February 24, 2012

Trip (part 2 of 2)

After the carnival break,  back to Alabama for the second half of a holiday week. In Thomasville, I visited Barbara's charming Antiques store in the downtown area, learned much from a true antiques expert and bought these two small pink art deco bowls, or as they say there, depression glass bowls. They perfectly match a vase from the same period which I already had in our Brussels' home.
Also in Thomasville,  Buford's barber shop offers unique photo opportunities. I had a great chat with the barber and his one client at that time. It was very obvious that they were wondering how someone with a funny accent ended up in Thomasville, AL showing a genuine interest in life there and taking pictures of their picturesque barber shop.

In Mississippi, in a city called Meridian,  I was impressed that the local sheriff did not object to having his photo taken. To the contrary, he was happy to be photographed and did not ask where his picture would end up.
I also wanted to show the colorful fiberglass carousel horses, painted by local artists that are on permanent display with plaques that designate the artist and the sponsor of each horse. The idea behind this open air expo is that art is continuously available to all.

14 comments:

  1. Pittoresk, Anni ! Schilderachtig anders !
    Lie(f)s.

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  2. Anni, You got some great representations of life in the Deep South. I like Depression Glass too, and I'm glad you found some matching pieces.

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  3. Great pictures, Anni! Buford? Sounds like the south :)

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  4. So you were close to Georgia – we are about 1 ½ hour from Birmingham. I enjoyed looking at the photos of your trip and your meeting with fellow bloggers. Thanks for commenting on my last post. I understand that decisions have to be made according to the budget but I was trying to show that if historic preservation had not been done, for example in Belgium like in the US now, there would be a lot less interesting castles and art deco houses for you to show us.

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  5. een interessante reeks Anni...

    groeten

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  6. A true blogger, taking photos everywhere! How nice that people were happy to be photographed. Police in Scotland aren't always, I've discovered!

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  7. super sympa ton article du jour!!!! bisoussssssssssss

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  8. Wat leuk om je reisverhaal te lezen en je mooie aankopen te bewonderen. Knappe log met je foto's!

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  9. Nice Anni!
    Your pictures captured the mood of these small US towns, far from the stereotype agitation of the big cities :-)
    Thanks for sharing!
    Frans

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  10. mooie foto's ! wens je nog een fijn weekend!

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  11. Hallo Anni
    Weer een goede kijk op België
    Groeten Bets

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  12. Visting over from Emms blog and came to see Belgium, but found instead these wonderful faces and places of the South!

    Beautiful journey, and great finds!

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  13. Great series! reminds me of pictures that Luc Rabaey made: 'approaching the Missisipi'.

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