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Cousino Monument
An amusing epitaph at Woodlawn.
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Lilacs
Lilacs here are too early to wear on May 25, unfortunately.
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Lilacs
The dark purple variety. “French Lilacs.” Very fragrant.
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Chicken
Backyard chicken.
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Walking the Sands of Heaven
This modern “sandblasted” monument has a tropical theme, and the epitaph “Walking the Sands of Heaven.”
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Peters Monument – Lillies
The Peters Monument has a deco/machine age style.
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Door Bluffs Headlands Park – Goodbye
In 2010 we took a trip to Wisconsin, and visited Door Bluff Headlands park. This was an overlook. This is the last of the series.
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Catmint
Catnip / Catnip, and a stray Dandelion leaf.
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Gunckel Pyramid
John Gunckel was a Toledo Philanthropist. What’s unusual was that he wasn’t a wealthy industrialist. He worked as a ticket agent for a railroad. He started the National Newsboys Association to help poor boys working as newspaper sellers and other low-level survival jobs. The three-sided pyramid was made from stones brought from all over the…
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Door Bluffs Headlands Park- Long Way Down
In 2010 we took a trip to Wisconsin, and visited Door Bluff Headlands park. This was an overlook.
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Fretted Clavichord
Harpsichord Day in Ann Arbor. Ed Parmentier played for about 3 hours, his students gave concerts and free lessons at the same time. This fretted clavicord was available to play.
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I do believe in ferries! #015
In 2010, we took a Fall trip to Wisconsin. Instead of driving through Chicago and its suburbs, we decided to travel across lake Michigan on the historic ferry S.S. Badger. It’s the only coal-fired steamship in the Great Lakes. They used to transport railroad cars in the hold, and load a few autos on top. The spindly ramp…
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Old West End #010
The Old West End is a historic neighborhood in Toledo, Ohio. The neighborhood features a festival on the first weekend in June, and Tours de Noel, both with house tours. The Old West End is just to the North of the Toledo Museum of Art.
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Egyptian Revival Mausoleum at Woodlawn
Ancient Egyptian style mausoleums were quite popular in this area. The collection of artifacts at the nearby Toledo Museum of Art may have influenced that, along with a general interest in Egyptian Revival art . Related articles Urshel Obelisk at Woodlawn #001