The HOV Lane Blog

St. James City, Florida. Mail, mail, mail until Daddy took the mailbox away. The mailbox’s design is reminiscent 1950’s automobile design. It has a grill and sports some of the popular product feature verbage of the time… something like, “Luxuryliner Comfort.” Love how this mailbox captures the spirit of Southern Florida.

Pine Island, [...]

Pine Island, Florida. I had breakfast in a bingo hall today. Seems fitting, since many of Florida’s retirees play the game with great vigor. Back in the day, the “frequent-flyers” of this hall were honored with their very own name-branded chair, from which they could direct all the action every week. [...]

Tampa, Florida. Shame, I could have used a good dive into the parking lot today.

Doe Run, Kentucky. What a pleasant surprise? It is a seemingly random orchard of Osage Orange Trees. The Osage Orange Tree (Maclura Pomifera) is known by many names. According to www.osagehedgeballs.com, it is know by the names of: hedgeballs, hedgeapples, monkey balls, osage orange, mock oranges, horse apples and green brain. [...]

A little more barnyard fun… hope you enjoy.

Oakland, Kentucky

Oakland, Kentucky. Stopped along side the road for some barnyard fun.

Lanesville, KY. Mail Pouch chewing tobacco barn.

I, along with many others, am a great fan of barn advertising. The golden years of barn advertising within the US were 1900-1940. The Mail Pouch chewing tobacco company of West Virginia commissioned the hand-painting of barns throughout Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia from 1890 [...]

I am sorry for calling a pit stop last week. I am even more sorry to report the reason for it.
Over Thanksgiving weekend, my grandmum unexpectedly passed away. She was one terrific woman. I will post an ode to Grandmum soon. In the meantime, I would like to thank all of [...]