Roads Driveways have always been significant in our family for as long as I remember. It started with a picture of the winding dirt road driveway up the mountain in West Virginia atop which lived my Grandpa and Grandma (my dad’s father and step-mother.)
I don’t remember when (it was WAY back in my childhood) but someone, likely Mom, framed that picture and it’s hung in their home all these years. Each time we moved, special care was given to that picture to make sure it arrived in its new home safe and sound.
Unfortunately, I don’t have a copy of that picture. However, I have the 2nd generation of “Grandpa and Grandma’s Driveway”…my parent’s driveway “over the river and through the woods” east of Tulsa.
The picture above was taken before it actually became a driveway, but was merely a path in the woods off the dirt road that divides Mayes and Cherokee counties, before the house and shop were built later that year. Ironically, I am much reminded of the first “Grandpa and Grandma’s Driveway” picture when I look at this.
The picture below was taken during the first ice storm of 2007 (in January) that knocked out my parents’ power for 13 days in frigid temps. This picture is actually the opposite view from the one above – it looks from the shop down the driveway to the dirt road.
But isn’t it eerily beautiful?
That ice storm does make the place looked hauntingly beautiful! It must be really cold! brrrr….
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Beautiful Photos. I can understand your love of that dirt road.. take me home country roads..and all that.. the road on my post … the bridge is out. Thanks for coming by.
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That’s some ice…I bet you could hear branches breaking off all over the place! Thanks for stopping by…
The snow makes the place mysteriously beautiful 🙂 Not eerie in my opinion 😛
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Beautiful!
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Stunningly beautiful. But I think I’d rather walk the walk in the top picture. I hate cold and snow! thanks for dropping by and know that you’re welcome any time, not just Photo Hunt days. 😀
The 2nd picture remind me of Johnny Depp’s movie: The Sleepy Hollow 🙂
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I was going to say that driveway doesn’t look like a road at all.
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Seriously….I say these two photos should be submitted to some calendar company ———-they’re awesome.
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I love this kind of road. The second photo looks so beautiful – but very cold!
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I love long driveways as it gives such a sense of destination when you have your own long road to going home. Nice pictures, but terrible ice storm!
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I remember ‘driveways’ like this from my childhood visits to family members who lived outside the city. Both are wonderful images! At first I thought you’d ‘played with’ the second photo (since I’ve been learning to do just that recently) … but find it all the more fascinating knowing that it’s an actual event.
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Interesting and cool one.
Fabulous shot!
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beautiful!
Here’s mine. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Beautiful photos and wonderful post to go along with it. Happy weekend!
Great photos. Love that snowy one. So beautiful! Nice job on The Hunt.
It is really eerily beautiful! WOW!
Wow, that second picture almost looks computer generated.
your second pic has a very spooky feel to it!
We were in Smith, Oklahoma actually… near Broken Bow. 🙂
i love the icy pic you posted!! beautiful!! it almost doesn’t look “real!” great shot! 🙂
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Lovely shots! The ice storm certainly made that place look nostalgic.
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I love the one taken after the ice storm… sooo fantasy-like
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wow, that second shot is absolutely gorgeous!!! thanks for stopping by, sorry it took me so long to pop by. 😉
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Beautiful Photos The snow makes the place mysteriously beautiful
lovely nature pics,
nice photography btw.
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