More from Kentucky after the jump...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Along Kentucky Back Roads
More from Kentucky after the jump...
Possible Computer Problems
My computer is acting up again. I'm not really sure what the problem is, well, because I just don't know that much about computers. The hard drive keeps making noises like it's trying to find something. My external hard drive makes the same noises when I plug it in to back up files. The noises are quite random-they could happen a few minutes apart, or go 30 minutes or an hour before I hear them again. And sometimes it is just one click, and sometimes it is several clicks. The first time I noticed it, the computer locked up completely and was difficult to restart. Did the same thing the next day. It has not completely shut down since then, but every now and then when it happens(as it just did while I was typing the word 'happens'), the computer freezes up for just a few seconds.
From what I have read on a few tech sites, it sounds like maybe the hard drive is about to crash. I have backed up every possible thing to the external, but of course I am afraid to upload anything new such as new photos taken. And I also have no clue about buying a new hard drive-which seems cheap enough to do-but a new hard drive does not come with Windows and I have no clue about how that works to get that to a new hard drive.
So in the meantime, until I feel adventurous enough to just see how quickly I can upload new photos and move them to the external, I will be adding many more previously taken photos here.
And if anyone has any computer advice, I would GREATLY appreciate it!
From what I have read on a few tech sites, it sounds like maybe the hard drive is about to crash. I have backed up every possible thing to the external, but of course I am afraid to upload anything new such as new photos taken. And I also have no clue about buying a new hard drive-which seems cheap enough to do-but a new hard drive does not come with Windows and I have no clue about how that works to get that to a new hard drive.
So in the meantime, until I feel adventurous enough to just see how quickly I can upload new photos and move them to the external, I will be adding many more previously taken photos here.
And if anyone has any computer advice, I would GREATLY appreciate it!
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Need Photography Help!
I know I don't get many viewers to this site, but I am hoping at some point that maybe someone will stumble across this post give me some help! I have two different problems(well, more than that, but I will deal with two of them right now).
Finally a day trip!
Hooray, we finally took another day trip! I will add some photos later this morning, but right now I want to write out our basic route.
We started out driving the new full route of Tennessee State Route 840, which recently opened a new stretch to make it a complete half loop around Nashville.
We started out driving the new full route of Tennessee State Route 840, which recently opened a new stretch to make it a complete half loop around Nashville.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Gone but not Forgotten
I am quite obsessed with abandoned buildings. I'm not sure why, or really when it started. I find them eternally sad. When I see an abandoned home I can't help but wonder why and how it got that way. And at times I wish I was really rich so I could save some of the really beautiful old homes that are torn down in the name of "progress". I hate "progress". I don't like I belong in this time period. I know, it's weird and complicated.
Anyway, here a few of the old homes that I have photographed that have since been completely removed from existence. Sadly.
This home was in downtown Smyrna, Tennessee. It was torn down recently to make more parking for a church across the street.
The Jenkins House was used as a hospital during the Battle of Stones River in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. It was torn down only a few months after I got photos of it in late 2005. They were going to put up a strip mall, but as of now the land still sits empty.
The McCulloch House, built in 1838, used as the headquarters by Union Lt General William J Hardee during the Battle of Stones River. It had been altered so many times over the years that it hardly resembled the Civil War landmark. In 2006 it was demolished so condos could be built.
Old home in Blackman, Tennessee, possibly a Batey family residence as there is a cemetery nearby. All that remains is an empty lot and a few outbuildings.
Morton House, Smyrna, Tennessee. Land was once owned by Revolutionary War veteran, James B Morton, 1758-1808. I don't know any more details about the home, such as when it was built. It did have an original log portion of the home that was reportedly saved and moved to a Tennessee State Park. This home however was demolished to make way for a new school. The cemetery that was into the woods beyond the house was relocated to the edge of the school property.
Anyway, here a few of the old homes that I have photographed that have since been completely removed from existence. Sadly.
This home was in downtown Smyrna, Tennessee. It was torn down recently to make more parking for a church across the street.
The Jenkins House was used as a hospital during the Battle of Stones River in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. It was torn down only a few months after I got photos of it in late 2005. They were going to put up a strip mall, but as of now the land still sits empty.
The McCulloch House, built in 1838, used as the headquarters by Union Lt General William J Hardee during the Battle of Stones River. It had been altered so many times over the years that it hardly resembled the Civil War landmark. In 2006 it was demolished so condos could be built.
Old home in Blackman, Tennessee, possibly a Batey family residence as there is a cemetery nearby. All that remains is an empty lot and a few outbuildings.
Morton House, Smyrna, Tennessee. Land was once owned by Revolutionary War veteran, James B Morton, 1758-1808. I don't know any more details about the home, such as when it was built. It did have an original log portion of the home that was reportedly saved and moved to a Tennessee State Park. This home however was demolished to make way for a new school. The cemetery that was into the woods beyond the house was relocated to the edge of the school property.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Los Angeles
I've recently become re-obsessed with Los Angeles/Hollywood and the area. I spent a month reading this thread on the skycraperpage website and everything in it about Los Angeles' history fascinates me. And makes me quite sad that I never paid more attention the times I was there.
From the roughly the summer of 1967 through 1980, I spent nearly every summer-at least a week or two-in the Los Angeles area visiting family. Of course I don't remember most of those trips, as I was quite small during many of them. We went on quick trips a few more times from 81-83. We spent a week there in February 1986, and another week in October of 1994. I'd love to go back now, with different eyes(through a history buff/photographer's eyes), but I just can't afford a trip like that. I barely get trips up to Nashville these days(20 miles away).
Anyway, here a few of my favorite scanned photos from those last two trips. They were taken from the perspective of "hey let's get a quick shot of that to remember it by" rather than stopping to take a more artistic view of the place. And many were taken straight from the vehicle we were traveling about in.
Graumann's Chinese Theater, Hollywood
Pan Pacific Auditorium, off Fairfax, 1986, abandoned-would burn down soon after
Hollywood Forever Cemetery, backside of Paramount Studios
Colorado Street Bridge, Pasadena
Tail o'the Pup hot dog stand, now gone
Original clock tower at Farmers Market on Fairfax at 3rd
Dinosaur near Palm Springs-most famously seen in PeeWee's Big Adventure
From the roughly the summer of 1967 through 1980, I spent nearly every summer-at least a week or two-in the Los Angeles area visiting family. Of course I don't remember most of those trips, as I was quite small during many of them. We went on quick trips a few more times from 81-83. We spent a week there in February 1986, and another week in October of 1994. I'd love to go back now, with different eyes(through a history buff/photographer's eyes), but I just can't afford a trip like that. I barely get trips up to Nashville these days(20 miles away).
Anyway, here a few of my favorite scanned photos from those last two trips. They were taken from the perspective of "hey let's get a quick shot of that to remember it by" rather than stopping to take a more artistic view of the place. And many were taken straight from the vehicle we were traveling about in.
Graumann's Chinese Theater, Hollywood
Pan Pacific Auditorium, off Fairfax, 1986, abandoned-would burn down soon after
Hollywood Forever Cemetery, backside of Paramount Studios
Colorado Street Bridge, Pasadena
Tail o'the Pup hot dog stand, now gone
Original clock tower at Farmers Market on Fairfax at 3rd
Dinosaur near Palm Springs-most famously seen in PeeWee's Big Adventure
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Cats
I love cats. I am by far a cat person. I've never had a dog, and a dog bit a chunk of my ear off when I was 6-so I am not a huge fan of dogs. But cats, I love them all.
Here are a few cats I've photographed, mostly mine or family.
Here are a few cats I've photographed, mostly mine or family.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Train Stations
Sorry, it has been awhile. I haven't been inspired. I haven't been anywhere. I suppose I will just start posting photos from my Flickr page according to subject. And some Lego shots thrown in every now and then(maybe I should start a new blag for that, hmm).
Today, we have train stations. I love them and I don't know why. I've never ridden a train outside of amusement parks-but maybe the thought of travel in the past is enough to whet my appetite. Or maybe it's from a past life where I worked the rails or something like that. Who knows why we get obsessed with one thing or another.
Historic Depot, Jamestown, TN by gravescout, on Flickr
Gettysburg Train Depot by gravescout on Flickr
Pegram, TN station by gravescout on Flickr
Bay St Louis, MS station by gravescout on Flickr
Grinders Switch Historic Depot by gravescout on Flickr
Cowan, TN Depot/Museum by gravescout on Flickr
Today, we have train stations. I love them and I don't know why. I've never ridden a train outside of amusement parks-but maybe the thought of travel in the past is enough to whet my appetite. Or maybe it's from a past life where I worked the rails or something like that. Who knows why we get obsessed with one thing or another.
Historic Depot, Jamestown, TN by gravescout, on Flickr
Gettysburg Train Depot by gravescout on Flickr
Pegram, TN station by gravescout on Flickr
Bay St Louis, MS station by gravescout on Flickr
Grinders Switch Historic Depot by gravescout on Flickr
Cowan, TN Depot/Museum by gravescout on Flickr
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