When I first started teaching I lived on Hi-way C, just south on Hi-way 5. I used to drive past this farm house that was split form its barn by the highway. My drive home time was just about the time the farmer would cross the road with a bucket of milk. The image below is a collage that was inspired by this event. It is constructed from home made paper on Arches 300 lb water color paper. Most of my work comes from events that I recall.

When my girls were little sometimes we would stop by Wrinks market on the way home and buy some lunch meat and some cheese. Sandwich night was always fun. Mr. Wrinkle would always give the girls a taste of some new lunchmeat, or maybe a bite of cheese.

Before the old Alloway store burnt down it was a great place to stop and get a friendly smile from the owners. The Alloways would always keep a jug of water on hand for the stranded passer-by. They were kind and friendly people. The store had the old time good feeling the moment you walked into it. The Town of sleeper lost part of it's identity when it burned down. Still if you sit and look for a moment you can see it's spirit and the kind people that ran it. Groceries and more lined the walls of the brick building. This drawing is in our public library in Lebanon as you enter the Rt-66 Museum.