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Posted by Disarranging Mine 5 months ago.
Somewhere in the middle of Springfield.* Somewhere out there, they're cleaning up our little river:Advocates say cleaner Sangamon would attract visitorsPaddling enthusiasts hope someday to rededicate a section of the Sangamon River as an historic water tr...
Posted by Disarranging Mine 5 months ago.
Fourth District Appellate Court of Illinois, Monroe Street, Springfield, Illinois.Not necessarily apropos of that, but of our times, these hauntingly true words:Moreover, "in the application of a constitution, our contemplation cannot be only of what has ...
Posted by Disarranging Mine 5 months ago.
As opposed to purple haze, but with the same effect. Just don't try too hard.
Posted by Disarranging Mine 5 months ago.
They're saving my parking space until I go back.In other bird news: Search continues for escaped central Illinois emu.
Posted by Disarranging Mine 5 months ago.
Sometime in the early '30s (I think). We don't know why he's so upset. Could be he got the dreaded letter from his sweetheart, or maybe he's about to lose the farm at five card draw. It's hard to tell what he's holding in his hand.
Posted by Disarranging Mine 5 months ago.
I've been listening to Gimme Shelter by Playing for Change on repeat all weekend, thanks to Mr. Noded. Sometimes someone covers a song better than the original. This is one of those. Buy it. Feel it. Live it.
Posted by Disarranging Mine 5 months ago.
Meet my new friend, Stick. He was waiting here when I went outside to get in the car.He rode along to the gas station, where he was very impressed how much the price of gas has come down in the last few days.From there we went to Starbucks, but he said n...
Posted by Disarranging Mine 5 months ago.
Where they keep Money. That's what I want.
Posted by Disarranging Mine 5 months ago.
But, mostly, they call me Maria, Marla, Marly, Margie, Mary. And sometimes Marie.
Posted by Disarranging Mine 6 months ago.
Bunn Park sprinklers. Try to imagine the sun, just an hour above the horizon, shining through the spray from behind. That's what this looked like in person.* Tragic and sobering: "They hopped a barbed-wire fence, knocked down trees and brush, half ran ...
Posted by Disarranging Mine 6 months ago.
This reminded me of the fountain scene at the end of Ocean's Eleven (2001). Except, you know, on a Springfield level.
Posted by Disarranging Mine 6 months ago.
Drive-up banking at Fifth and Jefferson, Springfield. I have better pictures of this scene. But, I like this one, because you can see the reflection of a flag flying in the polished granite. It's actually a deep wine colored granite. It's just washed ...
Posted by Disarranging Mine 6 months ago.
Rarely do we see anything like this on the floor of the United States Senate anymore: McCain versus Durbin (CSPAN 14 minute video).Today. Less of those one-person ego shows and more like this. (Via and via.)
Posted by Disarranging Mine 6 months ago.
In a world set on dragging us down, I find inspiration in a new moon. (Tinting added.)And this: Get Over It: This Is Who Obama Is (via).U2 makes you believe. Even if you're not a U2 person, you may very well find inspiration in this article.
Posted by Disarranging Mine 6 months ago.
Monroe Street, Springfield, Illinois.Give me slack for what I'm about to tell you because I was too young to know better when I did this, even though my mother said otherwise. My best friend through grade school lived around the corner from a little chur...
Posted by Disarranging Mine 6 months ago.
From the President's speech tonight:What we’re talking about under a balanced approach is asking Americans whose incomes have gone up the most over the last decade -- millionaires and billionaires -- to share in the sacrifice everyone else has to ma...
Posted by Disarranging Mine 6 months ago.
At 9:45 this morning it was 90 degrees.An hour and a half later, the wind kicked up and the temperature dropped to 77:The photo at the top was taken when the wind started. Those clouds were moving fast.
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