Around Town

Sometimes I forget what interesting things I can find if I just stop to take a real look.

Three of a kind

Haven't had much of a chance to shoot fall shots yet. But I am headed for the mountains this week-end. This a shot I took in downtown Anderson. Just looking back at some oldies. Love the colors and the symmetry of this shot.

More of Downtown

I know the owner of The Kitchen Emporium in downtown Anderson, but I am ashamed to say I have not been in the store in a long while. But as I was on my photo walk recently I noticed the wonderful colors on the store's entrance. I especially love the tiles. It made a nice photo.

My Hometown

I took my friend Angie's advice and finally took a photo walk downtown. I live in Anderson, South Carolina. Like many other cities and towns, we are trying to rejuvenate our downtown area. This is a statue that stands in front of the courthouse on the downtown square. This is William Whitner. He was an engineer who produced a way for electricity to be conducted through wires to the many textile mills in the area. Anderson was the first city in the United States to have a continuous supply of electric power and the first in the world to create a cotton gin operated by electricity. Thus we are called "The Electric City". That is a pretty amazing legacy for a small town.