146/365, #260: Rest in Peace

This is a small part of the cemetery that is beside Bethlehem United Methodist. The larger stone is dated 1865. It's difficult to read the dates on the others.

145/365, #302: Steeple

Another photo of Bethlehem United Methodist Church.

144/365, #59: Colored Glass

Stained glass windows in Bethlehem United Methodist Church. The window on top is located above the main entry door. The others are in the sanctuary.

143/365, #68: Cross

Taken in the sanctuary of Bethlehem United Methodist Church in Clarksville, TN.

142/365, #235: Place of Worship

This is beautiful Bethlehem United Methodist Church in Clarksville, TN, where my family worships. The building was dedicated in 1900 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

For those of you who are country music fans, you might recognize the church from Trace Adkin's video Muddy Water. (The link takes you to a CMT vide0.)

141/365, #315: Symbol

In the center of this wreath is the POW/MIA symbol in remembrance of United States military personnel taken as prisoners of war or listed as missing in action.

140/365, #337: Travel

This is a part of the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall. It was in Oak Grove, Kentucky (Fort Campbell) over the weekend and is a beautiful tribute to the many who lost their lives.

I didn't get very many photos because it started raining shortly after we got there. :-(

139/365, #195: National Pride

These flags were flying over the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall that was displayed in Oak Grove, Kentucky this weekend. (The wall will be my next post.)

I hope everyone has had a happy Memorial Day!

138/365: Colorful (My own theme)

These are in a pot on my patio.

137/365, #296: Song Lyrics

I took these photos in my yard, the roses are beautiful right now!

I found this about the song:

'Everything’s Coming Up Roses' is a song from the 1959 Broadway musical Gypsy: A Musical Fable, with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and music by Jule Styne. It was most famously sung by Ethel Merman.

Scrapbook kit "Rosebud" by Sandy Collins at Digital Design Den. The Shoppe at the Den is open again!

136/365, #331: Times Gone By

I saved my favorite for the last in my series of the Portsmouth Murals. It feels like you can walk right into the street pictured here. This is the main street in Portsmouth, Chillicothe Street, in the 1940s. Many of these buildings are still there (although the businesses they house have changed).

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135/365, Cowboy (My own theme)

Ever hear of Roy Rogers? Here he is with his horse Trigger.

Happy Trails to You!

134/365, #244: Public Transportation

Another Portsmouth Mural, this Greyhound Bus Station was

designed by George D. Brown and built around 1939. It is now vacant and in disrepair.

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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.)