Yep, today’s mystery is another lighthouse. The metal items in the foreground of this lighthouse may help you determine its location. The particular shape, and its whiteness, may also be a clue. Send your guess to ebrack2@gmail.com, and include your hometown.
The last mystery photo, the Sylvan Falls Mill in Rabun Gap, Ga., was solved by several, including James Feeley of Peachtree Corners. Besides recognizing it, Feeley, an amateur painter, had painted this grist mill, and gave his painting (shown here below) to the owners. He has painted several famous places in Georgia, paints for fun, but enjoys painting animals the most. The photo came to us from Rick Krause of Lilburn.
Others recognizing the photo included Mark Willis, Lawrenceville; George Graf, Palmyra, Va.; Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill; and Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas. He wrote: “The Sylvan Falls Mill was originally built in 1840 and is one of the oldest surviving water-powered grist mills in the southeastern United States. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, gristmills of this type were essential sources of cornmeal and flour that rural communities relied upon throughout the North Georgia mountains.
Feeley’s painting of the mill. (Provided)
“The mill, which continues to operate today as part of the Sylvan Falls Mill B&B, is powered by Sylvan Falls, a multi-tiered waterfall that turns the mill’s large wheel. The mill is made of hand-hewn timbers and stacked stone foundations, many of them from the original gristmill. Over the years, the mill has been restored by various owners to maintain its historic character, and it still uses the original French Buhr millstones that were imported from the Marne Valley region of northern France (about 50 miles east of Paris) in the 1800s.
The current owners have continued the tradition of milling cornmeal, grits, and flour using the original stone millstones. It sounds like an excellent, peaceful retreat where visitors can hear the sound of the falls, watch the wheel turn, and enjoy a piece of Appalachian history.”
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Grand scene: Former Nikon Photographer Bill Durrence of Savannah shot this view of the Grand Canyon years ago. He says of this photograph “I think most ‘abstract’ photography, an effort to remove or minimize objective references, is attempted by moving very close to the real world subject. Sometimes that can also be accomplished in the opposite direction, from a great distance. The layers of color and texture represent eons, the millennia of slowly building up the sedimentary landscape, then the millennia of wearing it down. It’s easy to feel small in the American West.” (Click image to enlarge.)
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