Milk Chocolate

There were two chocolate fountains on Sunday - one dark chocolate, one milk chocolate.

More Carnegie

One more Carnegie picture, this one taken from the mezzanine. Today, I spent all day in tax class (no chocolate fountains there) and my brain is fried.

Carnegie Show

Sunday was the opening for the Carnegie Center for the Arts annual juried show. There was a large and enthusiastic audience in all of the galleries. Perhaps the flowing chocolate helped!
Two photos beside the chocolate are (top) the director, Donna Grubbs, with Jim Thompson, whose piece was selected by the jurors as best in show. Below, behind the chocolate, the previous director, Helen McCauslin, chats with one of my favorite watercolorists, Don Marek. Helen now hangs out in Fabulous Fabius.

Monochrome Icy Snow

This is another one of the kids from yesterday, on ice. She has a need for speed!

I thought the scene was appropriate for monochrome- see gorgeous monochromes by lots of people around the world, just click over to The Monochrome Weekend, presented by Aileni.

Big Ice

Stepping out of the car at Meyer-Broadway Park, I discovered that the snow had melted and refrozen so that everything was slippery and slick. The dogs didn't care, and I kept to snowy areas where I could break through the crust. An empty park and a nice quiet walk - when a couple of van-loads of Amish teenagers showed up and tore off to the top of the big, icy tubing hill. Some didn't even bother with the tubes, just threw themselves down on the ice and rocketed to the bottom. Faster than a speeding buggy!

Skywatch Sunset

By the clock and by the compass, this is sunset this evening. I have it on good authority that there is a sun up there somewhere, and I'm sure the sunset colors are lovely.

Find links to this week's Skywatch Friday participants and see skies around the world: http://skyley.blogspot.com/.

It is also the annual day for CityDailyPhoto best of the year pictures. Not that it's the best picture I took all year, but I like this photo from last September. I spent a while 'stalking' the picture, getting the flag reflection and the lantern. It's an impromptu 9-11 memorial constructed by local firefighters at the station (click photo to go to the original post).


So, click here to view thumbnails for all participants in Best photo of the year 2009!

Mural

Someone has painted a fence on Seventh Street with this cheerful and summery mural. The mural is quite long - I will have to get a better picture that includes the very appealing alligator!