From Bank to Baya

went to Columbia Bank to cash a twenty and a view of the boarding house as you leave the bank drive thru.

passed the bathroom at Powers Service where i used to first work when i came to Lake City for two years, turning down an Art teaching position at Monticello. I was actually fired by the Service Manager Rusty Hurrell for doing what he said, write the times down of all the sales people when they come and go. Little did he realize I was writing the times down of sales lady Betty, of whom he was leaving as well and having an affair. The spineless brother in law, whose father owned the business would not back me up, though I was in the right. Hindsight being clear, should have taken the Jefferson County job!

down Marion Street and the drug store that used to be a nice place to eat..

saw Ralph who walks daily from Gum Swamp to the Cleopatra Steele homeless food kitchen to eat, about to enter the open area that was once Esco Hardware, then Community Jewelers, where I bought our engagement and wedding rings, the building burning several years after the Lovely and Diana Shops burned across the street in the early 80's, of which I was there to photograph, working as a photographer for the Reporter at the time.

made it to the corner of Marion and Madison and the former bank turned city hall with a view of the city logo I designed and they changed for the worse...

to the intersection of US90 and Marion Street with the new Welcome to downtown sign.

with an clear view of the old post office and First Baptist educational wing and parking lot where the chamber of commerce and other buildings once stood.

past one of the grandest homes in town on the corner of St John's where the girl used to take dance lessons years ago upstairs, where the attorney's reside who tried to handle our fathers estate.

past the nicely painted home across from where my mother gets her hair styled each Friday at 1PM sharp at Southern Exposure.

past the Greyhound bus station and a line of passengers with Lake Isabella and Womans Club just behind on Hernando Street.

the always well-maintained grey home.

the stately and fine oak tree shaded home that serves as a frame shop.

to Emory Grays place he used to maintain so well when living, where we first lived in the upstairs garage apartment for $125 a month.

to Wileys Insurance where i used to have my Cleaning business liability insurance and the end of the journey with Baya the next stop just past the Pizza Hut....