If I saw this old stone entrance in any other city, I’d be wowed.
Look at those columns! Worn down, yes, and the metal rails aren’t that attractive, but still…
Here in my hometown, however, I usually just walk right by, if I’m even over in that part of downtown.
How many other things around me am I not appreciating, places and people alike?
Lord, help me to be open to my surroundings, to see the beauty in everything and everyone around me.
This is one of the hanging baskets along Main Street, just down from the new Dan River Art Works gallery. In the background is, I believe, the old Hotel Danville.
Downtown Danville.
I had to drive around the block a few times before I found a good spot near Zinc this afternoon after school. It was really weird…Cars everywhere downtown…
And — whew! — you can just see the heat of the day. TG4AC!
We headed to Dan Daniel Memorial Park today to enjoy the southern (and mostly shaded) end of the Riverwalk Trail. What an awesome way to spend the good part of a day! It’s definitely the best thing Danville ever did!!
When I asked them about their favorite part of the day, both Lucas and Atticus said they liked throwing sticks and rocks into the river best. ๐ Kevin said the best part was that he got to kiss me. ๐ And I liked holding Kevin’s hand and taking lots of pictures (and not having to be in a single one). ๐
Some other things we liked and didn’t:
And it’s in the gallery above, but I just can’t resist posting this rainbow picture separately!!! ๐
Thanks for looking. ๐
Last August, Kevin and I trekked up and down our hometown’s Main Street, aiming to see Danville with new eyes, those of tourists.
It worked.
All of what we’d seen over and over through the years proved totally different up close.
We parked near the river and walked south, up what used to be a bustling downtown that died for many years and is now slowly coming back to life. Up we walked through “Millionaire’s Row” with its grandiose Victorian houses, including the Sutherlin Mansion, which is now a museum. And on through West Main and the Averett University area. And back.
It was a long and hot day. I don’t think I’m exaggerating when I say it was every bit of four miles and every bit as hot as 95 degrees.
But it was so worth it!
(Another set of pictures from a restored home we were fortunate enough to have an impromptu tour of that day will be posted separately soon. :))
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One guess where this one was taken.
