Friday, May 23, 2008

Friday Crackberry Pic


I took this during our torrential rain this week from the front seat of my car. This is the Spring Mill Cafe. It's a French restaurant with influences from the places the owner has visited. It is also a BYOB, which is nice. P and I go to this place every year for Valentine's Day and at other times too. They recently painted the rooster on the side of the building in celebration of their anniversary. It looks really good. There are also beautiful perennial gardens in the front. This is also a place that I pass by on my way to work.
There is a story connection too. P was very good friends with the owner's son when they were in grade school. Sometimes P would go to the restaurant with his friend after school and they would steal all the sugar cubes out of the sugar bowls and eat them. This guy now manages the place as his Mom is getting older and is doing more traveling. They once offered to take P to Morocco, a place they visited almost yearly but P's parents wouldn't let him go. :(
Anyway, I liked how this turned out, looking all watercolory because of the rain. It looks really cool when you click on it to make it bigger.

62 comments:

Mama Dawg said...

I love it! It looks like a painting and also kinda spooky.

Lindsay said...

I was going to say the exact same thing, Mama Dawg, but you beat me to it! That is are really cool picture. I wonder if it could be blown up and framed? I don't know how great the Crackberry's resolution is.

MissKris said...

What a cool photo! This cafe reminds me of one in Gresham, a suburb to the east of Portland, called The Truffle Hunter. I love places like tha with 'atmosphere'. We've had one of the wettest, dreariest Springs this year in our area. A day of sunshine is worth a happy dance!

Unknown said...

Ooooo, very cool clicked big!
I hope you guys still steal the sugar..
Have a GREAT weekend

Insane Mama said...

I love the byob places, and clicking it is pretty cool, I would frame that one

Candid Carrie said...

Wow, a lesser person would have deleted it and called it too blurry. That is awesome. I tried to make it big enough to crawl into but I was unable to do so. Any suggestions?

Muffy Willowbrook said...

Dude! that is really awesome. Nice owrk.

Snooty Primadona said...

It looks and sounds like my kind of place. And I like the picture too. I would be the idiot that would delete it, lol.

Tiffany said...

Why am I stuck in strip mall hell! Okay, we do have a road of nothing but amazing vineyards and wineries less than a mile from my house.. but everything else has a bit neon sign out front.. Yuck.

Dirty White boy said...

fuckin cool! it looks like its melting!!

Anonymous said...

Hey fellow citizen!

Anonymous said...

I gotta tell ya....that picture kinda scares me.


Peace #2

BS5 Blogger said...

Great picture and a sweet story too!


Hey Scargosun - here's the coffee solution....look in the bottom left corner and slowly count across about five whole beans towards the right...and see what you see. You won't believe you didn't see it before :)

Heather said...

Oh, it's AWESOME!! It's so pretty, you should frame it and give it to the owners to hang up in the restaurant.

Unknown said...

You hit it right on the head with "Watercolory". Very cool pic!

Suburbia said...

That's a lovely pic. You could win a prize with that one!

I do get Crackberry Friday now!!!!

Betsy, short for Elizabeth, formally known as Esther said...

It is a magnificent picture. And now my mouth is watering for an imagined delightful dinner.

Unknown said...

that is a gorgeous picture

Anonymous said...

Neat pic through the rain!

angela | the painted house said...

What a nice surprise--that the rain would give the photo such a cool effect!

Cristin said...

My Grandparents lived on Scargo Hill Road in Dennis on Cape Cod. Every time we went to their house we'd take a walk up the road to Scargo Hill Tower... I think I've climbed that tower a hundred times... I haven't thought about that place in a while...

That is a very cool photo... kinda creepy but way cool...

Debbie said...

Wow! That is a great picture. Have you shown it to the owners?

EmBee said...

That is fantastic! A 'Watercolor' in the most vivid sense! What town is this restaurant located? I think I might like to try it sometime.

trash said...

Wow! Can't decide - Van Gogh or Impressionists....

Finding Normal said...

Very pretty!

Melanie Dickens said...

Very cool I agree. Alot of people would have tossed it but it is a true gem.

Sheri said...

What a fantastic picture! Very well done . . .

Enjoy your SITS day, but I'm adding you to my daily reads!

Jen said...

Love the pic! It sounds like a lovely place with great memories!

Unknown said...

Sneaking over from SITS...very cool picture...

Sherri said...

That is a cool picture!!!

Anonymous said...

Hi! Came from SITS, I love the effect you've captured with that photo. I have seen pics be altered to look that way and you've managed to do it for real! Makes me want to try lol... Good Job! Off to read more

Rhea said...

The watery picture is awesome! What an interesting idea. I love the watery affect. And, it sounds like a great restaurant. Very cool.

THE Stephanie said...

OMG! I totally thought you photoshopped that pic!! How cool is that??

Unknown said...

Really cool photo. As others have said, you should enlarge it and frame it.

I love old buildings and the place just invites you to come on in and sit awhile...

Adiel | Rose Gold Lining said...

I love the idea of "Friday Crackberry Pic"! Way cool picture!

Kimba said...

That's a really pretty picture! Are you enjoying all of your SITS love?

Connie said...

Very nice!

Sunshine said...

Now that is my kind of place! I love the rooster!

I am a little a-scared looking at it like that though. But it *is* very, very cool.

Jennifer P. said...

Can't decide what sounded yummier---french food or sugar cubes straight from the bowl :)....

And you're right--the picture was even prettier blown up!

Congrats on your SITS feature---hope you relish in all the comment love ;).

Karen said...

It is cool to have great memories like this place!
Very pretty picture!!

Anonymous said...

I love your picture.
Fall and Winter are my favorite seasons (I know, I'm a weird one).
Seeing this photos makes me want to snuggle up with a good book. Or hop on over to that restaurant and have a bite to eat (if I was anywhere close).
I did enlarge the photo...it looks so neat with the rain drops and the dark strip across the top (from your car) adds to it too!

Simply Stork said...

How wonderful to have a "favorite" little spot to go...My husband and I are always looking for a little place like that...

the picture looks like a watercolor painting...I guess in a way it is :o)

~simply~

Acrimony said...

Oh nifty, I thought it was photoshopped to look like that until I read the post. :)

Tami said...

That is a really awesome pic!!

Maddness of Me said...

You gotta love good old Pennsylvania!

Maternal Mirth said...

That is just BEAUTIFUL ... the rain, the building ... everything:)

Gina said...

Cool photo!! It does look kind of spooky and charming all at the same time... love it!!

Teri said...

Looks like a French Impressionist painting - very fitting for a French restaurant. Really a cool photo.

Founde you on SITS. Great blog!

Anonymous said...

Very cool picture! It looks like there are "ghosts" all around the building!

Kristen said...

Hello via SITS - what a gorgeous picture - that needs to be framed!

my2boyz said...

Cool pic! Happy SITS day!

Melissa Lester said...

I bet the owners would love a copy of your photo. It would make a pretty postcard pic.

Anonymous said...

visiting via sits - that is an amazing photo- so cool!

Karen said...

Very cool picture...you should enter it in a photography contest. Just think...people pay lots of money for software that does that and you just did by chance!

KatBouska said...

Ooh. I love this!! I feel like I'm in the car with you.

AFRo said...

I MADE IT!!! Sorry for the delay, but as you know, I've been out of pocket for the last 24 hours with some big things going on over here in Mississippi.

Anyway, this picture is AWESOME. I cannot believe that you got something so cool out of a picture taken from behind a windshield. That's rare.

Jenni said...

I love it. You should send it to updone and have a print made. It looks like it's been adobed but better because its real.

Pam Hawk said...

That's neat.
And au natural, no Photoshop.

Judy Schwartz Haley | CoffeeJitters.Net said...

awesome photo!

Michelle said...

That is way cool. I may have to try that "technique" one day! I'm a day late, sorry, but I'm here!

Anonymous said...

Great pic! And i'm not missing the connection between the French restaurant and the impressionistic style of the photo...I want some crepes.

WheresMyAngels said...

oh I used to love stealing sugar cubes from church when I was little!! lol