birds in the 'hood .... Nov 2013

male  Eastern  Bluebird

...

the birds have been on hiatus  

 for  almost a month...

warm weather is a factor,

but also the daily appearance

 of those pesky Sandhill Cranes

male  Brown-headed Cowbird

Goldfinch

Palm Warbler

Sparrow

Titmouse

Sandhill  Crane

...

the pair in the backyard 

have been stealing seed 

 from the feeders..

keeping the smaller birds away

 and even trying to catch the 

squirrels that are brave enough to 

 get close to the feeders

T Day ........... 2013

Happy Turkey Day ......

enjoy the hoilday...

time with family or friends..

...

gobble til you wobble 

 

wordless wednesday ......

around gainesville ...... 2013

Mom's Kitchen

1008 NW 5th Avenue

 Gainesville, Florida 

...

family owned and operated 

from the  1940's

before closing in 2006

...

Gainesville's  first  SOUL FOOD  restaurant

..

purchased by the City of Gainesville

in 2009 for $165,000

( twice the estimated value of the property )

 for the purpose of renovating and creating

 a museum and helping revitalize the neighborhood

...

fast forward to 2013 

and the City  Building Dept. has deemed the 

building unsafe posing a fire hazard

and in danger of collapse

..

so the building remains shuttered and closed...

the elephant in the room

 

monday blue ........... graffiti tag

Vandal ..

keep  it  positive

...

34th  street  wall

Nov. 2013

Sunday ..........

deeded to the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1885

....

High Springs , Florida

 

built in the Carpenter Gothic style 

 popular for rural churches in the 1800's 

graffiti ........

... but when

the forgotten ..... murals

bookstore murals

circa 1995 

  located  behind  the  Florida  Bookstore

  UF campus 

Gainesville

name and artist unknown

looking for .......

Mr. Goodbar

the forgotten ........... mural 1

Let A Book Be Your Imagination

mural @1995

 located  in  Florida  Bookstore  parking  lot

...

blame it on  tunnel  vision..

have  driven past the murals  

 at least a dozen times in the past year..

and yet I never stopped

...

vaguely remember when they 

 were being painted ..
eleven murals on the walls of  two  parking lots

...

so they remained forgotten..

overgrown by weeds on the wall

and

space in my head

monday ...........

back door blues .......

gainesville

 2013

week-ending ....................

32nd Annual Downtown Festival and Art Show

Nov. 2013

Gainesville

..

wandering around the show early

  while the booths are being set up

  ..

overcast and hot  

so the crowds were not too 

 bad  during my walk through

city of peace

$3400

windows to the soul

$795

...

still my favorite piece....

the photographer's collection

is simply amazing

around town 2 ... gainesville

on  South Main Street

 

odds and ends ..........

locked

peeling ..........

layers

...

paint on the wall  

 2013

oldies ..... this and that

...dreaming of  the Chevy

 and my old blue jeans ...

(from  crocodile rock  lyrics by Elton John )

fading away ....

the Landing sign

advertising  a  restaurant / bar 

  that  has been closed for  years.

Monday Nov. 11

Veteran's Day 2013

...

In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day with the following words: "To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations…"

( excerpt from  History of Veteran's Day  / Office of Public and Intergovenmental Affairs  )

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