Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Nathan. Telling these stories of places people outside of Indiana do not know about is what my work is about. Churubusco is a place I have a lot of childhood memories of. Its located about 15 miles northwest of Fort Wayne. My family used to go to Chain-O-Lakes State Park, which is about 10 miles northwest of Churubusco, a lot when I was young. We went camping there, swimming, fishing, and hiking in the woods. To get to the park, we had to pass through Churubusco. There is a small supermarket called Egolf's IGA on the highway in the town that sold really good sugar cookies that they baked there. We used to stop and buy some to take with us. The day I made this photo, I stopped in the store to see if they still sold the cookies, 20 years after the last time my family stopped there. They did! I bought a bag of them, and my son got some chocolate chip cookies. Across the street from the IGA is a small restaurant and ice cream shop called Magic Wand. We often stopped there for ice cream, and sometimes ate lunch there. The inside of the place was decoreated with clowns! It still seems to be, as they had a clown painted on the front of the building when we drive by it last week. I didn't stop to eat though, since I'm short on money now, but my son and I are going to go back and photograph the restaurant and the grocery store soon, and may eat there then if I have the $$. I've wanted to go photograph this town for a long time, and never got around to it till now. It really hasn't changed since I was a kid. The concrete turtle is still there, Magic Wand is still there, and the IGA still has the sugar cookies! -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 7/18/13 1:41 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: >I love this picture and the story. This is the kind of small-town stuff >that I would otherwise never hear about. > >Cheers, >Nathan > >Nathan Wajsman >Alicante, Spain >http://www.frozenlight.eu >http://www.greatpix.eu >PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > >YNWA > > > > > > > > > >On Jul 17, 2013, at 9:38 PM, Chris Crawford wrote: > >> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=1687 >> >> I shot this last week in a small town about 15 miles from Fort Wayne. >> >> -- >> Chris Crawford >> Fine Art Photography >> Fort Wayne, Indiana >> 260-437-8990 >> >> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >> >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >> Become a fan on Facebook >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information