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In Sayner, Wisconsin. This was the second statue we saw of them on this short road trip. They remind me of my childhood because I'd always get so excited to see things like this, especially when it was Babe.
The building behind it houses the world's first snowmobile and the tree behind them is carved to look like eagles and their nest.
In Atlanta, Illinois, off the historic Route 66 is the J.H. Hawes Grain Elevator. It was built in 1904, and abandoned in 1976. In the 80's it was considered too large a fire hazard to remain, but citizens protested, causing it's restoration and listing on the National Register of Historic Places. It is a Victorian era, heavy timber structure that now has a museum operate around it.
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From Wikipedia:
Snoqualmie Falls is a 268 ft (82 m) waterfall on the Snoqualmie River between Snoqualmie and Fall City, Washington, USA. It is one of Washington's most popular scenic attractions, but is perhaps best known internationally for its appearance in the cult television series Twin Peaks. More than 1.5 million visitors come to the Falls every year, where there is a two-acre (0.8 ha) park, an observation deck, and a gift shop.
Roadside, Hill Country, Texas….. wasn’t aware some bluebonnets are pink. I will not question the sanity of their name, as I’m from Mississippi, where a lot of backward shit I can’t explain goes on. But I digress….. some beauty for your Wednesday, if nothing else.
Our fishing clubs annual Christmas in July. Here's our decorated camper. Picture taken at the Pure Rod and Gun fishing club in Plainfield Illinois.
Common across the prairie, this species is also known as Wild Barley and Foxtail Grass. When I found it growing in a roadside ditch with a background in perfect shadow, I knew I had something striking. It looks like a studio shot, but this plant was growing wild, and I didn't cut it, move it, or even touch it. (Even if that had improved the angle of view somehow, all the melted frost would have been lost!)
I posted a different take on this wild grass three years ago, from a slightly pulled back point of view, showing a single leaf, but this was my first shot, closer, showing only the flowering spike. Not as good for I.D. but graphically superior. I cloned out the leaf, which cut through the bottom left of the frame and was a visual distraction. In this image I wanted only the ray-like spikelets that will soon detach, each bearing a seed, scattering on the wind. And the droplets of melted frost.
It's all about intent. Are we documenting or creating art? Perhaps both? In this case, two slightly different interpretations resulted in two separate images in my file. If a client comes calling or I think of a good use for either, I have it covered. Grasses, of course, and even wildflowers, are not big sellers; they aren't sexy like cars or elephants. A photo buyer lectured me about this on the phone a couple decades ago: "You're wasting your time with flowers!" Well... if time is only money, yes. But this isn't about money. I was fifty at the time and had already learned to never let others impose their values on me.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2015 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Jan. 22, 2023: Skull on display in a window at the Cabazon Dinosaurs gift shop in Cabazon, California. This photo originally uploaded for Flickr Friday #support. I accidentally overwrote the caption on Feb. 2, 2023 with caption below.
Jan. 22, 2023: Stop at the Cabazon Dinosaurs on Interstate 10, west of Palm Springs, California. Artist Claude Bell built the original two dinosaurs, Dinny and Mr. Rex. After Bell passed away in 1988, the surviving family sold the site. Today, an indoor/outdoor walk-through park is located adjacent to Mr. Rex. A $15 admission allows access to over 75 fiberglass and robotic dinosaurs.
In preparation for the Ghost Walks in October the Stay-Puft man has arrived in Port Gamble Washington. He is located across the street from what some consider the most haunted building in Washington State, the Walker-Ames house. This is on direct positive paper that was developed in camera using eco pro developer and fixer.
The world's largest arch made of elk antlers. Spanning 75 feet across the four lanes of U.S. Highway 89, the arch consists of 3,011 elk antlers and weighs 15 tons. Though it is called an Elkhorn arch it is actually an Elk antler arch. Elk shed their antler rack every year while animals with horns like cows do not shed them. Afton, Lincoln County, Wyoming.
Cadillac Ranch as an art installation near Amarillo, Texas. It was created in 1974 and consists of 10 Cadillacs half-buried in the ground. In 1997 it moved about 2 miles to its present location.
Aquarium at The Boardwalk in Branson Missouri. See my cool night shot of this octopus:
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This old guy has been at a gas station in DeForest since the 1960’s. Quite the handsome fellow and I love how he parts his hair in the middle!
It's the whole monumental family of ringneck pheasants!
I regret to report that as I was driving northward on the Enchanted Highway after this stop, an actual ringneck pheasant made a poorly timed life choice and tried to fly across the road in front of me.
It was really kind of funny how people just became oblivious to the burros after being in Oatman for awhile. This lady was patiently waiting, while looking at her phone, for her turn to get into the store. The baby already poked his nose inside and you can see the owner trying to shoo him out. If you look closely at the window, you will see a couple of more people not paying attention raucous they were causing. The burros definitely know they can get away with almost anything in this town.
Please look at my Route 66 album to see more of the Mother Road. www.flickr.com/photos/35900399@N07/albums/72177720300815453
25 giant clams (big enough to sit on) complete with giant rake located in the parking lot of Cove RV Park & Country Store (303075 US Highway 101, Brinnon, WA.) A tribute to the great shellfishing on Hood Canal and listed in RoadsideAmerica.com
JUMBO - On September 15, 1885 the giant African elephant, star of the Barnum and Bailey circus, met an untimely death when struck in St Thomas by a grand trunk locomotive. To commemorate the 100th Anniversary of this tragic event, the citizens of of St. Thomas and Elgin County erected this monument which was designed in New Brunswick, Sussex by Winston Bronum.
on the plaque next to the statue.
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I have read some horrible reviews of this place. I did stop and paid $2 to go into the gift shop. I figured if I bought something they would take it off the amount. I didn't buy anything. The owners weren't very welcoming, verging on rudeness. After reading other reviews, I got off lucky
One of hundreds of metallic folk art "critters" in Carl's Critter Garden in Hanksville, Utah. A wonderfully fun frolic with some cool fanciful creatures. Check it out if you are ever in Hanksville.
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The creation of the Cabazon dinosaurs began in the 1960s by Knott's Berry Farm sculptor and portrait artist Claude K. Bell (1897–1988) to attract customers to his Wheel Inn Restaurant, which opened in 1958 and closed in 2013. Dinny, the first of the Cabazon dinosaurs, was started in 1964 and created over a span of eleven years.
Texture thanks to Cris Buscaglia.
Along Route 66
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