A live lived "on the road"  by fiveplustwo

A live lived "on the road"

3/52 On the Road by @tabbycat

I had a haunting Weegee-inspired "corpse under a car" shot planned for this week, but vacation logistics made that impossible to get before the weekend, sadly, which is fine because this is a better autobiographical image anyway. For a while now, my entire life has been lived "on the road". It's my favourite place to be! All my worldly possessions fit in my car, and that's the way I kinda like it. Sometimes, I get to hankerin' for my own home, but I know that if I bought one, I probably wouldn't stay there long anyway!

This trip, I've been on the road for four days now, well, five if you include the second Sunday July 21st I had due to crossing the International Date line. I came to Florida to visit my almost-twin, (we were born 24 hours apart on opposite sides on the planet!) my internet bestie who I've been communicating online with since 2008. We finally met for the first time when she came to pick me up from Tampa airport the other day, and we've been having such hilarious fun together! Our Walmart trips have been so epic that I worry that they are going to have to take me out of there in an ambulance, dying of laughter ! There has been Budweiser and Foster's beer and Sangria and other evil substances. She installed me in the back office at her work place, so I have my own space while she's working during the week. Buzz Aldrin planted the Stars and Stripes on the moon. A Walmart kiwi fruit was the best I could do! I'm really looking forward to the weekend! We're going to a drumming circle on the beach :-)
The tree really makes the decor perfect. Have a wonderful trip.
July 26th, 2013  
sounds like a fun time
July 26th, 2013  
I like seeing you happy
July 26th, 2013  
Ha cute set up, the bonsai looks in need of a trim though. Lucky lady following your dreams
July 26th, 2013  
Nice Xmas Tree!
July 26th, 2013  
sounds so awesome and love this shot of you!!! Good to have you here in the USA :)
July 26th, 2013  
X-mas tree in July ....
July 26th, 2013  
I can very much relate to your itchy feet. Glad you're having such a good time. Also, your potato moon is awesome.
July 26th, 2013  
@houser934 @gigiz @bobfoto Thank you all. I found the Xmas tree on the floor and was inspired by the bizarreness of the placement of some of the props in 'Twin Peaks", one of my fave shows...

@johnnyfrs Just because! :-P

@kali66 @houdiniem Thank you both. I AM having a great time, and the adventures haven't even really begun yet!! Can't WAIT to Amtrak it up to Georgia on Monday! After having a squiz on Google Images, I suspect I will want to marry the place not long after I arrive! :-)

@gavincci Yes!! Do you know that in Australia, we actually celebrate Christmas in July as well as in Dec, so we can have all the cold weather things like egg-nog and roast food? It's really big in the Blue Mountains where it snows in July! Despite having had Christmas in summer all my life, it has always felt wrong to me! How can you have Christmas without snow..???!! :-/
July 26th, 2013  
Sounds like an interesting life....to travel all around like that...."oh, the places you'll go" (seuss).
July 27th, 2013  
On your way
July 27th, 2013  
Utterly superb - did you get any of those OMG Walmartians! shots? & I love the kiwifruit (being a Kiwi of course) - Watch out for the Aliens.
July 27th, 2013  
@luvthyclassics YES!! Really looking forward to hitting NJ!!! :-)

@kittikat Haha no! These Floridians seem extremely civilised compared to those Walmartian horrors!
July 28th, 2013  
I like your collection of things.
July 28th, 2013  
Had to look at this for a while, looks like your sitting on the pot.
AWESOME you got to find a bestie online. I my self am finding the most interesting an worthwhile folks aren't the ones closes by.
July 28th, 2013  
@tabbycat Walmarts in Florida!! Best introduction to America I have ever heard of!! Enjoy your adventures in the States!
July 29th, 2013  
@gsanemone Haha! No, you'll have to wait for our "on the loo' week for that shot! Yes, DEF. the most desirable friends of mine are on the other side of the planet, but that's just one more excuse to travel IMO!!

@sunshinephoto5 Thanks Dawn. I hate what Walmart does to mom and pop businesses, but my God, that place is FUN!! :-)
August 7th, 2013  
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