Bluegrass Wanderings –July 07 (Part 1b)

[jjmaccrimmon]

During my trip back home to the Louisville area, I had the opportunity to climb into the car and wander the open roads between Louisville and Lexington. Lexington was the eventual goal, but with an entire day to myself, time slowed down to comfortable slices based on whim not a deadline. In part, it was pleasant exercise in photographing the beauty of the region I grew up in, and documenting any abandoned sites I happened to see along the way. In this same manner is how I’ve chosen to present those images, one post will be the lost and abandoned; while the next will be the normal and natural. The abandoned locations will appear in the photo blog abandonedplaces as well as here.

Frankfort sights and textures


Tin ceiling – this was the ceiling of an upscale but very old restaurant in Frankfort. Elegant, yet nostalgic in it’s character



Kentucky’s capitol city is a throwback to anther era, when time passed slowly and people made time to chat with passers by.




When many of these buildings were constructed, there was an understanding that some folks couldn’t read, so symbols on the buildings helped to identify them to the illiterate. Such is the case with this former apothecary.


Or the guardian symbols on this former bank


I love the old adverts on the walls






Security was important in the olden days too




Corner of the old Capitol Building


Old State Office building


Statue of a former Ky Governor

History stares down on benignly you everywhere in Frankfort, waiting to see if we’ve learned from it or if we fail and repeat ourselves.

Comments

[mindymoon.livejournal.com]

It's so weird to see you photographing these things. This is where I grew up, largely. Fort Knox and Fort Campbell, Louisville, Elizabethtown...

[jj-maccrimmon.livejournal.com]

I hadn't realized you were also from that neck of the woods.