The Other 2010 Calendar

I almost forgot that I didn't tell you when my second calendar came in. This one is for the shop we have in Cleveland, Ohio, so it's a montage of sights in downtown Cleveland. I only visited Cleveland once last year, so that didn't give me much time to get many really good pictures. We settled on these 5 and I collaged them together. Let me see, what's in the picture... Starting from the left, that's the lighthouse in Lake Erie that marks the opening to the Cuyahoga River. Next up is the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame, designed by I.M. Pei. Then there's a long jetty sticking out into Lake Erie behind the Science Center. Then we have the Key Tower and some skyscraper that I don't know the name of in downtown near sunset. And last is one of the many historic railroad bridges in The Flats district. I could look up the name of it, but it would take forever. All of the shots below were pictures we considered but wound up not using.

This is the view of downtown Cleveland from Wendy Park. This is my new favorite place to go when I'm in Cleveland.

This is the view of downtown from a marina in Ohio City, just the other side of the Cuyahoga River.

This is the full shot of that lighthouse that made the calendar.

The Cleveland Browns stadium.

And, of course, the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

Sunset

Not much of a sunset this evening, I'm afraid. I expected more, since it is Halloween and all. This is from Fort Desoto and that's Egmont Key out there on the horizon. And the little spot of light would be the lighthouse on Egmont Key.

The Little Lighthouse

This is a view of the little lighthouse that stands at the spot where the Cuyahoga River empties into Lake Erie in Cleveland, Ohio. I've taken plenty of pictures of it, but this was the closest I've ever gotten to it without being on a boat.

Not The Best Day

Not much to report from Ohio tonight. It's storming outside, and that's pretty much rained out my picture taking for the day. Shame, too, because I had driven up to Mentor Headlands after work and was looking forward to shooting the two lighthouses there. But it wasn't to be, I guess.

April 2007-Part 1

It's the first day of a new month, and that means calendar pictures!!! These are from the wall-hung calendars I do for work, where they are printed out at 11x14" and put into individual frames, then hung up on the wall in a 2 x 6 matrix. I should get a picture of them hanging some day for you. In the meantime, what you are looking at above is a shot of the lighthouse at St. Augustine, Florida. I took this picture three or four years ago, but it didn't make it into the calendar until now. I really need to get back up there sometime. The shot below is the infamous FREE stamp in Cleveland, Ohio. It was commissioned by come big company, who then decided they didn't want it. So they gave it to the city of Cleveland, who probably didn't want it either. It's in a park near downtown, where I suppose it's a harmless bit of fluff.