Hay Barn

Our neighbor's hay barn up on the main county road.

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Hay Barn

Water Tower

Water tower in Covington, LA.

(Taken while participating in the Three Rivers Art Festival.
November 13, 2011)

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Water Tower

Bates Motel

While in Mississippi for the Double Decker Art Fair in Oxford, we stayed at the Bates' Motel.

Or, maybe, it was the Days Inn in Batesville, Mississippi?

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Bates Motel

Ice Cream and All That Jazz

Methinks she's probably enjoying the ice cream more than the jazz.

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Ice Cream and All That Jazz

Tuner's Bar and Grill

A temptation across the street from our booth at Mosaics Festival of the Arts in St. Charles, MO. A plaque next to the door notes that this building has been a bar continuously since the 1880s, except during Prohibition when the proprietors only sold sodas. (Yeah, right.)

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Tuner's Bar and Grill

Life Is A Gamble

Decisions, decision, decision. Do we continue heading south toward Oxford, MS, and take our chances at the Double Decker Art Fair? Or, do we simply go to Tunica, MS, and gamble at the casinos?

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Life Is A Gamble

Leave Tennessee and Lose A Lane

About to leave Tennessee heading south on Interstate 55 outside of Memphis. Mississippi provides one less traffic lane.

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Leave Tennessee and Lose A Lane

Oxford (Mississippi) Bound #1

Bound for the Double Decker Art Fair in Oxford, MS, on Friday, 4/29/11.  (Many of the photos were taken through the van's windshield so please pardon the blurry bug splatters.)


Center:  The land on the Arkansas side of the Mississippi is low and currently mostly under water .  The situation is worse since we were through last week.  A section of Interstate 40 was closed yesterday due to rising water covering the roadway.


Clockwise:

1.) Heading east on Interstate 40.

2.) The Arkansas Highway Patrol is on the job.  Speeding on the interstates didn't used to be a problem in our old van.  It felt as if it were going to start coming apart as one approached the 70 mph speed limit.  We have to be more careful not to get a lead foot in our new van.

3.) West Memphis, AR:  We don't want to go to either Blytheville or St. Louis.  Head to Memphis.

4.) On the bridge over the Mississippi River.

5.) Once across the Mississippi River bridge, you're briefly on a city street and must move to the right to exit onto I-55 heading toward Jackson, MS.  Follow that truck.  (We missed this exit on one of our early sojourns through Memphis.  I thought we'd never find our way back to I-55.)

6.) Jo really ought to start thinking about changing lanes, but I'm not a backseat driver so I'll keep my mouth shut.

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Oxford (Mississippi) Bound #1

Signs, Signs: Get In

Considering the condition of the car, the best advice might be: Find a different ride.

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Signs, Signs: Get In

Bridge Over the Buffalo River at Pruitt

Bridge over the Buffalo National River at the Pruitt Ranger Station (near Jasper, AR, on Hwy 7.) It was getting late on a mid-winter's day when this photo was taken.

To enjoy more bridge photos from around the world, please visit Sunday Bridges.

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Bridge Over the Buffalo River at Pruitt

Signs, Signs: No Skating

I obeyed the lakeside signs and neither went skating nor tried my hand at ice fishing.

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Signs, Signs: No Skating

ABC Wednesday: "J" Is For Juggler

Harmless T. Jester juggling at the Festival of Arts, Columbia, MO.

Please visit ABC Wednesday to see and share more photos brought to you by the letter "J".

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ABC Wednesday: "J" Is For Juggler

Reflected Trees

Library Windows

University of Central Arkansas

Conway, AR

Join the fun at Weekend Reflections hosted by James at Newtown Area Photo.

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Reflected Trees

Signs, Signs: No Photo's

I don't always obey every sign, especially not those that are misspelled.

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Signs, Signs: No Photo's

SkyWatch Friday: Stephens Lake

Swimming area on Stephens Lake (Columbia, MO)

From the archives and back to a warmer day last summer. Too bad I couldn't join in the swimming. Instead, Jo and I had a booth set up on the other side of the lake and were participating in Art in the Park sponsored by the Columbia Art League. Still, Stephens Lake Park is a beautiful setting for and art fair.

Join the fun at Skywatch Friday.

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SkyWatch Friday: Stephens Lake

Signs, Signs: What's For Lunch?

Are you hungry yet?

A sampling of the foods on offer at Smoky Hill River Festival, Salina, KS. (June, 2010)

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Signs, Signs: What's For Lunch?

Signs, Signs: "If You Can Read This..."

Ozarks Hospitality

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Signs, Signs: "If You Can Read This..."

Signs, Signs: No Trash

Stephens Lake Park (Columbia, MO)

One might wonder about the purpose of a trash receptacle with a sign requesting no trash be deposited. The photo below explains.

On subsequent visits to Stephens Lake Park, the Dog Waste Station was gone. Perhaps the lack of compliance had something to do with its removal.

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Signs, Signs: No Trash

Signs, Signs: Daisy Queen

One of our local fast food emporiums. 

And its customer service policy.

After a couple of weeks confined to our homestead by an ice and snow covered road, my wife and I finally made a trip into town on Monday.  In addition to several stop for replenishing food and supplies,  we celebrated Valentine's Day by enjoying a hot fudge sundae at the Daisy Queen.

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Signs, Signs: Daisy Queen

Signs, Signs: Chocolate Lover Parking

Sign on a fudge vendor's booth at Art in the Park, Columbia, MO.

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Signs, Signs: Chocolate Lover Parking

Composted Still Life with Ice

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Composted Still Life with Ice

Weaving

Weaving demonstration.

(Art in the Park, Columbia, MO)

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Weaving

Snow Up To Our Eyeballs

A mosaic Jo made out of some of her broken tiles.

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Snow Up To Our Eyeballs

Broadway Street Bridge Across the Arkansas River

Broadway Street Bridge across the Arkansas River in Little Rock.

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Broadway Street Bridge Across the Arkansas River

Going Down

Escalator in the Statehouse Convention Center (Little Rock, AR)

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Going Down

ET On A Bicycle

Little Rock, AR

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ET On A Bicycle

Red Sculpture

Sculpture in Riverfront Park (Little Rock, AR)

(Lift bridge over the Arkansas River in the background.)

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Red Sculpture