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Stop Waving At Me

Author: From http://blog.mikemorones.com • Jul 4th, 2009
   Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

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Look, I understand this is not a good picture. In fact it is a bad picture. And maybe I’m cranky about having to work today but I need to ask, why do runners always feel the need to wave when they see a camera? You know what that wave gets you? Deleted. Deleted or posted on a blog by some angry, bitter photographer who needs to pull it together!  Happy Independence Day everybody!  Hopefully somebody will enjoy a hot dog and a cold beverage on my behalf.


Preserving the Randomness of Mind

Author: From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Jul 2nd, 2009
   Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local
“To dare everyday to be irreverent and bold. To dare to preserve the randomness of mind which in children produces strange and wonderful new thoughts and forms. To continually scramble the familiar and bring the old into new juxtapositions.”

Gordon Webber

Today you are to be subjected to random photos, and thoughts, from your host. So stop trying to think of excuses to leave. Stop looking at your watch or trying to locate the nearest exit. Sit back, make sure the popcorn and a cold beverage are within easy reach………
A Romantic View (i.e. Close-up) of History Spotsylvania--Mudd Tavern. Yes the Mudd Tavern where Dr. Mudd made the mistake of treating John Wilkes Booth the assassin of Abraham Lincoln. This photo is focused on the old section of the building. Lets take a few (actually quite a few) steps back and take another look....

Author: From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Jul 2nd, 2009
   Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local
....In Context
Mudd Tavern is now an Italian restaurant (off to the left) with a modern addition that is not in context with the original house; located in this rather tacky intersection. Something went horribly wrong here.

Author: From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Jul 2nd, 2009
   Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local
Gratuitous Old Building
Rt. 1, Spotsylvania--OK, OK another old building falling down. I like old buildings so sue me. You've got to admit it looks pretty cool when you run it through your photo program.


Author: From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Jul 2nd, 2009
   Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local
Some Good Sense--For a Reb
Spotsylvania--Placing your Headquarters within walking distance of a Motel 6, Pizza Hut, and McDonalds shows some good sense. Placing a marker like this in the middle of a highway median where the context has been totally obliterated--does not.

Author: From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Jul 2nd, 2009
   Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local
What the Hell?????
Orange--After traveling passed miles and miles of mobile homes (With the most beautifully kept lawns you could ever see) on the back roads of Orange County I turned a corner and there it was. You can't see the house from the road. I have to admit that my awe was somewhat tempered upon seeing the, "Beware of Dog," sign to the right. Seems a bit out of place in these surroundings. I also don't expect Fido is going to be spending a lot of time up here when he probably has an air conditioned puppy palace near the old homestead.

Author: From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Jul 2nd, 2009
   Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local
The Pierson Farm--A Little Reminder
Spotsylvania--This view is pretty much as it was 150 years ago. After December 13, 1862 it earned another name--"The Slaughter Pen Farm." As we all enjoy the 4th of July holiday with beer and dogs, family, friends, and fireworks take a moment to remember the cost that has been paid for our freedom.

Author: From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Jul 2nd, 2009
   Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local
A Hat Trick!!!!
Fredericksburg--Three steeples in one shot! The Circuit Courthouse, Trinity Episcopal Church, and Fredericksburg Baptist Church. And I thrown in one Masonic Lodge to boot--the building in the foreground. How many places can you do this I ask you?



Author: From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Jul 2nd, 2009
   Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

A VDOT Coffee Break Gone Wrong.......
Based on the time it takes VDOT to complete a road project this may actually be the case. Does make you want to park a piece of heavy equipment in the front yard and see what happens doesn't it?

Author: From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Jul 2nd, 2009
   Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local
If These Stone Could Only Talk the Tales They Would Tell..........
Fredericksburg--Right next to the, "Bridge of which we do not speak," sits the remains of a support for the old railroad bridge which spanned the Rappahannock at the time of the Civil War. The bombardment of the city, the music coming from the Confederate band photographed playing at the end of the bridge. These are some of the events which occurred close by. And that is not all! I took me three trips to the site to get this photograph. On each prior occasion the site was occupied by teenage couples who seemed a bit more interested in themselves than about the history that was around them.

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