'Nuff said

This landowner on Ring Road in south Warren County is pretty dang precise on what is and is not allowed on his property. The sign pretty much says it all!

Crossroads

These mailboxes are near the end of Freetown Road.

The moon was real pretty the other day. This was shot in early morning from the levee over in Louisiana.

Hermanville United Methodist Church on Hwy. 548.

Some pretty flowers at an abandoned church on Freetown Road.

Some pretty flowers at an abandoned church on Freetown Road.

Here are a few photos that I thought you would enjoy today. I love the shot of the maiboxes. I just can't tell you why. No, it's not that it is a secret. I just can't articulate it. It's just a neat picture to me. 'Nuff said.

I would have loved to have gone into the Hermanville church. It was quite a surprise to stumble upon it while out traipsing in Claiborne County recently. A gem of a church! I would have taken more photos, but a German Shepherd and another big dog from across the street had other ideas.

Y'all have a great weekend, everybody. I hope you grab your camera and go capture some of God's Glory that is all around us. That's what I am going to do!

The Church on Freetown Road

If you want to pique my interest, just sit near me at a ballgame and talk about visiting a "haunted" church. That got my attention a couple of weeks ago! Apparently, it's a place that teenagers go to for a good scare. Anyway, I got directions to the church and it is pretty much at the end of Freetown Road in Warren County. It's an unusual church in that it seems to be sitting sideways on the property. There is no door facing the road. The two doors that do exist are on the back. One is visible in the top photo and the other is obscured by brush and trees on the other end. All the windows are gone, but pews, the pulpit and piano are still inside. The floors are rotting on about half the building and I had to make sure I walked on the crossbeams to get a couple of these shots. There is a cemetery out back with about a dozen graves, all pretty much placed there in the last few decades. No sign is visible to tell what church it is.

My mama didn't raise a fool, so I can't tell you whether it is haunted or not. I visited in the daytime and have no inclination to go back at night. But the place would suit the purposes just right. And that hum you hear when you get close to the church? No, it's probably not a ghost, but thousands of bees that have a beehive in the wall at the front entrance of the church.

Sunset at Eagle Lake

My family and I really enjoy riding up to Eagle Lake and seeing the sun set. Here is a recent one taken at the public boat launch and from along Eagle Lake Shore Road. It shows God Glory at its finest, don't you think?

Wildlife at Eagle Lake

We have driven up to Eagle Lake a few times in the past couple of weeks and this is some of the wildlife we have encountered. You might want to click on the photos to enlarge them. The alligator at top is one of the big boys. I would estimate him in the 9-10 foot range. He lives in a bayou near Eagle Lake. The deer was on the levee near Eagle Lake. Notice the two nubs where he will soon have spikes. Mama Goose and Daddy Goose did not appreciate me taking photos of their children and skedaddled further into a bayou along the levee near Eagle Lake. I don't know what kind of bird the little fella is in the last photo, but it is beautiful. 

Bryce's Bayou

Who would think a stream as beautiful as this one could be found in Warren County? This is Bryce's Bayou, located along Campbell Swamp Road in southern Warren County. It is an absolutely peaceful little creek that meanders alongside the road. The little rock overhang I found along the way is absolutely picture perfect! I will post some other photos from the creek in a few days.

Sunset at Eagle Lake

I just finished taking a few days off and one of the treats during that time was watching the sun set over Eagle Lake. That is part of the allure of that wonderful lake — you never see a bad sunset! I didn't know the water would be warm enough for skiing just yet, but some folks must have a higher tolerance for freezing water than I do.

This sunset, to me, is God at His finest. What a wonderful way to end a day!