road trip photoz.

First stop, Daytona Beach.






Didn't stay there long.
Then on to Flagler Beach.


















North of Flagler is a little place called Hammock where my first husband and I rented a house for our honeymoon.
That would have been around 1985, I think. This is the way to the beach.


None of these houses were there then and the beach was always empty.
It was like living in Florida a hundred years ago. Things change unfortunately.


Moving on to St. Augustine Beach.
Loved these trees.


Oh, and forgot to put lens hood on all this day so there are a lot of flares. Then again, I like the flares.

noodle was kind enough to let me know that these stand for 'crack house.' And I wonder if that was why I felt so ill at ease standing in that field.


great fucking trees, though.




I had never been on St. Augustine Beach before. I like it.




I'll have to wait to post more. I think I can only do 20 at a time.

 

do der dee. waitin', waitin'.
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A few more on St. Augustine Beach.










Then on to old St. Augustine.












Following day, Palatka.





All these great storefronts, empty.

This little place was for rent.
I could live there, oh yez.




There will be a few more, I think.

 

nicely done, lady

 

people like graveyards. still in palatka.














Last (unscheduled) stop, Mt. Dora.

I know, the glare, but I like it.

 

awesome, love the contrast between the emptiness of the beaches and the post-industrial cities. Both empty, but for different reasons.

 

Drug house. I believe I said "drug house". I don't know how much crack is in St. Augustine Beach... meth and weed, more likely.

 

oh, pardon me. I didn't mean to besmirch the good name of the drug trade in St. Augustine by referring to them as common crack dealers. How terribly ill-mannered of me.

 

Those are some awesome pics mixedmedia. I really like the black and white ones. Be safe

 

These are some very beautiful shots. Thanks.

 

You have such a good eye, mm. I love seeing your photos! This trip has been good to you (and us).

 

Yeah, it was a good trip. Short, but I got a lot of good memories out of it.

 

Ha ha.... No, I didn't want anyone to think there was that much excitement in St Augustine! Crack's giving a little too much credit to the locals!

 

You're so amazing!

 

Daw.

Ladyfriend, this is the land of amazing wimmins. Any day now the guys will catch on.

 

Lovely compositions and tones, MM. I especially love the church interior shot. And such flawless skies, you must keep a really clean camera.

Thanks for sharing.

 

some great shots MM.

what i did notice though is the lack of people around. was that intentional, or does this place feel like a horror movie?

 

No, I take terrible care of my camera and I had to retouch every one of those skies for dust specks.

 

It was cold and, I guess, out of season. There were some people around but not many. I guess I wasn't in the mood for taking shots of people. Didn't really think about it.

 

Actually looking back on these again, I was obsessing over lines and shadows, lines and shadows, lines and shadows. Sometimes it goes that way.