Post By: Rebecca Burch
Town: Spencer
Website: Carpe You Some Diem

I feel sort of schizophrenic, because I am very much at home in both Charleston and Spencer WV, which are like two totally different worlds. I grew up in Belle, near Charleston, so I spent a lot of time in downtown Charleston as a kid. Now I work there but live in Spencer, which is very rural and kind of isolated. So I’m submitting two photos, if that’s OK — one of each of my “towns.”

The first one is “Livestock Market, Spencer WV.” I took this photo during a beautiful golden sunset while checking out this old livestock market. I think it’s still in use, although it has sort of an eerie “abandoned building” feel when it’s empty… which seems to be most of the year

Livestock Market: Spencer, WV

At the Foot of the Bridge

Check out more of Rebecca’s posts at Carpe You Some Diem.

Welcome to the first week of Picture West Virginia! This week’s topic is My Town. If you don’t know how this works, be sure to read this.

Take a look at the Future Topics list at the top-left of this screen for upcoming prompts; I hope you’ll consider playing along.

Thanks for stopping by Picture West Virginia. The idea of this blog is to portray West Virginia through the eyes, ears, hands, hearts and brains of the creative-minded people who really know the state. (In other words, not Hollywood.) You can read full details and find out how to participate at How Does PWV Work? I’ll be the moderator as well as a regular participant. For those of you who are familiar with my personal blog, Reversing the Numbness (where I go by “SleekPelt”), this works a bit like my Friday Music posts.

As you can see to the left, the first three topics have been announced. I hope some of you will participate, and I invite everyone who stops by to comment. I’m taking contributions now and will start posting on Monday.