tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post5595629065054885742..comments2023-05-01T04:51:15.777-07:00Comments on Gladsome Lights: Streets of the Modern Wild WestGretchenJoannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13641677400029070452noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-74308188988279129762010-04-26T08:28:48.693-07:002010-04-26T08:28:48.693-07:00That photograph needs a tumbleweed.
Near where I ...That photograph needs a tumbleweed.<br /><br />Near where I used to live is a street called My Street. I always imagine hat residents must have a difficult time giving their address to others over the telephone.<br /><br />A number of the sides streets at the bottom of my street, (that's the street where I live now and not the street called "My Street"), seem to be named after stone. Granite Street, Marble Street, and so forth. Where I grew up, however, is on the site of former farmland, and the streets have beautiful names, for flora and other plant life.Bbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10989307876421460920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-43727921672895376052010-04-25T14:47:12.879-07:002010-04-25T14:47:12.879-07:00We've only just got a proper street name for w...We've only just got a proper street name for where we live. Before it was a HC 50 (hand carrier) and then a box number. But now with the new 911 service, we HAD to have a street name for our physical address and I'm rather happy with street name since it is our last name. Courtney Lane is now our street address. All of us who live on this "street" (gravel drive) have the last name of Courtney. All the other roads into the country drives out here carry the last names of their owners or previous owners. I like it. At least it makes sense. <br /><br />I love the street names that Anita mentioned!<br /><br />JodyGumbo Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02747138637571716591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-78772122207052535202010-04-25T07:36:00.158-07:002010-04-25T07:36:00.158-07:00You know you're in the South when you live dow...You know you're in the South when you live down the road from "Butter and Egg Road". We looked at a house on that street and I just couldn't wrap my head around that one. By the way, the old community was called "Lickskillet."Anitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03205461146035913939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-11594698361719373812010-04-24T21:47:17.967-07:002010-04-24T21:47:17.967-07:00I do not like a numbered street especially when th...I do not like a numbered street especially when they go in a row 4th, 5th, 6th. I don't remember numbers, they jumble in my head, so I have a hard time remembering them. I have lived where I do for almost 17 years and it is very close to a numbered street that only this year do I have down. :p I am not an ignorant person. Really. :)<br /><br />I am reading a book called Never Before In History about the founding of the USA from a Christian perspective. One whole chapter is on nomenclature which was really fascinating. People who first came to this country were named after conquerors (Alfred, James and the like), but the first generation here were mostly named after Old Testament people. I thought that was interesting.<br /><br />What do you think about the naming of people such things as Blessing, Mercy and even Desire. I wasn't so sure about Desire but I am sure that is my 21st Cent. mind set.Leslie https://www.blogger.com/profile/11216448707277968516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-55084833873839945342010-04-24T15:10:31.291-07:002010-04-24T15:10:31.291-07:00I don't even know what our street name means, ...I don't even know what our street name means, but past streets have had sturdy names like Salsbury and Country Club Drive. That was the golf course house I grew up in. Your post makes me think of some of the funny neighborhood names in the Northwest. When there was a huge building boom, they got VERY gutsy with names. Peach Tree Lane when there weren't peach trees.Pom Pomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524994024698986829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-87541251066727920932010-04-24T13:34:38.860-07:002010-04-24T13:34:38.860-07:00I don't like street names like 'Meadow Vie...I don't like street names like 'Meadow View' when there isn't a meadow for ten miles or 'Orchard Lane' when it's the site of an old jail or something and we get a lot of that kind of thing here but the ones you've described are downright bizarre.margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07727534908302610374noreply@blogger.com