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Green Eggs and Ham

Abilene contains a park that specializes in Dr Seuss stories, and this one is Green Eggs and Ham.

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Two Figurines

I went to Albany, Texas today and my friend and I went into the museum.  There was a room with Asian artifacts and I thought these figures were interesting.  

Surprisingly they said I could take pics as long as I didn't use flash. Great!!

I made several images and I'll scatter them through the coming days.

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Three Wise Men

One of the downtown churches displays this creche scene every year~~the three wise men greeting baby Jesus.  I think the sculptures are beautiful.  A couple of years ago I got an image of this scene at dusk or later and it was really nice, but I didn't have a tripod so it wasn't as sharp as I wanted it to be.

I made the image today at about 3 pm when it was overcast so I didn't need the tripod.

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Alaska-Siberia Lend-Lease Memorial

I didn't know anything about this program during WWII.  I never heard a word about it in school and only found out about it after I made this image.

During WWII Russia was unable to manufacture all the equipment it needed for the war, so the United States and Russia developed a program where the US would lend planes to Russia so it could

fight effectively against our enemies.  (Other European countries also participated in the program and there was some sort of a low repayment program).

Planes were shuttled to Fairbanks from the lower 48 and a combination of Russian and American pilots would fly the planes to Russia. Approximately 8,000 aircraft were lent in this program.

This statue is located in Griffin Park, downtown Fairbanks. It was designed & created

by R.T. Wallen and was unveiled on August 27, 2006.

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Bee's Wax Candle

I'm trying to minimize the non-essential possessions in my home, because:

1)  the less-is-more philosophy is giving me a lot of peace

&

2)  I don't want my kids to have to Figure-Out-What-To-Do-With-Mom's-Stuff when the time comes.

My environment isn't austere and never will be.  I think a home should be inviting and comforting, not only to the people who live there, but to all who enter for whatever reason.

I love these statues.  The candle is a bee's wax candle that a friend made.  Her husband is a honey farmer and she always has plenty of bee's wax and she kindly gave me several candles the last time I visited.  It's really time to burn it, but I keep forgetting, so right now it's another calming piece of decor in my living room.