Booman Tribune ~ fOtofair2006 IndyLib

See...that thing was built eons ago without building codes. Why, oh why can't the city of LA let me build my dream house, without all 2349 codes I have to adhere to? I'd be good. I promise!

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by fabooj (fabooj [at} mail [dot} com) on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 07:39:15 PM EST
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Dinosaurs of Holbrook

This isn't a pretty picture because I was going 80mph and shot it out the window, but I decided to include it because I think the subject matter is hilarious -- there really are these massive dinosaurs just hanging out in the desert off the highway right outside of Holbrook, Arizona. The signage for the attraction they go with isn't very prominent so it's easy to come away (such as I did) with the idea that these things are just randomly out there, waiting to eat hikers and cars full of lost tourists.

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by IndyLib on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 12:53:30 PM EST

Re: fOtofair2006 IndyLib (4.00 / 10)

Wonder how many kids' diapers have had to be changed after whizzing by these things at night?

"I never trust people who don't laugh." Maya Angelou, March 5, 2009

by Indianadem on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 02:27:31 PM EST
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Re: fOtofair2006 IndyLib (4.00 / 7)

Heh, right? Seems like a good place to shout from the driver's seat, "If you kids don't stop making noise I'm going to pull over RIGHT NOW and let you out!"

by IndyLib on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 02:41:27 PM EST
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Downtown Flagstaff

This one is just because I'm 12, and it always makes me laugh that there's an intersection of Beaver & Cherry in Flagstaff. Astonishingly, I never stole this sign.

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by IndyLib on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 12:54:10 PM EST

Re: fOtofair2006 IndyLib (4.00 / 10)

<Beavis & Butthead>hehe...hehe...Beaver and Cherry...heheh.</Beavis & Butthead>

I live near Easy Street in Ann Arbor. It's the only street in the town with all of its street signs about 20 feet up on telephone poles instead of on the regular 8-10 foot high road sign poles.

Tengo un sueño.

by ejmw (ewitham (at) umich (dot) edu) on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 01:29:24 PM EST
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LOL ... nt (4.00 / 2)

parvum opus

by olivia on Sun Oct 29th, 2006 at 01:33:31 AM EST
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Re: fOtofair2006 IndyLib (4.00 / 5)

I am amazed that they can even keep the street signs. I'd think every kid in town would have those street signs in his/her bedroom.

Fakes energy well

by JimF (jimNOfergusonSpaM@macPleasE.com) on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 05:05:12 PM EST
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That corner is downtown, about 2 blocks from the police station, which I suspect protects and serves the sign well. :)

by IndyLib on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 05:36:28 PM EST
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Barn & Trees

Shot randomly off the highway in rural Ohio, end of summer 2006

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by IndyLib on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 12:54:43 PM EST

Re: fOtofair2006 IndyLib (4.00 / 2)

I love this one Indy ... Love photos and paintings of barns/farms.

parvum opus

by olivia on Sun Oct 29th, 2006 at 01:33:22 AM EST
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Covered bridge

Over the Miami River in rural Ohio, early fall 2006

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by IndyLib on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 12:55:19 PM EST

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nice!

by maryb2004 on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 05:32:48 PM EST
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thanks!

by IndyLib on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 05:36:35 PM EST
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Fall Colors

I thought this looked like an impressionist painting; fall, 2006

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by IndyLib on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 12:55:55 PM EST

Autumn Leaves

In my front yard; fall 2006

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by IndyLib on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 12:56:26 PM EST

Re: fOtofair2006 IndyLib (4.00 / 10)

I love the smell of fall! I can almost smell those leaves.

by Second Nature (denn1214 at gmail) on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 01:54:34 PM EST
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It has smelled absolutely heavenly here for the past couple of weeks. It's all new fireplace smell and pumpkin pie and rain on the autumn leaves everywhere you go. I love it!

by IndyLib on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 01:59:44 PM EST
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Smell of fall? Know what I smell I associate with fall? Forest fires. Fires threatening 1200 homes in a housing development that never should have been built. Living in the city, I kinda get away from that. I do so miss the ash falling, it's a lot like snow. But not cold.

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by fabooj (fabooj [at} mail [dot} com) on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 07:42:12 PM EST
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Poor faboo - no, I mean dried leaves and apples and cold air.

by Second Nature (denn1214 at gmail) on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 07:46:09 PM EST
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Oh. :( I don't even remember that from Kansas City. I remember: dusty sycamore leaves everywhere, no more lighting bugs, Stevenson's Apple Farm--where we always went for a fall family dinner and got fresh made warm apple cider and apple butter and a lot of plaid. Fall meant I was tartaned up!

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by fabooj (fabooj [at} mail [dot} com) on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 08:08:11 PM EST
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Wet Yellow Kalanchoe

inspired by the lovely Miss Olivia in Ottawa.

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by IndyLib on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 12:57:11 PM EST

It's great that olivia's inspiration pays off in such wonderful photos for the rest of us. Great shot (though the wupatki pic is still my favorite).

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit - Edward Abbey

by AndiF (ferguson1461 at gmail dot com) on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 01:44:24 PM EST
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It took me forever to learn how to do these shots. It's going to take me forever and a half to learn how to play with colors and light the way you do. :)

by IndyLib on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 02:01:03 PM EST
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I've really figured out a lot since I started taking nearely every day -- apparently, constant repetition can get through even my thick head.

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit - Edward Abbey

by AndiF (ferguson1461 at gmail dot com) on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 02:29:02 PM EST
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Re: fOtofair2006 IndyLib (4.00 / 6)

Indy, We vacation in the same places! Wupatki, Flagstaff, Holbrook, etc. I love the photos!

Oh, there you are, Perry. -Phineas -SLB-

by boran2 (blogistan@yahoo.com) on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 03:04:25 PM EST

Re: fOtofair2006 IndyLib (4.00 / 6)

Glad you liked them, boran2. I didn't vacation there, though, I lived in Flag for 11 years! :) Just moved to Ohio this past spring.

by IndyLib on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 03:07:35 PM EST
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Re: fOtofair2006 IndyLib (4.00 / 5)

My bad! I do remember reading about this now that you remind me!

Oh, there you are, Perry. -Phineas -SLB-

by boran2 (blogistan@yahoo.com) on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 04:30:29 PM EST
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