Down By the River Where the Green Grass Grows

I took this snapshot near Barnard Bridge. If you live out that way you know the scene.The gentleman decorates his yard with Christmas lights and what not. I love it.
Vicki Lane uses the brick building in the shot as a central part of her latest novel set in Madison County.

As a young girl I used to imagine a young woman sat at the top left window typing away on a manual typewriter. I don't know why I had such ideas. Years later I climbed up the bygone steps to find that the floor to the top story had rotted away some time ago.