Sunday, May 31, 2015

Photo suite 179 -- cemeteries around the world


Portanou, Lemnos, Greece

Stuttgart, Germany

Ivittuut, Greenland



Tokyo






















Buenos Aires






















Isles of Scilly, England

Sunday, May 24, 2015

Photo suite 178 -- love locks


One of my favorite places is the Big Four Bridge, a pedestrian walkway over the Ohio River, which has become a destination for lovers who write their names or initials on a padlock, fasten it to the bridge and then toss the key into the river, metaphorically locking themselves together forever.

Unfortunately the heartless party-poopers at our waterfront agency come around and cut the locks off, apparently worrying that the extra weight will cause the bridge -- built to hold railroad trains -- to collapse.  But not to worry -- I document the locks whenever I see them, so even if the lock itself has gone to the landfill, it lives on in cyberspace.

In honor of my wedding anniversary this weekend, here's a bunch of locks from the bridge -- dedicated to the one I love.








Sunday, May 10, 2015

Photo suite 176 -- machines from the past


two machines at the textile museum, Osnabruck, Germany

at the quilting retreat house, Centerfield KY

in the hotel stairway, Bernkastel, Germany

in the woolen mill, Donegal, Ireland

in the touristy gift shop, Rome