Month: November 2009
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Trash Burning in Mountains
Outside Chattanooga View Enlargement They like to burn trash in the mountains. We drove around some Chattanooga countryside yesterday and saw numerous “back yard” fires, probably leaves, branches and brush. I read there’s a burning ban from May to September and I guess after that one could torch their house if they were so inclined.…
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Mr. Bill’s Restaurant
Mr. Bill’s Restaurant View Enlargement I’m ever the fan of car window views and their reflections. This is Mr. Bill’s Restaurant up somewhere around a place called Soddy Daisy in Tennessee.
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"Mom, I want to talk about Fox News"
H.o.p. has a way of bringing up interesting subjects right when he’s supposed to be going to bed. Last night, it was, “I’ve read some bad things about Fox News. What is Fox News?” We don’t watch Fox News and he knows nothing about it–so we ended up talking a while about news, bias in…
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Arc d’Ikea
The Arc d’Ikea, 2008 View On White From the Midtown Photos series. They put this up in 2008 at Atlantic Station, between the Publix and Ikea. $20 million worth of arch. And I’m still struggling to come up with the appropriate words. Must say that I’m glad it’s there. It’s confusing. It looks completely out…
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Dining at Ikea
I was desperately hungry, so I had the Swedish meatballs at Ikea. H.o.p. wanted French Fries but he’d already had some earlier. Thus, the pouting. Light box link Light box link Light box link Light box link
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The Painted Desert
Marty at the Painted Desert, 2008 Enlarged light box link
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Beautiful Clouds Today
Cloud View On White Beautiful clouds preceded cooler air by the space of a quick meal. Someone with a view from a skyscraper would have gotten wonderful shots. Down on the street, I tried, but came up empty.
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Painted Desert, View from the Painted Desert Inn
Painted Desert, view from the Painted Desert Inn. View Larger On White It is a beautiful, little inn and I envy those who were able to make use of it as an inn in its time, or just a place to stop and get lunch or a malted at the soda fountain.
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Gold Exhibit at the Fernbank
We went to the Gold Exhibit at Fernbank today, organized by the American Museum of Natural History. Indeed, there were some lovely things on display, the most impressive being perhaps examples of natural formations of gold and quartz. If you are anxious to see old ingots lost in shipwrecks, purchase pirate hats and pan for…
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Painted Desert Inn, Exterior Shot
Painted Desert Inn, Exterior Shot View On White
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Painted Desert Inn, Stairway to the Lower Floor
Painted Desert Inn, Stairway to the Lower Floor (where the old soda fountain was located) View On White
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Painted Desert Inn, Dining Area
Painted Desert Inn, Dining Area View On White There’s interesting info elsewhere on the internet about the paintings by Hopi artist, Fred Kabotie, decorating the walls of the inn.