But You Can See the Stars is moving!

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Take it easy,
Gabrielle

Off Highway 158 in Warren County, NC.

Another beautiful old broke down house in Macon, NC.

In general, I try to take realistic shots of things that I find interesting. As much as possible, I try to edit the picture in my head so that it I don't have to do too much work after I press the shutter to get the picture I imagined.

But sometimes, it's fun to mess around with a photo so that it is less a copy of what I saw than a representation of what I felt when I saw something. This house was at the bend of a road lined with old, broken parts- parts of cars, parts of houses, parts of history. The road was paved, but it might as well have been gravel or dirt. Excepting the power lines, it could have been 1910, instead of 2010. It's a scene of equal parts misery and beauty, and I hope this image conveys that sense.

An old home tumbles slowly and gently to the ground in Macon, NC.

An old truck hides right off the road in Macon, NC.

Whatever the reason, it was only in the past few months that I hopped on the iPhone bandwagon. I figured all I needed my phone to do was, well, make phone calls! But now that I’ve had some time to play with the iPhone, I’m not sure how I survived so long without it.

One of my favorite features is the camera application. It takes decent photos pretty quickly, and enables you to share them instantly as well as download and edit them later on your computer. You’re never without a camera, even when you didn’t know you needed one.

I never go on a hike without my phone anymore.

But just because I’m in the city doesn’t mean there isn’t a beautiful countryside somewhere near by- you just have to look for it.

I’m looking forward to finding the country right outside of the city and sharing it with you.

I planted these blackberry bushes not too long after we first moved back here, almost three years ago. Now they are producing their first tentative berries. And now we are leaving.

I’ve neglected this blog for the past few weeks for various reasons: the business of wrapping up the school year, gearing up to move, and also, the sadness of facing the beauty of my home- the home I grew up in, the home I moved back to, and the home that I am leaving again, for the last time.

I’m excited to be moving, but sad to leave this all behind. I’ve had longer than most to prepare, but it still feels like it’s coming very fast, without warning. But you have to leave the old sometimes to tend to the new, cut the old growth back to encourage new sprouts, pull off the deadheads if you want more buds. It’s the way of nature, and it’s right and good, but it’s not easy.

But I have many more pictures to show you, and even some more left to take, before my days here are up. I hope you’ll come back and visit with me soon! (Or just subscribe to the handy-dandy feed, and I’ll come visit you!) And I know that once I move, I’ll settle in and find more hidden back roads and country views to enjoy in my new locale. We will make a new home, in a new place, but under the same old stars. I can’t wait to share it with you.

Mmm, honeysuckle…

I’m not sure what this flower is, but it looks like a little sun to me.