saxapahaw, nc

saxapahaw, nc, originally uploaded by minervacat. It’s a weekend for impromptu road trips to the eastern half of the state, for comfort eating trips to Sonic, for wandering around in small towns in the next county over, for late night phone calls.

that way is home

that way is home, originally uploaded by minervacat. i don’t expect a southern girl to know the northern lights — Bowerbirds, “Northern Lights”

cold glass bottles

cold glass bottles, originally uploaded by minervacat. I love tiny gas stations in tiny off the highway Southern towns. Three flavors of Crush in little glass bottles, in Magnolia, NC.

on and on

on and on, originally uploaded by minervacat. Went home to Baltimore for a nice low-key vacation, and the Stump received a diagnosis of “rolling death trap, must be replaced immediately”. That’s the odometer reading from when I pulled into the CarMax lot: 40,000 of those miles came with the Stump when my dad bought him…

lookout mountain, chattanooga, tennessee

lookout mountain, chattanooga, tennessee, originally uploaded by minervacat. Gloomy and drizzly today, so no real chance to get out and shoot — another one from the archives, this time a little more recent. Taken on a there-and-back 48 hour road trip to Chattanooga back in March, the weather that weekend was almost as miserable as…