In my neighborhood

 I'm Miss Rogers.  

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...won't you be my neighbor? (Imagine I'm right by Mr. Rogers with a funny tinkling tune playing on TV)

The town was called Grey Eagle until the railroad named it Black Mountain. I do wonder what that antenna goes to...there aren't any radio stations nearby, and there's already one up on the police/fire station. But probably more trouble to take it down than just leave it there, wrecking pretty photos!

A map of central Black Mountain NC - on a kiosk down by the tracks.

Details for tourists

Only if you park, or are walking on the sidewalk, might you read about Buckminster Fuller's first geodesic domes being built (several miles away) at Black Mountain College 1948/49. The placement of this marker is bizarre, next to US Highway 70 where cars are traveling 40 mph.

A young Buckminster Fuller standing on a skyscraper. 

He said: ​"It is now highly feasible to take care of everybody on Earth at a higher standard of living than any have ever known. It no longer has to be you or me. Selfishness is unnecessary. War is obsolete. It is a matter of converting our high technology from Weaponry to Livingry."

Sharing with Tom's Signs2.

And My Corner of the World

An extra large colander, which I still have and use seldom since I don't eat much pasta. Maybe I'll plant an orchid in it!