Posts for: radiomantom
Mar 19, 2024 10:21:46 #
black mamba wrote:
Those 4 large stone wheels are, of course, grinding stones for the mill. They have become a vogue addition to the landscaping plans for many of the real high-end homes in the mountains. They are getting pretty scarce. They start at around $2,500 and I saw one sell at $7,000 at an auction in the N.C. high country.
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Very interesting. I have some beautiful photos of that mill also.
Mar 19, 2024 10:19:47 #
jaymatt wrote:
This mural greets people entering the downtown area of Anderson, Indiana.
Nice one. I have been taking wall murals myself for some time now. It is amazing how great some of them are.
Mar 19, 2024 09:43:55 #
JustJill wrote:
It is a small world. We lived in Dubuque for 30 years and just moved away!
Sorry to hear that. I have a lot of cousins there yet on both sides of my family, so the wife and I get there quite frequently.
Mar 19, 2024 09:41:39 #
PAR4DCR wrote:
Nice image Tom. I spent my working career in the maritime industry in the New Orleans area. All of the places I worked were on the Mississippi River.
Don
Don
Thanks for the comment. Nothing beats a good life on the river.
Mar 19, 2024 09:40:28 #
Mar 19, 2024 09:40:01 #
Mar 19, 2024 09:39:24 #
Stlawrence wrote:
Great still life. Great story. I'll have to buy that book. Up our way (St. Lawrence River) there are many who are also known as "River Rats." I have gotten to know a few and it sounds like they have a lot in common with the one who wrote the book. I'll have to see. Thanks for the post.
By all means you will want to read this one then for sure. Wife and I were just on a cruise out of Quebec City the first week of Oct.
Did some great photography there and also Peggy's Cove which had been on my bucket list for some time.
Mar 18, 2024 18:34:10 #
Mar 18, 2024 17:51:02 #
JustJill wrote:
Very good still life. I have read several memoirs about people living on the Mississippi River. I will check that one out as I can not remember if I have read it or not.
By all means be sure to read it if you haven't. I was born and raised in Dubuque and lived there until graduating from HS. I wouldn't be surprised to say I may have met Salyer's at some point throughout the times I spent myself in the backwaters in that region between Cochrane and Fountain City, Ws.
Mar 18, 2024 14:27:29 #
A tabletop photo that will always be a part of me. I was born and raised on the Mississippi and have fished it my entire life. My father was without a doubt the greatest fisherman I ever knew. A close friend of his bought a fish camp neat Fountain City, WS. on the river in the early 60's. I married in 1963 and my family along with my parents began spending a week there forever since. Of course, my parents my are no longer with us, but we will be going there again this fall for our 63rd. year.
The wife and I were in a small store in Alma and I happened to pick this book in the photo. The store owner insisted that I would buy it for sure if I spent any time on the "Mighty Miss". He was right. We were familiar with every backwater slough area he writes about. It is a phenomenal book written about a man that spent his life in the backwater areas of the Mississippi.
Kenny Salwey is a modern-day American hermit who has lived most of his life in the Mississippi river bottoms, coming to know the river ecosystem with an intimacy unavailable to most. Now, Kenny shares his love of, and knowledge about, the mighty river. The Last River Rat is a seasonal look at Kenny’s unique life
The book is still available on Amazon..
The wife and I were in a small store in Alma and I happened to pick this book in the photo. The store owner insisted that I would buy it for sure if I spent any time on the "Mighty Miss". He was right. We were familiar with every backwater slough area he writes about. It is a phenomenal book written about a man that spent his life in the backwater areas of the Mississippi.
Kenny Salwey is a modern-day American hermit who has lived most of his life in the Mississippi river bottoms, coming to know the river ecosystem with an intimacy unavailable to most. Now, Kenny shares his love of, and knowledge about, the mighty river. The Last River Rat is a seasonal look at Kenny’s unique life
The book is still available on Amazon..
Mar 17, 2024 13:50:29 #
joecichjr wrote:
Forever scenic with many things to enjoy and explore 
Have been there and have taken many, many photo's. I especially enjoy sunset's from there.
Mar 17, 2024 13:35:42 #
joecichjr wrote:
Thanks 
Is that one of those enlightened fish that you're holding 
Is that one of those enlightened fish that you're holding Just one of many I take from the Lake here each year. I actually do return all of the bass back into the water after catching them
Mar 16, 2024 13:21:36 #
Mar 16, 2024 12:05:52 #
francosp wrote:
Few days ago Rick/GreyMule posted a photo of "... (show quote)
Nice work! Very interesting subject to shoot for sure.
Mar 16, 2024 12:03:15 #
Manglesphoto wrote:
We didn't get a lot of high winds but the rain was very heavy.
I carefully carried these Ladies into the "Studio" , didn't want to lose the rain drops.
I carefully carried these Ladies into the "Studio" , didn't want to lose the rain drops.
Very nice. The water droplets really set it off.