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Water Crossing

The Mississippi River, as it flows past downtown Minneapolis (or, what I saw on vacation).

Minneapolis
photographed 9.21.2019

Perhaps an explanation is in order

Look! I found a completely incomphrehensible side-street mural in downtown Hobbs, New Mexico.

Hobbs, New Mexico
photographed 9.7.2019

The Posers

What’s happening? Yesterday my post had a half of a person in it, and today there are two whole people. Wow. Believe me, I am as surprised by this as you are.

I sat in this spot for a while, watching a steady stream of people perch on that stone ledge to have their photo taken. Most of them were in poses similar to the one here, which made me start to wonder how they all know that’s The One Right Way To Sit – is there a guidebook or something?

But these two had an added value, of a sort, with the photo-taker also striking a pose.

Chicago, Illinois
photographed 8.26.2019

City in the sky: Cloud Gate

My favorite time to photograph the famous Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago is when the light and sky are just right and the edges of the sculpture blur into the sky. Like this.

Also: look! A person!

Chicago, Illinois
photographed 8.26.2019

Coffee shop: napkin

In 1992, the town of Plainview stood in for fictitious Rustwater, Kansas, in the Steve Martin movie Leap of Faith; the scenes inside a diner were actually filmed in what is now called Broadway Brews.

Yesterday, I took myself on a little road trip and found myself in Plainview in the very same diner.

Plainview, Texas
photographed 10.10.2019

Fun facts:
1. The water tower still says Rustwater, Kansas.
2. And the brick wall on the alley side of Broadway Brews has a mural that references the movie.