And They Wrote It All Down As The Progress Of Man

Vero Beach on its way to becoming the new Fort Lauderdale. Choking on sprawl and consequences. Can't build more fast enough. Haven't we seen something like this before? 

**

Looks like folks are moving in about as fast as the new ones go up. Vero Beach sprawls and splatters outward. 

Man wrote a song about the last financial collapse: "easy credit, no money down, that's the way we built this town . . . and the only shelter that credit buys is a house of cards and a pack of lies." 

-30-

Nuts On A New Level

Nashville has a Parthenon replica. Nuts on a new level. I contemplate, without resolving anything, why this might have seemed important. And to whom.

Nike, in Athena's right hand, is six feet tall. About eight pounds of gold leaf used for Athena. Bronze doors that appear to be hollow. Still a whole lot of metal involved.

And I make a little joke.

-end-

Ye Olde Curiosities

Pictures that come my way. And a few pictures I've taken recently.

Captain Miller (back) getting the scene with his mojoPhone. First Officer is piloting the drone. Crested Butte, Colorado. - I stitched drone stills into a panorama.

*

Closer to home with the Quiet Birds of Riverside Park. My little airplane nose down leaning against the van. Tom's various airplanes inside his van. He's a retired aero-engineer who flies a lot of sheet-foam pushers. - I, with about 1/2 hour total time, just try not to crash so hard that I do damage requiring glue and splines.

***

Meanwhile, and nearby, the dog park. Our dog, Lili, in foreground. There had been a plan afoot, now thwarted (we hope!) for the city to sell this land for the cash. A brew pub would go in, and there would be a big ol' parking lot instead of happy dogs racing around. At a City Council meeting the public showed up in number and not in support of this great idea.



Parked at Wells Fargo. A succession of huge pickup trucks in the slot beside us. We have a couple of Honda Fit. Lots of room and really great mpg. Not the best visibility, seeing or being seen, in traffic.





Summer afternoon weather -

-end-

Might Be Time For Another Big Pile o Pix

The pix pile up. So easy when film is thousands of shots per roll, and the price of same film is so low. I have no idea what to do with the visual record I make of so much. Edit and stick a few of 'em here, I guess.

Sunday isn't bad for getting around and through Indrio Road construction. Then onto Johnston Road to Angle Road and Fort Pierce. 







I'm interested in how Lumix film works when making photos taken into bright light. Recent experiments with hazy sun have been promising, possibly even visually interesting. 

*

City, county, and state are easing out of having working drinking fountains in parks. A disappointment. Water is still available from a tap somewhere. Unless the restrooms have been vandalized, and then nothing works. Other times it's no more chilled water. Or, in the case near Wabasso, the chilled unit is gone, and water from the fountain is only a useless dribble.




Non-working in Pepper Park, St Lucie County.




A sign about great parks replaces the drinking fountains in a state park.

*

According to a newspaper account, a survey crew got it wrong. The road is in the wrong place, and it's being removed and replaced. This benefits one gated community while taking a chunk out of another. - On the Jungle Trail. A mesh keeps hard-pack sand anchored for traffic.

-end-

Ravioli In Squid Sauce (Recipe)

Two cans of squid in ink. Two or three tablespoons of Italian dressing. Clove of garlic, bit of minced onion. And splash of red wine and a dash of olive oil. Make it up as you go along. Simmer for best results. Spoon over ravioli.

**

My American Hat

*

A Storm Follows Me Home

*

Green Dock

*

Vero Highland

*

A Small Thrift Store Find 

*

A Ride North & A Ride South

*

More About Maryland Fried Chicken Some Other Time

I Don't Think We Are In Kentucky Any More

-end-