What I Saw – Saturday, June 2, 2012 – Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign

On Saturday, I took a walk around town, armed only with a smartphone and a cheap point & shoot.

(To see larger pics . . . well, you know what to do.)
Still on display

New swimming pool next to Burning Bridge Antiques
(Actually, leftover rainwater from the recent storm)

Really?  What year?

Uh . . . ?

Punctuation please!
And while you’re at it, correct the spelling.

One way

A North Vietnamese garage?
Weed refuge

Detritus from the recent storm, including 
the requisite tire

Necessary equipment

Deadbeat renters at Lazy K

Glass shards – remains of a favorite Columbia tradition

Fancy door at 170 Locust Street

Lots of notices

Fallen sign

We might have found Paul McCartney’s shoes.
(He wasn’t wearing them on the Abbey Road cover.)

Upcoming

This too

Display it with pride.

Door knocker

Business signs

Apostrophe abuse

No thanks, I think I’ll walk.

Watcher

Could be

Sign on sign

Assortments at Andy’s

These things used to be red instead of pink.

Coming soon

He’s in the lower right.

Take that, society!

Bright and cheerful

And Now It's Over

It was a long weekend and a good one for taking photographs.  Lots of happenings around town – most of them festive or otherwise upbeat, a few near-tragic.  I took several hundred shots over the last couple of days and posted what I think are the best ones.
And now it’s over.  I’m tired, and my cameras are tired.
In case you missed any of it, here are the links:

Fourth Fridays Celebration
River Run
Photo Walk
Accident on North Third
3-Car Accident at Ninth & Locust
Memorial Day Observance in the Park
Memorial Day Parade

Who says nothing ever happens in Columbia?

Photo Walk – Saturday, May 26, 2012

I shot the following pics around town on Saturday during a photo walk organized by Andrew Smith of Visual Realia. 
(Click on any pic for a larger view.)

 Entering town

Lincoln Highway marker

 Andy Smith of Visual Realia

 Photographers invading town

 Andy shooting the group as the group shoots him

 Another shutterbug

 Time out

 So this is where Clark Kent changes his clothes now.

 Baskets and such

Fire escape with accompanying graffiti

 Hermansader’s

 And another one

 Sign

 Bell

 Golden . . . pineapple?  pine cone?

 Close-up

 Lions

 Slightly stoned Mondrian

 Bethel

 Gate

 Sidewalk marker

 Chiaroscuro

 Cross

Working on the window

 Stars and Stripes-es

 Broken-winged angel

There’s a metaphor here somewhere.

 Dickensian gravestone

 Listing a bit

 At rest

 Shadows

 A scene like this may soon become a thing of the past.

 Hinkle’s of course

Flora