Witch Hazel and Winter Aconite in our Garden

Witch Hazel in Our Garden

NW Arkansas: Dogtrot House at Prairie Grove Battlefield Outdoor Museum

Old Steel Playground Slide, NW Arkansas

Northeast Oklahoma Bottom Lake Near Nickel Preserve

Bathtub Rocks, Nickel Preserve, Oklahoma

Nickel Preserve: Bathtub Rocks

Pair of Black Vultures in Nickel Preserve, Northeast Oklahoma

Pair of Black Vultures in Nickel Preserve, Northeast Oklahoma

Fence Sampler in Rural Oklahoma

Highest Point in Arkansas!

My niece and I atop Mount Magazine.

Arkansas: The Cliffs of Mount Magazine

The following 3 paragraphs are from summtpost.org:

Arkansas is a midwest state ... known for its mountains. The Ozark Mountains are unique, the result of tectonic activity below the surface of the region. Three main mountain ranges run through Arkansas, which are among the oldest in North America and are unique in that they run east-west rather than north-south. This contributes to Mt. Magazine's mesa like appearance. Mount Magazine is a flat-topped plateau with a sandstone cap rimmed by precipitous rock cliffs. Two peaks are situated atop the plateau, Signal Hill, which is the tallest point in Arkansas, and Mossback Ridge which reaches 2,700 feet.

Mount Magazine-Signal Hill [elevation 2753 feet] is the highest peak in Arkansas and the Ozark plateau. The peak is in the Boston Mountains, 120 miles Northwest of Little Rock. It sits in the midst of the Ozark National Forest in the Arkansas River Valley ... on Scenic Highway 309 (also known as the Mount Magazine Scenic Byway).  The mountain range itself is considered part of the Northern Ouachitas, but it is [also] considered part of the Ozarks because it is in the Ozark National Forest.

The mountain itself is in Mount Magazine State Park, and the highest point on the mountain is called Signal Hill. Mount Magazine State Park is a well-developed state park, complete with a full array of services, campground, and recreational activities. The park offers 18 campsites, hiking trails, pavilion and picnic area with restrooms, and assorted scenic overlooks. The visitor's center maintains an exhibit gallery and gift shop. Interpretive programs are presented by the park staff on a regular basis. Rock climbing, horseback riding, biking, ATV trail riding, and hang gliding are available activities. Mount Magazine is the site of the annual "Mount Magazine International Butterfly Festival". The mountain is also home to black bear, whitetail deer, bobcat, and coyote as well as other species.

My First, Second and Third Car!

Chicago: O’Hare Tunnel

Spring Moves Stealthily into Winona SF, Tug Hill

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Abraham Lincoln by Daniel Chester French

This Abraham Lincoln is a relatively recent cast in bronze from an original mold made by Daniel Chester French who, of course, created the monumental Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. French lived and worked in western Massachusetts.

Chesterwood is a wonderful place to visit, should you find yourself in the Berkshires.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/abraham-lincoln-41769

Chesterwood, French’s home and studio: https://www.chesterwood.org/daniel-chester-french

National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/linc/index.htm

Incollect: https://www.incollect.com/articles/a-heritage-of-beauty

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Kente Cloth

Differently Weathered Triplets

Tug Hill Plateau: Amish Schoolhouse

Student Art at the Schweinfurth Art Museum in Auburn

Home at the Edge of a Field and It’s Snowing

NiMo Building XXII St. Patrick’s Day

NiMo Building XXI Orange and Blue

NiMo Building XX Green

NiMo Building IXX Spirit of Light, Red and Orange

NiMo Building XVIII Red

NiMo Building XVII

NiMo Building XVI Late Afternoon in Winter

NiMo Building XV Pink

NiMo Building IXV Back of the Building

NiMo Building XIII Spirit of Light in the Snow

Syracuse.com: Sean Kirst, March 10, 2015

https://www.syracuse.com/kirst/2015/03/post_591.html

NiMo Building XII Spirit of Light

Atlas Obscura:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/niagara-mohawk-building