Whimsical Windows - Bearly Seen

The Bear on the NY  Hutichinson River Parkway south

Henry, I-95 south, Pennsylvania/Delaware line

US 1 North from Maryland

In the shadows, viewing the magnificent George Washington Bridge

 


















Toby hosts the fun meme Whimsical  Windows/Delirious Doors, and while architecture is the suual thrust, is it possible that a windshield/windscreen is also a window? I hope so as my entry includes such a view from my Ford E150 van on a family vacation in 2000. The whimsy includes a stuffed bear who was along for the ride - he sat the entire trip on the passenger side, his nubby tan 'fur' aglow. Henry is his name - and the bear never complained about my driving skills, thus making him the perfect passenger! Henry now occupies a cup holder near the back seat of my Dodge Grand Caravan - and still never complains about my driving!

Shadow Shot Sunday - Shadows in Time

Both style and elegance ruled in the 1930s...

Shadow Shot Sunday 2 is back as are more archived scans, another one from the files of a gentleman named Ralph from Steubenville Ohio, of course my namesake grandfather. I scanned this recently and time has allowed this print to give a softness to both scene and shadow in this late 1930s print. Try doing a current search for the Kent House and the choices are endless. So I'll conclude that this obviously was a fine restaurant near the northeast Ohio college town of Kent. I will further assume that Grandpa asked the maître d’hôtel, valet or other staff to take the photo as he seemed to want to chronicle to his contemporaries that he was actually there. And in those days, nobody wore a hat into an eatery as so many more do today - it was a bit classier in style then...

Whimsical Windows - Capital City Detailing

Toby's fun architectural meme, Whimsical Windows/Delirious Doors reappears, and today I am archiving (is that a verb ?) from pictures taken inside the Connecticut State Capital in Hartford - and at wheelchair height from the second floor. The dusty rose and gold tones of the 1879 building are bright and bold, Nothing today is detailed quite as nicely as this!

Shadow Shot Sunday 2 - Sentimental seashore shadows

Shadow Shot Sunday 2 returns near the official end of the heat and humidity of the northern Summer (and the lovely Patti is happy about that :) and as I am in the midst of scanning the family history over the eons, I like this as last look at the beach as Autumn lurks nearby. The year is 1965, the ebbing high tide of the Atlantic Ocean and the great New Jersey shore. The subject here is a cousin at age one who is being introduced to the surf with her mom, and the look of the child is one of a joy of discovery...the soft sand and salty surf are a revelation to the little one who loves  the new sensation...who wouldn't at any age?

Ruby Tuesday Too - School Memorial

 

Ruby Tuesday Too returns for the week as do I. Today I go literally around the corner of our home to Emmett O'Brien Technical High School in Ansonia, and what we have seen for a week is hundreds of small American flags on the grounds of the school. It is part of a remembrance of the events on September 11 2001, a true day of evil and infamy...the school has not just the planted flags, but has also created a memorial garden as well. The sheetmetal shop created the metallic towers casting a slight shadow over a flower garden and more flags. On top is a closer view of the inscribed memorial to the victims, to the left is a full view of the towers, to the right, a mere snippet of the red-white-blue that fills the lawn. It is a small but mighty memorial that we never can forget all history that as affected our republic - that we as a people will endure and thrive through anything and everything...