High flow after recent rains, Cedar Falls, Petit Jean State Park, October 31, 2009
at the end of Cedar Falls trail
Exit78
High Flow
February 2, 2016
Hope
January 31, 2016Art on Sunday #12
Hope
A white man holding a black baby.
John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, memorializes the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot, the worst civil disturbance in American History.
Hope Plaza– The Park entry’s 16-foot granite structure contains three larger-than-life bronze sculptures representing actual pictures from the 1921 riot (JHFCFR website):
- Hostility – A white man fully armed for assault
- Humiliation – A black man with his hands raised in surrender
- Hope – The white director of the Red Cross holding a black baby
Much more information on the park and sculptures is available at the Exit78 page, Reconciliation.
Two Bulls
January 30, 2016
Two young bull Rocky Mountain elk, Moraine Park meadows,
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, August 31, 2009.
The elk in the foreground is a mature, but young, non-dominant bull. The other is an immature bull, with two spikes for his antler.
Quick Links
Elk
Rocky Mountain National Park and Vicinity
- National Park Service
- Wikipedia
- National Parks Conservation Association
- Wikitravel
- Frommers
Estes Park
Twin Blossoms
January 29, 2016
Prickly Poppy, Nebraska Sand Hills, North of North Platte, Lincoln County, August 17, 2007
March Snow
January 28, 2016Images from the second major snow that we saw in four days in March, 2008.
Blackeyed Susan
January 27, 2016
Around the Yard, West-Central Arkansas, July 27, 2008
Rudbeckia hirta, commonly called black-eyed-susan, is a North American species of flowering plants in the sunflower family, native to the Eastern and Central North America and naturalized in the Western part of the continent as well as in China. Wikipedia
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Sunset over Canton Lake
January 26, 2016
August 29, 2009
On two of our western trips, our first night camping was in Oklahoma at Canton Lake’s Sandy Cove Recreation Area. In both cases, the stop was early enough for some leisurely relaxation and, each evening, there was a glorious sunset where I was able to get plenty of photos.
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Abandoned
January 25, 2016
Interior of abandoned structure, Animas Forks ghost town, Colorado, September 8, 2009
Even though the town is well off the beaten path on an unpaved and sometimes rough road, we’ve visited Animas Forks several times. Past the town, the road splits into narrower roads more suited to four wheel drive or all terrain vehicles.
Abandoned structure, Animas Forks ghost town, Colorado, September 8, 2009
Animas Forks is a ghost town located twelve miles northeast of Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. The area is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Wikipedia
Recent restoration efforts have helped preserve Animas Fork’s nine remaining buildings.
Satellite view (Google Maps), Animas Forks, Colorado
Quick References:
- Wikipedia
- Durango Herald – September 4, 2014 article on restoration efforts.
- National Trust for Historic Preservation
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- Exploring Animas Forks
- Ghost of a Chance – The residents of Silverton, Colorado, beat the odds to rescue a long-abandoned mining town
- Mountain Studies Institute
- UncoverColorado.com
- ColoradoPast.com
- GhostTown Gallery.com
- Unique-Photography-Concepts.com
Self-Portrait Among Churchgoers
January 24, 2016Art on Sunday #11
Self-Portrait Among Churchgoers,
1939, Tempera on Board, Ben Shahn,
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, August 1, 2015
Ben Shahn is the name of a photographer I recognize from my interest in photography from the Great Depression. I didn’t realize that he was also a renowned painter and graphic artist. In 1935, Shahn joined the photographic group at the U.S. Farm Security Administration, where he roamed and documented the American south through photography.
Ben Shahn was a Lithuanian-born American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political views, and his series of lectures published as The Shape of Content. Wikipedia
An amateur is someone who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint. A professional is someone whose wife works to enable him to paint. Ben Shahn.
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