There’s a paved walking path that divides our yard from the neighbors’. And over on that side for some random reason a few flowers are growing out of a grassy part of the ground.
I don’t mind it. I’ll mow around them. They’re only weeds if they are undesirable and I can see no philosophical problem with extra flowers.
The early evening view out of my home office window:
That is not so bad, eh?
photo / Thursday — Comments Off on What to eat, what to eat 21 Jul 16
I’m not sold on the food. But we went to a burger and wing place near the office. One of my new colleagues said it was better before they changed the bread. This probably should say more about the deep respect in which I should hold my co-worker’s food opinions than anything about the restaurant. Different, and thus, apparently, inferior bread or not, they sear the buns:
I spent a bit of time in the Radio and Television Building today. In there we have a recently renovated 2,800-square-foot teaching studio, and the WTIU public television studios. WTIU is said to be one of the few high definition teaching facilities in the entire country. The WFIU public radio facilities are in there too. There are classes, labs, offices and the coolest poster ever:
Ordinarily I would try to avoid taking pictures of pictures, but that one, Curious George and curious kid, was too cool not to share.
I keep wandering by this statue of Hoagy Carmichael. He was from here. He went to school at IU and became a lawyer, but he always wanted to be a musician and so he composed “Stardust,” “Georgia On My Mind,” “Heart and Soul,” “The Nearness of You” and more.
And in the sculpture he is really laboring over that piano. But in a cool, jazzy way.
Stardust:
More Hoagy:
This is the Monroe Lake Dam, on Salt Creek, which was the turnaround point for our bike ride this evening:
It was built from 1960-1964. It is 1,350 feet long and 93 feet tall. The lake itself is the largest in the state. Well, the largest that is entirely in one state, I’ve read. If you’re really into the master plans of dams, I have one for you.
And how was your day? Mine was just fine, thanks. I spent the afternoon yoyoing off and on the back of the front pack of the slow group ride. That sounds like about the right station in life for a couple of hours.
Here we were hammering it by a cornfield. Keeping up is hard!
I love this. A John Deere tractor sitting out on the corner nearest the road. That’s a tool and a display piece. And it is a welcome site.
