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Entries from April 2011

Dick to Crystal: 12 August 1941 (postcard #1)

April 20th, 2011 · No Comments

We arrived in Juneau, the capital of Alaska, at 8:00.

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Temporary Repair (Everywhere a sign #36)

April 19th, 2011 · 2 Comments

(photo: spitballarmy.com) The “Temporary Sidewalk Repair” sign has been up for a pretty long time, but not nearly as long as the sidewalk beneath it has been covered “temporarily” with asphalt.  I first noticed the supposedly-interim walkway at least two years ago, and I’m not always quick to notice these kinds of things. Seen off […]

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Tags: My Eye · photography · signs

Postcard: Wee Kirk of the Heather, Glendale, Calif.

April 18th, 2011 · 3 Comments

Card is titled: “1057 / Wee Kirk of the Heather, Glendale, Calif. / from Kodachrome.”

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Fred FM playlist: 17 April 2011 “Travels & Journeys”

April 17th, 2011 · 2 Comments

Approximate playing time: 80 minutes.

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Dick to Crystal: 9 August 1941

April 16th, 2011 · No Comments

This is a picture of the town we found so interesting that we missed the boat by 1-2 minutes.

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What a Relief!

April 15th, 2011 · No Comments

(photo: spitballarmy.com) A hand-painted relief on the wall of a building along Richard Arrington Blvd., Birmingham, Alabama, as seen on 6 April 2011.

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Shadows on the Sidewalk

April 14th, 2011 · No Comments

(photo: spitballarmy.com) The sidewalk on the Richard Arrington Blvd. bridge, Birmingham, Alabama, as seen on 6 April 2011.  There’s some crazy parallax thing going on here…do you see it?

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Dick to Crystal: 6 August 1941

April 13th, 2011 · No Comments

This is the best hotel in town, in which we had a wonderful breakfast and lunch.

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Cheaper than Dirt

April 12th, 2011 · No Comments

I ask for ten bags of the cheap top soil. That’s “less expensive,” I am advised. He’s right: there are still things cheaper than dirt.

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Postcard: Longfellow Bridge, Boston

April 11th, 2011 · 1 Comment

Card is titled: “West Boston Bridge across Charles River Basin, showing Boston Skyline, Boston, Mass. / B-13.”

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