Monday, September 18, 2017

Sept 18 Mt Auburn Cemetery I



Berlin - way to go fellow blog followers!! Milt, Elaine, Jim, Joani, Mike, Michelle, and Peyton all came through with the correct answer!!!



"Bio-Chem Couple"




When another opportunity to get some experience with my new mirrorless camera arose, I jumped at it. Jeff has a Fujifilm mirrorless and had extensive knowledge of its ability and workings. 

I snapped at everything that crossed my path. By the lake we noticed outstanding foliage colors reflecting on it. An added bonus was this couple taking it all in. We did approach them about our intention to add them into our colorful fall image.

Turns out they are both professors - he at Harvard and she from MIT! So much smarts sitting there!

Where in the World?

Better get out the atlas as this year I will be featuring some of the more famous cities of the world! Here are some interesting facts about one of them. Just what city would I be visiting? 

first permanent settler — and businessman — was Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, an African-American from what is now Haiti, in 1779.

world's first skyscraper, the Home Insurance Company, was built in 1885.

The "Historic Route 66" begins here at Grant Park on Adams Street

Lincoln Park Zoo one of only three major free zoos in the country, is one of the country's oldest zoos with an estimated annual attendance of 3.5 million.

Home to the second oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball.
 (extra credit if you know the oldest!)


Walt Disney was born here in 1901. He studied drawing at McKinley High School and the Institute of Fine Arts.

A Word to the Wise. . .

"Anyone who stops learning is old, 
whether at twenty or eighty. 
Anyone who keeps learning stays young. 
The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young."  
                                                         ~ Henry Ford    

Murphy's Laws. . .


Rule of Accuracy:

When working toward the solution of a problem, 
it always helps if you know the answer.

Corollary: 

Provided, of course, 
that you know there is a problem.


It's Cartoon Time. . .


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