Angel Sammy and Teddy find such inspiring photos for us
Here is today's inspiration
Dry Goods
(this isn't really a poem but just things I see)
My first impression of this challenge was
Uh oh!!
Then I let the party in my mind's eye go.
It saw so many things.
The owner
happy to serve his customers with a smile.
His shelves stocked with all they need and more.
A place where its citizens and catch up on news
while buying supplies.
Soaps, fabrics, paints, fencing and netting.
Crafty ideas like the colorful chain of paper rings.
I zoomed in on different items
On the counter there is a sign reading:
modern currency accepted.
Top shelf on the left I saw Zebra Pest Control
I goggled it. Guess what it is still in business
in Livermore, California.
So to Angel Sammy I say thank you for finding this most interesting photo. It gave me the opportunity to really look at it.
we loved the smell of this stores... it was a mix of everything... and it was interesting what people bought... butter, sugar, sausages and a rat trap... LOL
ReplyDeleteThat is the proper old fashioned store where you could always find whatever you wanted.
ReplyDeleteHari OM
ReplyDeleteI think you did the right thing here, Miss C - for I too lingered on the photo before reading your words, exploring all those shelves! YAM xx
Love the old fashioned general stores with the wooden floors and everything you could want and your poem is just perfect!
ReplyDeleteNeat picture. I'd love to shop there.
ReplyDeleteOH how I would love to shop there . And to me, the proprietor looks like a butler who is finished for the day and headed to his room. So I focused n the man instead of the store which is highly unusual for me. I LOVE places like that and usually I am looking at the shelves and pricing. But couldn't get past the owner there.
ReplyDeleteyou saw thing easy did not see and did not see what easy saw and I saw a photo that upset my OCD self. it jumbled my thoughts. I had to go back and look to find what you saw and there it is. i like these days because each of you that play see such different things in one photo. I focused on the man like Katie did and thought how glad I am I live today and that I prefer my General buy everthing store Walmart over the old General store, when we shopped in stores like this, all i saw was the CANDY. LOL
ReplyDeleteThere sure is lots to see in that store. We wonder what the "old" currency was.
ReplyDeleteIt is a fun photo packed with lots of visual interest. I miss the old stores like the photo. We have a Babes Hardware that is an Ace Hardware store and it is a jump back in time when we go in. Takes me back when I used to go with my Dad to run Saturday morning errands. Special memories! I enjoyed your poem... think it's a poem!
ReplyDeleteI'm like Sandra, stores like this just make me think candy too lol!
ReplyDeleteWe totally fell in love with the photo when we saw it. In this part of Virginia because of the survival of a lot of really old little villages - there are still "mercantile" business just like this. They really do have just about everything and the best part is going inside and walking on the wood plank floors and just smelling the variety of fabulous aromas of "things". It also brings back tons of memories - one of my all time favorite places like this was in Selma, Alabama. I was just a kid but I could stay in there for HOURS looking at things - Mom practically had to drag me out of there! Glad you enjoyed "exploring" the photo too!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Pam
What a fun photo! General Stores (or Merchantiles as they are called in our old area of California) always attract me! We stopped in one in Northern Michigan last summer and I could have spent hours just looking at all the cool stuff!!
ReplyDeleteLove your take on the photograph. Well done.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous Thankful Thursday, my friend. Big hug. ♥
Stores like that were so very special and it was always exciting to go to one!
ReplyDeleteC; these stores are sadly missed; big corp took over and "mom and pop" were left
ReplyDeletewith the memories. nice take on today's photo; I can't zoom in { at work messing
around } will have to look at this tonight on the EYE PAD !!! ;) ☺☺♥♥
So now you are making us look up Zebra Pest Control?? I didn't realize we can call in for husband zapping!!
ReplyDeleteI would like to go back in time as this photo conjures to a place where everybody knows your name and they're always glad you came. 3 yards of that blue denim please!!
It looks like they have something for everyone!
ReplyDeleteGood job- you are most observant. XO
ReplyDeleteYou've got a good eye. It brings me back to the day.
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