Just got back from New York and have to leave early in the morning for Louisiana. Have lots of notes and ideas for posts but no time to get them in. Hope to get a few days off next time around. Bye.
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It’s time again for the annual Chatham Artist’s Guild Studio Tour. This event takes place every year on the first and second weekends in December.
Chatham County in North Carolina is home to astounding number of artists and craftsmen and the beautiful rural countryside of Chatham County, the rich variety of art on display, and the holiday season combine to make this event a pure delight. The artists open their homes and studios to visitors who, armed with their maps, roam the back-roads and by-ways of the county to visit.
Chatham County is located virtually in the center of North Carolina and the nearby towns of Chapel Hill, Pittsboro, Sanford, and Raleigh are also interesting and fun places to visit. Try to make it up if you can; you won’t regret it.
I travel a lot. Recently I took a trip along some back roads in Texas. The area I traveled through was a large chunk of territory from southwest of Fort Worth down to Houston. The first stop along the way was the small town of Tolar - home of a good little donut shop, the Tolar United Methodist Church, the Houston ranch, and not much else. The visit was interesting, though. I drove to the interior of the ranch where they are drilling for (and finding) oil. This was my first visit to an oil field and it was pretty neat. You can click on any of the pictures for access to my photo albums.
The next stop was Hico. I was passing through and the town looked so interesting that I had to stop and go back to take some pictures. I pulled over just outside of town in a wide spot and walked back. It was worth it. The town is full of beautiful old buildings, most of which have been or are being restored, and which are home now to some neat shops and restaurants.
I found out that the two heroes of the town are Cody Ohl, a six time world champion rodeo star, and Billy the Kid, alias Brushy Bill, who some claim lived in Hico and died there in the 1950’s. They have a statue of Billy in the town square.
Hico is one of those unexpected and delightful treasures that one can often find by traveling through the back roads of America.
