Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Monday, September 10, 2012
Boiled Peanuts
A couple of weeks ago I spent an afternoon walking around the town of Brookhaven, Mississippi. I have been there several times before (see here, here, here and here).
This picture was taken on the road leading south out of town, with a storm brewing. I am guessing that this was some kind of drive-in restaurant at one time. The "Boiled Peanuts" sign looks fresh though, so perhaps you can still buy peanuts if you come at the right time.
Friday, September 7, 2012
In the Mississippi Delta 4
Today is the last of the Delta pictures for now, but next week we will still be in Mississippi with a visit to the town of Brookhaven. Hope you will stop by and take a look. Have a great weekend, and as always, thanks for reading Photography In Place.
Thursday, September 6, 2012
In the Mississippi Delta 3
I live in the mountains. Well, not up in the mountains; I live at the foot of the Blue Ridge, but the Skyline Drive is only nine miles from my house so I think I can reasonably claim to live in the mountains.
In the flat farmland of the Mississippi Delta or the North Carolina coastal plains my eye can stretch to the far horizon to a view so different from what I see everyday at home where the western horizon, the top of the Blue Ridge, is only nine miles away and I am surrounded by hills.
If I had the time, I would happily drive from Vicksburg to Memphis taking in the distance and the green and brown fields and the far horizon. Cotton, corn and beans. But on this Saturday afternoon in August, I had only four hours and I didn't even want to stop to take pictures. I just wanted to keep driving into the flat distance.
I made it as far as Rolling Fork and it was time to turn around. By the time I was near Vicksburg again, the skies had closed in and it was raining hard. And the landscape changed and became more familiar as I crossed the Yazoo river and left the Delta. They don't call Vicksburg the hill city for nothing.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
In the Mississippi Delta 2
Just off Highway 61 a few miles south of Rolling Fork I stopped on a one lane bridge . The water under the bridge was bright green, perhaps from some type of algae. Is it like this all year, or does the water turn green only under certain conditions?
I don't know the correct name for this stream that winds through Sharkey county from north to south. I called it "Green Bayou."
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
In the Mississippi Delta
One Saturday afternoon last month during our visit to Vicksburg, I drove up into the Delta. It was raining but the sun was still shining through the clouds in the west, and the fields were vivid in the rain-washed sunlight.
The Mississippi Delta extends north from Vicksburg to Memphis, bounded on the east by the Yazoo River and on the west by the Mississippi. It is fertile, flat farmland that reminds me of the coastal plains of North Carolina. For some reason this type of landscape is very appealing to me, and I hope to spend some more time exploring the Delta the next time I am in Mississippi.
Monday, September 3, 2012
Virginia Figs
A couple of years ago my wife planted a fig tree in the front yard. I had never seen figs growing here in central Virginia, but the tree survived, and last summer produced the first small crop of figs, maybe two dozen or so. This summer, the tree has been loaded with figs, and we have had all the figs we could use and some to give away.
We were away for a week toward the end of August and when we returned many ripe figs had fallen to the ground and fruit flies swarmed on the rotting mess. There are still a few green figs on the branches, but the harvest is mostly done for this year and soon it will be time to remove the bird netting and mulch around the base of the tree to protect against this winter's cold northwest breezes. A pan of ripe figs is a lovely thing.
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