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A second picture for my DanvilleType.com idea. :-)
I love the hand-drawn script and the way the text starts all bold and deliberate, then thins and spreads. And by the time it gets to “CHURCH,” it’s a sans-serif block.
I wonder if it’s thematic, or if they went with a freeform, whatever-happens approach. And I wonder about the spacing. And the color choices.
It’s definitely not what you would expect out in the middle of the country.
And for today, the downside of yesterday’s jaunt through the southcentral Virginia countryside (if we set aside the gas money I must’ve used for it ;).
Destruction.
Just imagine what this field of ragged tree stumps must have been like in the not-too-distant past. And now: Ugh!
I know that there are reasons for deforestation. Maybe the people who cleared needed money to save their land or to help a family member in need.
A part of me says it’s not really my business what somebody does with his or her land or why … while another part of me says, Those trees breathe fresh air for me to breathe, too!
Really, though, beyond any political or neurotic issues, it just simply hurts my heart to see it.
And more:
A driveway that a little stream of water has rendered creek-bed-like. (I remember living at the top end of one about ten times as bad as that!) And two separate signposts knocked over.
Atticus and I went riding for about an hour and a half after church this morning, all across Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Up Mount Cross Road, around and across to Whitmell School Road, and further onto Franklin Turnpike. Up and down and east on Dry Fork Road all around and onto 29. And finally, down Snakepath Road to Spring Garden Road, back to 29, and home.
Of all the beautiful sights, I’d have to say my favorite was the little angel above, but it was a hard choice!
