Downtown Black Mountain

 On a Saturday at noon, there are lots of tourists in town. They keep our economy going, so I'm glad to see them. 

The little sidewalk planters are blooming again. 

I took something back to Town Hardware, and purchased something else. They are so much more personal than the big box stores...and fortunately there isn't one closer than 15 miles!

I took this shot because I'd never seen the Town Hardware sign painted on the bricks before.

This shows Cherry St. intersection (coming from the right) with State St. At times there was almost no traffic. 

Looking down Cherry St, which has been made into a one-way street in the last year or so. It sure cuts the traffic on that street, but there are some busy shops and restaurants along it. It's one of the best shopping streets in town!

Looking toward Cherry St. intersection from standing near Town Hardware on State St. There aren't many trees planted along the street now. The flag on the light pole reflects our slogan "The Little Town that Rocks." We have rocking chairs placed around sometimes.

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Pablo Picasso said, "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life,"

Downtown concert in Black Mountain

After a few showers earlier, which dried quickly, it was a nice hot evening...with a little breeze sometimes.  We have regular Thursday night outdoor concerts during the summer, and usually out at Lake Tomahawk. But the retail outfits downtown wanted the concerts there, so that maybe they could have some business in the evening.  Of course I've noticed at 6 most of the stores just close, so it was nice to have some of them still open.

There was no sun at 5 minutes before the concert was to start, but there also weren't many people! I ended up being the front row, just having arrived earliest. The pavement gave off a lot of heat, and it was kind of uncomfortable.  Maybe it felt better later in the evening, but I left early because I was tired.

 Caroline Kelly and her band were pretty good, if you like country music.

 These were the way to go to an outdoor concert...stadium chairs might be the name.

 The lower half of Cherry Street was closed as well as Sutton most of it's short 3 block length.

If you didn't bring a chair, there was the curb or leaning against buildings or posts.  There was one sweet couple who danced a slow dance, over in front of the Depot (yellow building behind them.)  There was also a bouncy house set up down that street for children, as well as sidewalk chalk for them to decorate the street.

Same downtown but a bit different

The fire station with new bench facing the Town Square.

A blurry shot of the depot.