Love Is All Around


To continue with my (hopefully very brief!) Valentine’s theme this year, I tried to see if I could find a town called ‘Love’. On the whole planet, I must add, not just in the Cheshire vinicity (I know – modern English… you’ll thank me one day!)

There are lots of places that begin L-O-V-E, but I couldn’t find one merely called Love (there must be one somewhere – if you know of one, please advise in the comments!)

I utilised Google’s nifty map services to carry out my search, but gave up after intensely scrutinising the data for two minutes. I wheeled back (on the mouse wheel, not the chair, as I kneel and don’t sit and type and I don’t have wheels on my knees (although sometimes they could come in very handy when I have to suddenly get up for something (i.e. cramp; thirst; the loo) and can’t as I’m locked into position) anyway, I digress.) maybe a little too far, and found this image.

At first, I thought that the Google Street View car’s driver had gotten himself a little lost, but then I remembered that they use satellite technology now (or satnology as it will be known in a few years – remember me when you hear it next!)

Anyway, to cut a long post short, I found the place I was looking for. Well, almost. Not the town, but the whole caboodle.

I love images of this great planet of ours. (In fact, not only images, I love the place itself!) From such a great distance away, we don’t seem to be in as such a mess as we’re being told, do we? (That was meant to be a rhetorical question, but it wouldn’t type right) Never mind – even if we are in a mess it still looks good from a few thousand miles away.

All images in this post have been obtained from the Google Map thingy. I would have gone myself, but with the cramp in my knees I can’t reach full height standing at the moment, let alone blasting out toward the stars. Maybe next week I’ll get some good photos of my own to use then!

20 responses to “Love Is All Around”

  1. prenin avatar

    Odd: You can’t find a town called love, yet there is a town called Hell in the USA (Well had to be didn’t it?)

    The world sure looks beautiful from a distance… 🙂

    God Bless!

    Prenin.

    Like

    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      I thought Hell was in Mexico somewhere – unless there’s two of them!
      But I always like the look of the world, Prenin, close or far!

      Like

  2. CMStewart avatar

    I found this via wiki sleuthing:

    Love Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
    Love, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Bureau County
    Love, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
    Love County, Oklahoma
    LOVE Park (JFK Plaza), Philadelphia
    Dallas Love Field, airport
    Love, Saskatchewan, Canada, a village
    Lõve, Estonia, a village
    Love River, Taiwan
    Love (crater), on the far side of the Moon
    ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤

    Like

    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Thank you for this great list, CM! If I’d have kept on for a minute longer, I’d have probably found them. Well, apart from the one on the Moon that is!
      I wonder what an unincorporated community is? Hmmm…
      But thanks for all your sleuthing there – great work!

      Like

      1. CMStewart avatar

        You’re welcome, Tom! I happen to know what an unincorporated community is – I discovered this during research I did for one of my novels. It’s a discrete, named geographical area which does not have it’s own governing laws, like a hamlet which is part of a larger town.

        Like

        1. Tom Merriman avatar

          Ah, I see. Thanks once again, CM!
          It’s a learning curve, this blogging! I love it!

          Like

  3. Jo Bryant avatar

    Wow…interesting Tom. i did find a LOVE REAL ESTATE agency…in Melbourne.

    Like

    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      When I was looking Jo, I found a shop called Love – it didn’t say what they sold though… and as I was looking for towns I didn’t look any further.

      Like

  4. lameadventures avatar

    Who needs a city called Love, Tom, when one can cut straight to the chase and head over to the village of Fucking, Austria? Check it out:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking,_Austria

    Like

    1. lameadventures avatar

      But I must add: this was a very thought provoking post. And I loved Prenin’s observation about there being a town named Hell in the US!

      Like

      1. Tom Merriman avatar

        Yes, Hell’s in Michigan, apparently, and not Mexico as I first thought.
        You learn something new every day with this blogging malarkey, LA, don’t you?

        Like

    2. Tom Merriman avatar

      😯 On. My. Blog. OMB!!! Hehehe.
      It’s OK, though, LA, it’s a town after all. I read the write-up, and the more I read, the more less-serious it sounded for some reason. Then it said it was near a town called Wank, and I read no further. I was thinking that maybe the name translates into something more pleasant sounding, like ‘garden in the valley’ or ‘water’s end’ or something.
      Whatever it translates to though, if I lived there, I’d move.

      Like

  5. penpusherpen avatar

    I now have a picture in my head, Sir Aquatom, of thou kneeling afore the giver/font/processor of all knowledge, (gooogle, I mean, one too many ‘o’s but who’s counting?) Dost it help if one kneels? anywho I digresses too much. (do you wear kneepads?) erm… I too love images of this Earth, This realm this, erm. place where we livest. My header proclaims this to the World ( or WordPress 😉 ) now, ‘cos I haven’t changed it again (yet) been doing some messin’ about again with the background ‘cos I was ‘mousing’ around my dashboard page and found a link to (strewth where is it? ) ah yes, The Look, Give your Site a Retro vibe, so I had to take a look, and lo and behold I found more background wallpapers, Hours have passed in useless changes for I doubled back to what it was before. Abviously I’m not the retro kind. ANYWAY, glad you found Lurve, if only on a map. I’m still against said state of mind, I’m bad enuff without . xPenx

    Like

    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      I’m against it as well, Lady P… I’m just filling these two weeks up to Valentine’s with this type of post as I challenged myself to do so last year!
      I’m finding the topic so… zzz zzz… huh! Wha? where?! Oh, sorry, Pen. I’m finding the topic a tad wearing, shall we say. Not long to go now. I need to do some fun posts, I think.

      Like

  6. Let's CUT the Crap! avatar

    How do these places get their names? Hilarious and entertaining, Tom. Research is hard work and I’m impressed by your fortitude and imagination. 😀

    Like

    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      The research this time was done by my fellow bloggers, Tess – I gave up after two minutes, but I agree – some towns really should have thought of their names. (Have a look at LameAdventures’ comment and you’ll see what I mean!)
      And thanks, Tess, pleased to be able to entertain!

      Like

      1. Let's CUT the Crap! avatar

        I saw your helpers but still enjoyed the results. 🙂

        Like

        1. Tom Merriman avatar

          We’re a good team!

          Like

          1. Let's CUT the Crap! avatar

            Team is where it’s at. ;-P

            Like

Would you like to leave a comment?

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.