133/365, #168: Law Enforcement

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132/365, #92: Famous Author

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Another floodwall mural in Portsmouth, Ohio. This is Jesse Stuart, an author who wrote about northeastern Kentucky and the surrounding area which includes Portsmouth.

131/365, #158: Industry

This mural depicts the major industries in the Portsmouth area today. Located in the left third of the mural are pictures featuring gray iron casting as processed by OSCO Industries, Inc. The middle third shows an aerial view of the uranium enrichment plant located near Piketon, Ohio. The right third shows scenes inside Mitchellace, Inc., the world's largest manufacturer of shoe laces. Inside both the shoe lace manufacturing and gray iron casting portions are reverse telescopic views of these industries in the past.

130/365, #182: Memories of Childhood

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Although this looks almost like a book, it's actually two sections (and two photos) of the floodwall murals in Portsmouth, Ohio where I grew up. I remember hanging out at several of these places as a child. (There is scaffolding set up on the left of the photo, I think they were cleaning some of the murals this day.)

129/365, #51: City Lights

My next series of photos are of the Portsmouth Murals in Ohio where I grew up. My DSLR battery was dead when we got there, so I used the little camera I carry in my purse.

This is one of my favorites. This mural shows a modern-day twilight scene of downtown Portsmouth as seen from the Kentucky side of the Ohio River. Featured is the U.S. Grant Bridge connecting with lower Chillicothe Street.

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128/365, #179: Magical

One more shot of the peonies blooming at my inlaws' home. I added the photo of Bella using a tut from PET by Wendy Williams. Fairy brushes are also from Wendy and the swirl border is made from brushes from Obsidian Dawn.

127/365, #55: Closely Cropped

I took this photo specifically for this theme.

126/365, #19: Backlighting

 I couldn't decide which of these to use for the theme, so I'm using both!

125/365, #122: Girl

My great-niece, Bella, checking out the birds at the zoo.
This is the last in my series from the Cincinnati Zoo!

124/365, #287: Skin

Got dry skin? I'll bet this rhinoceros has you beat!

123/365, #286: Skeletal

This is the skeleton of a manatee.

122/365, #259: Repeating Pattern

121/365, #333: Tower

The giraffes at the Cincinnati Zoo have a new home, Giraffe Ridge.

Just in case you're trying to figure out how this photo and the theme work, I'll tell you: The giraffes tower over all of the other animals! :-)

120/365, #306: Stripes

This is a Grevy's Zebra.

119/365, #155: Imperfect

I'm thinking this guy isn't supposed to have

4 horns instead of two curved ones??

118/365, #97: Feline Friend

This White Lion sure looks friendly--but he didn't sound very friendly when he was roaring loudly right before I shot this photo!

117/365, #258: Relaxation

The polar bears are my favorite animals at the zoo. Doesn't this fella just fit the theme perfectly? :-)

116/365, #130: Grin

This is my great-niece Bella at the Cincinnati Zoo.

She has an adorable grin!

115/365, #193: Musically Inclined

Another photo of my brother at Zoo Tunes. Because of the weather forecast, they played in a tent and this photo was dark so I had a lot of editing to do!

114/365, #192: Musical Instrument

This is my brother tuning his bass. He plays with the Comet Bluegrass All-Stars. They played for Zoo Tunes at the Cincinnati Zoo last week. If you want to hear their music, click on their MySpace page.

(The photo was taken in a parking lot, so I did an extraction and changed the background before adding a frame.)

113/265, #185: Minimalism

Only two stems still had flowers on this forsythia bush. This one, standing tall above the other branches, caught my eye!

112/365, #362: Window

One of the windows in the lower level of the barn at my inlaws' home. I love the textures in the old wood and stone.

111/365: Barn (My own theme)

This barn is at my inlaws' home, taken on 4/25/09. a beautiful spring day!

110/365, #344: Up on Top

Ants "up on top" of a peony bloom at my inlaws' home. (Click for a larger view.)

109/365: Statue (My own theme)

John Marshall (September 24, 1755 – July 6, 1835) was Chief Justice of the United States serving from February 4, 1801, until his death in 1835. He served in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1799, to June 7, 1800, and, under President John Adams, was Secretary of State from June 6, 1800, to March 4, 1801. The longest serving Chief Justice in Supreme Court history, Marshall dominated the Court for over three decades and played a significant role in the development of the American legal system. Most notably, he established that the courts are entitled to exercise judicial review, the power to strike down laws that violate the Constitution. Thus, Marshall has been credited with cementing the position of the judiciary as an independent and influential branch of government.

You see Old Main in the background.

108/365, #125: Government

Located on the western lawn of campus, facing the entrance of Old Main Building, this bust of John Marshall was designed by A.R. Winters and J.S. Jablonski.
The original bust was made of Italian marble. Unveiled June 3, 1937 by the chief justice's great-great-grandson, Charles Marshall Scott, it commemorated the 100th anniversary of Marshall College. During Easter weekend of 1957, the erosion-marred bust was damaged by vandals, who broke off part of its nose and the right ear. J.S. Jablonski, then chairman of the Department of Art, pronounced the statue unrepairable, and volunteered to donate his time and skill to create a replacement. Andrew R. Winters, former state senator and Marshall alumnus, contributed $600 to pay for the casting of the bust into bronze. Jablonski worked for nine months on the new bust, spending 150-200 hours on the project.Using information from the library; studying photos, the Inman portrait, and the original statue; and working from the sketches of Col. Tiller E. Carter, former Marshall professor of military science and tactics, who according to Jablonski was a living image of John Marshall, he created a clay model. A three-piece mold of plaster-of-Paris cast made. This was cast in bronze by the Roman Bronze Works of Corona, N.Y. The F.C. McColm granite Company donated a new granite shaft to replace the previous limestone pedestal which was also chipped and eroded. On May 9, 1959, Margaret Ann Scott of Dayton, great-great-great granddaughter of John Marshall stood where her father had 22 years before to unveil the new bust.

106/365, #174: Local Landmark

The Memorial Student Center Fountain on the campus of Marshall University was dedicated to the memory of the plane crash victims on November 12, 1972, by President John G. Barker. Each year on the anniversary of that fateful day - November 14 – a memorial service is held, which includes the traditional laying of the wreath. Then the water is turned off until next spring.
More than 13 feet high and weighing 6,500 pounds, the fountain was created by sculptor Harry Bertoia. It was his hope that the fountain would "commemorate the living - rather than death - on the waters of life, rising, receding, surging so as to express upward growth, immortality and eternality."
The bronze plaque bears this simple, eloquent inscription:
"They shall live on in the hearts of their families and friends forever."

107/365, #305: Street Scene

This sign is on Hal Greer Blvd. in Huntington, WV in front of Old Main at Marshall University.

105/365, #37: Building

Old Main, Marshall University's administrative building, faces Hal Greer Boulevard and Fourth Avenue on the west side of campus.The oldest building at Marshall University, Old Main is actually five buildings joined together in a series of additions constructed between the years 1868 and 1908.

104/365, #101: Banner

One of the banners on the campus of Marshall University.

103/365, #188: Memorial

This is the memorial at Spring Hill Cemetery in Huntington, West Virginia, to the Marshall University football team and others who died in a plane crash in November 1970. You might have seen or heard about the movie We Are Marshall starring Matthew McConaughey. I've added the inscriptions from the front and back of the memorial (click for larger view).

My next few blog posts will be from Marshall, my alma mater. Go Herd!

102/365, #335: Transparent

These pink seed pods caught my eye, I've never seen any this color before!

101/365, #48: Childhood Favorite

Birthday cake, a childhood favorite! (And an adult favorite. :-))

Our little princess Ryann enjoyed the cake for her 2nd birthday.