field of Dreams”On a back road in the Northern Neck. No baseball diamond here but there is an electrical post for some lighting. My guess is that, while abandoned, no one wanted to tear down a perfectly good house. It’s like that wierd …
Stephen King Are You in There?On a back road in King William County. This reminds me of the Crypt Keeper episode (Old TV show for the youngsters in the audience. Could only watch it when my parents were not home) where Stephen King plays a farmer who …
Off the Beaten PathTravel all the way to the end of Lee Drive in Fredericksburg you will see Meade’s Pyramid. And see is all you can do–Big NO NO to cross the train tracks. CSX doesn’t like you playing on their tracks.?”The 30-foot square, 23-foot …
Red Sky in the Morning Sailors Take WarningSailors may look upon this scene with some trepidation but Frederickburg hasn’t been a port for over a century. Dawn over the famous Purina Tower in downtown. By the way it did start to rain about an hour or …
