Scenes From A Small Town

[velvet4269]

Originally Posted by fstopMike

Velvet, i would love to see Calistoga someday. I think it would be cool to buy that old hospital and fix it up for a place to live. The stone front and wood detail are something else. Thanks for showing it to us.

The old hospital's always looked that way - it's being renovated to become yet another b&b (in a town that's now filled with almost nothing else).

[harryhnc]

[JGennuso]

Hey Mike. Thank you Those brushes are used for cleaning the tracks...at least I think that's what they are for. They look like they get a lot of use too!

[freezeframe03]

Harry, great old gas station. I love the name of the town.

[freezeframe03]

Downtown, Main Street


Early morning shot of our Library


An outdoor art piece in front of our Library

[freezeframe03]

Mike - Nice train depot photo.

JGennusco - Great track photo.

Our train depot no longer exists and the tracks have been paved over for a bike trail.

[fstopMike]

Harry - Wonderful old gas station.

Freezeframe - Your downtown is really nice. Sorry about the train depot

[jakethepig]

This is the small village of Wrea Green close to where I live. I regularly wins Best Kept Village awards and has some lovely gardens.

A view looking across the pond which is the home for many ducks.


This view is looking across the village green at the church and the village pub.


One of the many gardens which help make the village so beautiful.


Hope you enjoyed.

Jake.

[freezeframe03]

Jake - really pretty setting for that little village. Interesting...the pub next door to the church...

[freezeframe03]

This is a really small town that we like to ride to. It's Dundee, Wisconsin. If you are noticing some faint dark squares all over the photo, it's because I took the shot through a window screen while sitting in the enclosed porched of our favorite bar that serves the very best ever hamburgers.

This town was put on the map by the TV show, Extreme Home Makeover. They built the home in the background. It still looks as good as the day the home was finished. They also completed the water mill that the man had spent so much of his time trying to restore before he died. We visited the mill last summer and it doesn't seem to be looked after. I've always had mixed feelings regarding this episode of the tv show...the man put the restoration of the mill above and first over the care of his family and the home they were living in. It seems fitting that the home now appears well cared for while the mill is left to deteriorate anew. (Just my personal opinion)