Carol #271

Marian Shrine by Archdiose of Milwaukee

Wauwatosa, WI

Lesley 142/365

Self explanatory...

Lesley 139/365

Emmeline Pankhurst..... leader of the British suffragette movement which helped to win the right for women to vote. In 1918 the right was granted to women over 30. In 1999 Time magazine named her as one of the top 100 Most Important People of the 20th century.

I regard myself as apathetic when it comes to politics but I always vote,not because she won us the right to but because of her I have the right to choose to or not.

MaryFran May 24, 2010

MaryFran May 23, 2010

Antietam National Battlefield

MaryFran March 27, 2010

Monument on the Antietam Battlefield just before sunset

Sarabeth: 143

A statue in my neighborhood.

MaryFran March 19,2010

I took a walk for my lunch break today. I walked by the Big Spring, located on a back alley.This was the main source of water for some Sharpsburg Residents for years. Apparently for many years (in the memories of many Sharpsburg residents....but not in the very recent history) an older gentleman would go to the big spring each morning with his cleaning supplies and keep the spring and the spring area clean and free of debri, and in this way kept the spring 'usable'. It is in dismal shape at this time......

Lesley 79/365

Local uproar,
Art or eyesore?
very British,red white and blue,
I'm not sure,how about you?

Lesley 73/365

Sir Robert Peel, local celebrity....... in 1829 helped create the Metropolitan Police Force in London,affectionately known as 'Bobbies' or 'Peelers' who proved so successful that by 1857 all cities in the UK were obliged to form their own police forces.

Wade Photo #2

Statue

The Sun Singer. The end of the sculpture walk at Allerton Park in
Monticello, IL, where I took this photo a few weeks ago, in early November.
It was 70 degrees and sunny that day. Today it's grey, cold and wet.
Indian summers are nice while they last.

Lesley 26/365

The Matrix.....an artistic representation of the layers beneath our feet.......apparently

Becky *Twenty-One*

This was a beautiful spot on the Sewanee campus (Is that right, Reenie?  Were we on the campus?)  It is a veterans' memorial.

Lesley 17/365

Local history part 2...this is the Baddesley Wheel...it is half of the original winding wheel from our village colliery which closed in the 1980's,the plaque is dedicated to the local miners who died in the mine after an underground explosion caused the shaft to collapse.
My cub scouts planted daffodils around the base when it was dedicated so it looks really pretty in Spring.

Sarabeth's 14th

A view of one of the cemeteries around the city. This one is at the intersection of New Orleans and Metairie. I chose a wide view so you can see how close the crypts are to each other. Plus, today was perfect in The Big Easy. Perfect.

Linn 11/11/2009 Picture 11/365

I took off work early today and attended the Veteran's Day program at Sassy Marie's school today. My father-in-law is a Navy veteran. Eden escorted him across the gym and was so proud to have her grandpa with her. After a short program in the gym where her class sang patriotic songs to the veterans we walked to the National Cemetary located behind the school. Here they are together. It turned out to be a very pretty day and a lovely program to honor our service men and women.

Sarabeth's 11th

I took this photo yesterday, but I planned it for today. The National WWII Museum is located in New Olreans because of Andrew Higgins, inventor of the boats that made our invasion of Normandy a success (and many other beaches in the Pacific). Higgins hailed from New Orleans, and the boats were made here. I've talked to a man who drove one of the boats in the Pacific theater. If you are ever in this city, take some time to visit this well-done museum.

Sarabeth's 7th

Less than a block from house is one of the graveyards filled with crypts. Here in New Orleans and southern Louisiana people are buried above ground so that don't float out of the ground due to how close we are (and sometimes under) sea level. This is a photo of one of the bricked up openings for the mausoleums behind an iron fence.