That’s me. At our grandparents house.
Lincoln, Illinois 1955.
Third from the left
Month: September 2023
Wordless Wednesday
Pittsburgh Airport
Sept 2018
Nature’s Jewels
Raspberries are my favorite berry.
Free Take Me
Donna and I had just pulled out of the parking lot after our breakfast. I said to her “I wonder if we will see any furniture discards today.” A few years ago, (2015)we saw a pink chair on the sidewalk when we were together at the Dormont Eat ‘n Park.
We couldn’t believe it when there was a couch in the way back to her house last Friday. Of course, I pulled over and photographed it. it’s not like I go out and look for these abandoned furniture finds. They just show up!
Silent Sunday
A Ghost Bike
Have you seen a “ghost bike” in your neighborhood? Here’s one in ours.
A list of 630 ghost bikes in 210 locations at the website linked in the following quotation.
I’ve driven by it many times but this morning I turned the corner and photographed it. Read the plaque. A ghost bike is a visible reminder to share the road with cyclists and drive more carefully.
William Theisen, a cyclist killed when struck by a car at Stanton Avenue and North St. Clair Street in Highland Park, is memorialized with this ghost bike.
In February 2020, I had seen a ghost bike in Gainesville, Florida while visiting friends. I was a passenger in the car so was able to take the photo as we drive by. Unfortunately I don’t know the name of the cyclist who is memorialized.
Asian Lantern Festival at the Pittsburgh Zoo
at Butler Street
I was a passenger in a car as we came back home from Book Club. I was able to snap this picture as we turned up the hill. The Asian Lantern Festival is happening at the Pittsburgh Zoo Thursday-Saturdays until October 29
The Grandmother Who Taught Me to Knit
Did You Ever Own a Metal Lunchbox?
They were banned in schools in the 1970s after parents complained they were used as weapons and caused serious head injuries. Their history is here from the first Hopalong Cassidy box, to the the last of Rambo Sylvester Stallone model.
I had a red Stewart plaid one in third grade that I remember, complete with a thermos. There were no ice packs included, ever.
The Antique Trader attributes the popularity of metal lunchboxes to television.
Take a tour of the museum with this YouTube video if you can’t get to Columbus Georgia.
Mr Woodall has written an encyclopedia shown below
This Sign Got My Attention
Wait. What sharks? This is a pool. With chlorine.
Someone had fun posting this sign.
