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This is my feeble attempt to start getting myself into the holiday spirit.
It failed......
Downtown Carthage, Missouri
Jasper County
The Manitowoc County Courthouse is located in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 and on the State Register of Historic Places in 1989. The courthouse is located in the Eighth Street Historic District. It used to have a glass dome until it was damaged in a 1950 wind storm and replaced with stainless steel.
I believe this was a schoolhouse, on South Bloomfield-Royaltion Road (Pickaway County Ohio). Occupied and apparently in a state of suspension (for at least 30 years) in it's refurbishment.
Unable to traverse the Blue Ridge Parkway to Mabry Mill in the snow, I revisited a stand of trees I fell in love with last Autumn. The snow had begun blowing through this pasture again, making the treeline in the background disappear and these isolated trees and rocks stand out.
GENERAL
"Floyd County is a United States county located on a high plateau of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Commonwealth of Virginia. With a population of 15,476, as of the 2020 census, the county is included in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Floyd County seat is the similarly named small town of Floyd.
The county was established in 1831 from part of Montgomery County, and was named after then Governor John Floyd. In the 1960s and 1970s, Floyd proved popular with people in the era's counterculture, particularly those who wanted to live in closer contact with nature. The county has a rich musical heritage, including hosting the annual FloydFest music and arts festival.
HISTORY
Floyd County's recorded history begins with the arrival of traders, trappers and hunters in Southwest Virginia in the 18th century. The earliest known travel way through present day Floyd County was the Trader's Path, running from east to west across the Roanoke River where Back Creek enters the river, by John Mason's, R. Poage's, the headwaters of Back Creek and southwest over Bent Mountain. The trail continued westward through the Little River area to the Lead Mines.
The first known attempts to settle the area appear to have been made during the 1740s. In 1745 the Virginia Council granted James Patton, of Augusta County, among others, 100,000 acres (400 km2) on the New River and the westward flowing waters, including the Little River area. In 1749 the Royal Company of Virginia also received a grant on the westward flowing waters, putting the two companies in competition with one another to settle the area. The first surveying of the land occurred in the late 1740s.
On January 15, 1831, the General Assembly of Virginia passed an act creating the present county of Floyd out of the county Montgomery. The new county was named for the then Governor of Virginia, John Floyd. The new county's courthouse was completed in 1834. In 1870 a portion of Franklin County was added to Floyd County. The first Commonwealth's Attorney was William Ballard Preston, a nephew of John Floyd, who would later serve as Secretary of the United States Navy. Preston was followed in later years by Jubal Early, who would later serve as a general for the Confederate States Army.
The county seat of Floyd County was first called Jacksonville for Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Jacksonville was first incorporated in 1858 and then re-incorporated on February 19, 1892, to expand the town boundaries. On January 23, 1896, the General Assembly passed an Act officially changing the name of the town from Jacksonville to Floyd.
COUNTERCULTURE AND MUSIC
The county became a destination for those involved in the counterculture during the 1960s and 1970s, particularly those who wanted to live in closer contact with nature. In the late 1990s, the Rivendell community was established by a group of Christians so they could practice a lifestyle consistent with their Reformed Church's interpretations of the Bible and also, in part, to be better isolated from possible societal disruptions caused by the year 2000 problem. Most of the original members of this community have moved on.
Floyd County also has a strong music and literary scene. Three establishments in Floyd regularly offer a variety of live music during the weekends ranging from traditional styles such as Bluegrass and Old-time music to contemporary and alternative acts. Best known is the Friday Night Jamboree held at The Floyd Country Store. Both the Floyd Country Store and County Sales, founded in the 1960s, are featured on the Virginia Heritage Music Trail called "The Crooked Road." In the early 21st century, Floyd became the home of an annual world music festival called FloydFest. Floyd County-based old time string band The Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee won first prize at the 85th Annual Old Fiddlers' Convention held in Galax, Virginia." (Wikipedia)
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The Caldwell County Railroad Co. operates nearly 15-miles of track between Hickory and Lenoir, serving businesses in Catawba and Caldwell counties in North Carolina ’s Western Piedmont . The railroad began service in 1994 over a former Norfolk Southern branch line that was purchased by the Caldwell County Economic Development Commission.
They recently repainted the front end of the 1811 which is currently the locomotive in use.
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Abandoned barn, Wasco County, SW of Dufur, OR. February 2019. Access permission granted by property owner.
One from a few years ago, rediscovered.
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Seen at Leaser Lake Park, just a little ways down the road from me now.
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While riding around Clay County outside Hayesville, NC, we came across this picturesque scene with this old barn and truck. We were going to use our long lenses to shoot it from the road but the owner drove in and said we could come in and take all the photos we wanted. Pretty lucky she happened by.
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Farm pond in Scotland County, Missouri. Photography by Notley Hawkins. Taken with a Canon EOS R5 camera with a Canon RF15-35mm F2.8 L IS USM lens at Æ’/4.0 with a 1/80-second exposure at ISO 50. Processed with Adobe Lightroom Classic.
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Come! Win prizes, enjoy thrilling rides, get lost in the Monkey Maze, and eat all the food you can! The inviting lights at the county fair shine brightly across the water.
I'm not sure what is about this shot, but I really like it. I was pretty sure it wouldn't work when I took it. I mostly shot it to test the depth of field on this old ass lens.
So I opened it up to f/6.3 and shot it at 1/395sec. Weird time, no? Yes!
I wasn't really expecting the mountains to show up much at all, but because of the blur, they're sort of just floating there.
Honestly, this looks sort of like a composit image and I'm kind of digging it.
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'Worlds'
Camera: Folmer & Schwing RB Cycle 4x5 (c1907)
Lens: Zeiss Kodak Anastigmat f/6.3
Film: Fomapan 200; 100iso; Red Filter
Exposure: f/6.3; 1/395sec
Process: Foma Retro Special; 5min
Douglas County, Washington
March 2021