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52 Memorable Tuesdays: Becca’s Second Memorable Tuesday

By Becca Kello
January 18, 2009
This entry is part 4 of 14 in the series 52 Memorable Tuesdays

With much prodding from Micah, here’s my second Tuesday!  My 52 Memorable Tuesdays will vary greatly; I’m trying to seek out greatness on these days, that is, if it doesn’t find me first.

Perhaps for the only Tuesday this year, I did not work today. I took this opportunity and this Tuesday to resuscitate an old love. Four or five years ago I saw the world differently in many ways, and while there are only a few of those ways that I actually miss, sometimes I find myself longing for this old view. I used to see the world in still shots. A series of photographs that passed around me. My favorite thing to do to explore this passion was drive. I’d pick a road and take it until I found the perfect landscape.

Today, with an overcast sky, I followed a road in my little white car, with my camera and Kings of Leon providing the soundtrack to my exploits. I enjoy this experience for two reasons: I like to drive on winding country roads and I like to capture moments.

While following this road, I noticed that the name changed a good four times from names like “Southeast Tater Peeler Road” to “Stumpy Lane.” While driving I saw modern day plantations, rural shanty towns, and even the home of a famous country singer. Practically neighbors, these people lived completely different lives, less than a mile apart.

When I had arrived at the end of the road with four names, I actually would have been turning onto a major road that is quite familiar to me. Instead I took a U-Turn and took the multi-named road back to where I came from, driving a little faster due to the false sense of familiarity that I now had with the road.

After I arrived back to the other main road I came from, I took a venture to an old abandoned school house, that I love to visit. It was where my great-grandmother taught school for the whole community around a century ago.

The building still stands, though in the summer it is covered in vines and the home to many insects, the wood doors have cracked open and rotted through. The faded name still remains though. I would have liked to venture inside, examine what has been left, unfortunately the people that live next door to the school have some very vicious dogs. While I’m not afraid of dogs, I have learned to respect an angry pit bull when it is defending it’s home. So I snapped a picture halfway out of my car, and quickly drove away without stepping into the past.

Nothing like reliving an old love to make for a memorable Tuesday!

Posted in 52 Memorable Tuesdays, Amazing Experience.

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  1. Emily said
    on January 18, 2009

    I like the the pictures!

  2. admin said
    on January 18, 2009

    Great Tuesday.

  3. Iris Shreve Garrott said
    on January 19, 2009

    an excellent adventure making a most memorable Tuesday… what a thrill when you turned around and drove it back again… and you gotta love those drive by photo shoots…!!

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