That's one thing about the South, they really know how to party. Nice study in texture and shadow.

Your words convey a tale of good times, but the image conveys something mysterious & perhaps even sinister. I can imagine crickets chirping, a full moon & something slimy rising out of the swamp...

Ooh, a swamp gin joint; I can hear the bullfrogs and crickets, and maybe the swish of a gator pushing into the water after some kind of prey...mosquitoes and fireflies...nothing quite like the south! I'd have known this anywhere for your shot, with your signature light and shadowplay and the beautiful woodgrain. Great capture!

Beautiful capture and wonderful description thinking about doin' up some red beans and rice tomorrow

Cool the way all the shadows and stuff fit together. It has a rustic mystery thing going on. I remember as a kid catching crawfish down at the creek.

Enigmatic, mysterious, and then with the information absorbed from your words, enticing.

Excellent shot !

Very nicely done Tara.

wonderful mood , colors and lighting

My dyslexia had your words down as Thin Lizzie's. I thought don't remember that album cover LOL! Nice work my friend, and a very happy birthday to you.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY,Tara! Wish you a great day, filled with love, joy and happiness, together with your beloved ones:))) and many more to come, with much health and all the best in the world for you! Enjoy all' round:))))))))))))))))))))) As for your image...FORMIDABLE !! This textures are fabulous and You did stunning work as always, with light and offered us to see, the most challenging and seductive 'corner' :))) and i already can feel the smell :)))))))

Mmmmm - I can almost smell it from here! And what a lovely capture - it really gives you a calm and peaceful feeling! Aw, hell...... Did I miss your birthday?? Well, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, dear Tara! May you have many, many more filled with everything good, lots of travels with Bill, and of course, lots of great photos!

Hmmmm, I had almost forgotten this place. Isn't it fun to go back through your folders of the last 7-8 months and find jewels like this simply waiting their turn? Your well chosen words really add to the atmosphere here. During my formative years in the south (more than 50 years ago) paint free buildings like this were everywhere...this excellent study in light and dark and texture reminds me of those times. Well done:)

Great texture.

Yes, very myserious atmosphere !

Superb capture Tara. God bless.

Beautiful. Apparently, "Tin Lizzie"s the name of a number of bar/restaurants---we have one in Chicago!---and I assume it implies an rustic old place with late night dancing and drinking. (The name---which you may know better than I, having traveled this land so extensively---originally meant the Model T Ford, and was applied to old broken down trucks that kept moving no matter what. It always implied, for me, a broken down heap that won't quit no matter what.) This shot has the feel of something old that won't quit, and something genuine, unfettered, unchanged. Bill said these sign-less facades were more common back when he was down south---I didn't know that. A shame to paste posters and signs all over this sight. You've brought railing, walkway, shadow, etc into a 'meeting', back near the left frame; everything meets in the darkness back there. What a creative pov! And it goes on from there into mystery...It looks like the restaurant after hours, when the echoes of people long gone still mingle. And your textures and shadows on the wood, and your choice of what to include make this a scintillating theme and variations. I mean with the bars on the far-right window, the railing bars in shadow, the railing bars themselves, the contrasting verticals of the long wall, etc. A symphony of lines and shapes, all pulled under the spell of dark shadows. Another beautiful shot of light dancing in the darkness. With a composition tapering off to mystery (on the left). Another beauty.