tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post3073721028371215212..comments2024-03-20T13:19:13.512-11:00Comments on TATTERED AND LOST PHOTOGRAPHS: A LITTLE SIP Ought to Be EnoughTattered and Losthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-45136194817019320872015-09-26T06:31:13.197-11:002015-09-26T06:31:13.197-11:00I always loved the farms in Pennsylvania. They wer...I always loved the farms in Pennsylvania. They were so pretty. Sad to think of them gone. And of course the ones in Lancaster County are surrounded with tour buses.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-61757385267519947322015-09-25T02:16:39.097-11:002015-09-25T02:16:39.097-11:00Interesting pose! And I hear you about the winery...Interesting pose! And I hear you about the winery thing. With all the "destruction" (called development) of farms around here - I wonder where we will get actual "food" from?Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-2553183810508821062015-09-14T01:50:53.162-11:002015-09-14T01:50:53.162-11:00We have a vacation home at Smith Mountain Lake in ...We have a vacation home at Smith Mountain Lake in southwest Virginia. We don't enjoy it much in the summer when tourists are there -- they don't practice boat safety and they churn the waters with jet skis making it difficult to even be on the lake. So I get what you're saying about tourists. We also have some vineyards there -- all very small operations. I enjoy visiting them, especially when they host an evening event -- very small-town with a local band, bring a picnic. It'll never be Napa. I'm glad of that.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-51677023217054174742015-09-13T18:01:03.575-11:002015-09-13T18:01:03.575-11:00And yet there never seems to be a glut of wine. Th...And yet there never seems to be a glut of wine. There is a romance to wine that people fall for. And getting married at a winery or in a vineyard is very popular here too. Hoping your sons wedding is glorious.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-19208401336372229102015-09-13T15:41:22.861-11:002015-09-13T15:41:22.861-11:00It seems grapes can be grown pretty much anywhere ...It seems grapes can be grown pretty much anywhere these days, and here in Australia they are taking over from farmlands in many areas. It's a worry because we need food crops - you can't live on wine! That said I have to confess that one of our sons is getting married In a vineyard in November, in the Hunter Valley, one of our premier wine growing districts. Jofeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290597697140624780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-28478005338137287202015-09-13T12:46:43.113-11:002015-09-13T12:46:43.113-11:00Yes, you can't get away from vineyards in this...Yes, you can't get away from vineyards in this state anymore. When I go on trips around the state and see vineyards I start screaming. They are everywhere. The worst are the ones being built on hillsides. Tear down all the oaks and put up another damn vineyard.<br /><br />I feel your pain in SF. The techies are destroying that town.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-4314907457202597332015-09-13T12:44:38.395-11:002015-09-13T12:44:38.395-11:00There are family wineries that on the whole are fa...There are family wineries that on the whole are fairly decent neighbors, but then you get people like "chef" Guy Fieri, famous for being a tv chef, deciding to put a winery in a neighborhood. I know the street where he wanted to build this and the whole concept was insulting to the people who live there. In this case he lost, the county told him "no!" It would have destroyed the quiet little street.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-37757503008057487072015-09-13T12:41:12.162-11:002015-09-13T12:41:12.162-11:00It does have a 1920s film look to it.It does have a 1920s film look to it.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-34145455612007494432015-09-13T12:40:46.436-11:002015-09-13T12:40:46.436-11:00I would imagine Australian wineries would have a s...I would imagine Australian wineries would have a similar feeling to what we have in our county which is casual. Comfortable shoes and clothes. You can always tell which people are the "wine country" tourists by the way they get all dressed up. Stick out like a sore thumb.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-86092098758961312972015-09-13T12:39:16.647-11:002015-09-13T12:39:16.647-11:00I miss butterflies. I miss the lizards and frogs. ...I miss butterflies. I miss the lizards and frogs. And I miss the quail. When miles and miles of vineyards move in the whole ecology changes. And I'm tired of them being event centers where busloads of people are brought into neighborhoods for parties. We used to have a guy who brought tourists down our dirt road in one of his stagecoaches/buggies/wagons. We had to take it to the sheriff to get him to stop because he thought it perfectly acceptable to cross our land to make his money.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-76210931640369413632015-09-13T12:35:41.284-11:002015-09-13T12:35:41.284-11:00At least in the winter the buses stop. I like the ...At least in the winter the buses stop. I like the winter because the tourists are gone and the ground beneath the vineyards, providing we have rain, turn lush green. Of course with the change in climate who knows. There's a huge fire north of me as I write this.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-34460119838228834332015-09-13T12:34:25.606-11:002015-09-13T12:34:25.606-11:00That sort of orchards is just plain scary! I'v...That sort of orchards is just plain scary! I've never seen anything like it. <br /><br />I think the fellas are aboard some sort of ship and they're leaning against a lifeboat.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-61919649459787530602015-09-13T12:33:04.156-11:002015-09-13T12:33:04.156-11:00I figured people who have tourists around would un...I figured people who have tourists around would understand. We've all been tourists, but so many forget that people actually live in the place they are vacationing. It's their home, not an amusement park.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-2828541558865568322015-09-13T12:31:58.490-11:002015-09-13T12:31:58.490-11:00Sorry if it made you sad. It's a beautiful pla...Sorry if it made you sad. It's a beautiful place to live, but the very reason people moved here is being destroyed by the people who are moving here. It always happens. It's like when there is a nice small art colony, once the tourists and developers find it it gets destroyed. The very reason people liked the place gets destroyed by the outsiders who move in bringing their perception of how things should be.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-78169636184068949152015-09-13T05:11:22.015-11:002015-09-13T05:11:22.015-11:00I understand -- living here in San Francisco, tour...I understand -- living here in San Francisco, tourists clutter up the sidewalks and stand in the middle of the street taking pictures and downtown is a complete mess. I avoid Napa like the plague but I do like to visit friends in Sonoma....but driving all around CA i see vineyard after vineyward....on the Central coast, on Hwy 5 now, all over Sonoma/Napa Valley -- we do not need all those vineyards or all that wine. But it seems a vineyard is better than what they are doing here in SF -- covering every square inch of the city is new high rises. Depressing.Cappuccinoandartjournal.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11241197153708410602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-2742265119675643902015-09-13T04:12:25.006-11:002015-09-13T04:12:25.006-11:00I live in a tourist area where there really is no ...I live in a tourist area where there really is no end of season. There is an end to the wine harvest though, which we’ve just had, and we salute the local wine-growers who have steadfastly stuck to their agricultural roots when the lure of tourism is so strong. It’s rather nice wine too.Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-24091141418256160182015-09-13T01:57:59.467-11:002015-09-13T01:57:59.467-11:00I wonder if this could be a scene from a movie?I wonder if this could be a scene from a movie?Sallysmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15397788379626486071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-17495052598525927462015-09-12T19:13:31.859-11:002015-09-12T19:13:31.859-11:00Rant away. I found this a fascinating post. Some...Rant away. I found this a fascinating post. Something I'd never thought of. I'm about to go down to South Australia with a friend next month - (famous for its vineyards). We thought we might trek around and have a gander but I won't be wearing high heels !Alex Dawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083753053051713061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-67525983011953204882015-09-12T11:15:58.514-11:002015-09-12T11:15:58.514-11:00I am so glad you shared how your life has been imp...I am so glad you shared how your life has been impacted by the wine industry and tourism. I had no idea. But here in Black Mountain we do benefit from tourism, and I have learned to not shop in town when there are an influx of tourists. It's a balance here which doesn't affect the land quite as much as the vineyards are. But I'm sure just having more people around does create changes.Barbara Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351113054045427775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-37516898375958689862015-09-12T10:13:33.184-11:002015-09-12T10:13:33.184-11:00I feel your pain. I lived in a tourist area, not a...I feel your pain. I lived in a tourist area, not as swampted as yours, but it was so nice when the season ended. Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-41467837612850516842015-09-12T03:05:00.423-11:002015-09-12T03:05:00.423-11:00No need to apologize, balancing the interests of d...No need to apologize, balancing the interests of development and preservation is the inevitable dilemma of beautiful places everywhere. Last September my wife and I drove through New York's Finger Lake wine country. It was our first experience seeing that kind of agricultural development. Too many grapes, but I was fascinated by the apple orchards which were not lines of trees, but low narrow rows, much like the vineyards so they could use mechanical pickers. Beautiful landscape but hardly the way it used to be. <br /><br />As to the photo, what are the two fellas leaning on? No.7 - 14 persons sounds like a bus but it looks like a carnival ride.Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-91035886228483547272015-09-12T01:30:40.723-11:002015-09-12T01:30:40.723-11:00I understand. Anybody who lives on the coast of Ma...I understand. Anybody who lives on the coast of Maine understands completely what you're talking about...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11658880722411505714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-58103894756929113972015-09-12T00:17:49.455-11:002015-09-12T00:17:49.455-11:00I was really sad to read your post, it all sounds ...I was really sad to read your post, it all sounds so very depressing. Vineyards are not somewhere I hanker to visit, but if I ever do I will be sure to wear sensible shoes. Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962552429792516213noreply@blogger.com