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.

Trip (part 1 of 2)

Last week's trip took me to the United Sates. I promised a short report for which I am trying to demonstrate a link with Belgium or at least with the phenomenon of blogging.  

I had the pleasure of visiting Washington, DC.
I made a photo not only of  the obvious, the Belgian Embassy on Garfield Street,  but also of another of the most photographed buildings in the world.

I then went to Alabama,  the state where my husband grew up, and had a great time visiting family.
While there I met fellow blogger Virginia, with whom I share a few interests, such as photography,  blogging and a dear love of Paris.  She also invited Janet to our get-together.  Both of them had been in touch through blogging but had never actually met.  The three of us met in Janet's home city of Selma, whose bridge over the Alabama River shown above became world famous in 1965. 
We had lunch in Selma (thank you Jenna for taking the picture of Virginia and Janet and thank you, Janet and Virginia, for allowing me to share it) and then went for a shoot in the beautiful and very old cemetery where the Spanish moss just took my breath away.
Distances in Alabama not being what they are in the tiny Belgium, I did not make it on this trip to the southern most city of Alabama and very much regret not having had the opportunity to meet Genie from Mobile.


Janet is blogger of Selma, Ala. Daily Photo
Virginia's blogs are http://birminghamalabamadailyphoto.blogspot.com 
and http://paristhroughmylens.blogspot.com

Paris and Beyond is Genie's blog. 

After just this short trip I now have enough photos to start a blog about the South. Inspired by the name of Genie's blog,  what would you say if I'd call mine "Belgium and Beyond"?
In the same spirit as Genie and Virginia who travel regularly to Paris to capture pictures for their blogs, which they write from Alabama, I could do the opposite. 
For the time being, I will close the chapter on this trip with only one more post coming soon, because I really want to introduce you to some other people I met.