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Pt. 3 - Goodies from the 2013 Superman Celebration - Metropolis, IL




It's that time again, gang!  'Tis the week of Metropolis' Annual Superman Celebration!  I officially consider it the best time of the year to roam about shutterbugging... As this posts, that's likely exactly what I'm doing - 
Stay tuned as the weekend goes on and bookmark KCoJax Superman Celebration Photos to come back and check for updates... You can also follow KCoJax on Facebook - you'll see things there that never make it to here...

Thank you so much for stopping by...
If you're a nice person, inform your face...
Don't horse around at the top of the stairs...
and Don't Text and Drive...
If You Liked It, Share It -
Please and Thanks...
Have a Grand and Groovy Day! 
KCoJax


See more "non-portrait" tom-foolery (i.e. travel photography, bridges, barns and such...) in my retail store, Flawn Ocho... See a hodge-podge of everything when you *Like* the KCoJax Candids Facebook Page... 

Pt. 2 - Goodies from the 2013 Superman Celebration - Metropolis, IL




It's that time again, gang!  'Tis the week of Metropolis' Annual Superman Celebration!  I officially consider it the best time of the year to roam about shutterbugging... As this posts, that's likely exactly what I'm doing - 
Stay tuned as the weekend goes on and bookmark KCoJax Superman Celebration Photos to come back and check for updates... You can also follow KCoJax on Facebook - you'll see things there that never make it to here...

Thank you so much for stopping by...
If you're a nice person, inform your face...
Don't horse around at the top of the stairs...
and Don't Text and Drive...
If You Liked It, Share It -
Please and Thanks...
Have a Grand and Groovy Day! 
KCoJax



See more "non-portrait" tom-foolery (i.e. travel photography, bridges, barns and such...) in my retail store, Flawn Ocho... See a hodge-podge of everything when you *Like* the KCoJax Candids Facebook Page... 

Goodies from the 2013 Superman Celebration - Metropolis, IL





It's that time again, gang!  'Tis the week of Metropolis' Annual Superman Celebration!  I officially consider it the best time of the year to roam about shutterbugging... As this posts, that's likely exactly what I'm doing - 
Stay tuned as the weekend goes on and bookmark KCoJax Superman Celebration Photos to come back and check for updates... You can also follow KCoJax on Facebook - you'll see things there that never make it to here...

Thank you so much for stopping by...
If you're a nice person, inform your face...
Don't horse around at the top of the stairs...
and Don't Text and Drive...
If You Liked It, Share It -
Please and Thanks...
Have a Grand and Groovy Day! 
KCoJax

See more "non-portrait" tom-foolery (i.e. travel photography, bridges, barns and such...) in my retail store, Flawn Ocho... See a hodge-podge of everything when you *Like* the KCoJax Candids Facebook Page... 

A Few Shots from Yet Another Winter Storm in Metropolis, Illinois

View of Girard Street in Metropolis 

This morning as I stood outside in relatively okay temperatures (30ish) before daybreak and admired the clear sky as the birds started to chirp, I thought back to Monday... 







View of Ferry Street in Metropolis





Monday I put on 2 pairs of long johns, a pair of jeans, a tee shirt, a long sleeved shirt, a sweatshirt, 2 hoodies, ear muffs, a scarf and gloves so that I could take a little trek over to Ferry Street and see how things looked... Things did not look good...


I stopped at many corners to get a shot of the ice covered trees with the sun behind them, but this shot was my favorite - taken at the corner of 9th and Girard, I think... 







After picking Evan up one afternoon this week, we drove through Fort Massac and I caught some lovely tree shadows...













View of Girard Street in Metropolis







And I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this sunset shot I caught while standing on the front lanai... 
















See more "non-portrait" tom-foolery (i.e. travel photography, bridges, barns and such...) in my retail store, Flawn Ocho... See a hodge-podge of everything when you *Like* the KCoJax Candids Facebook Page... 

A Sunday Drive - part 4 - Standard Oil Products, Vienna, IL







You know I do LOVE old buildings ... This is the Standard Oil Products building - you'll find it in Vienna, Illinois... I popped this image into my Cafe Press store, Flawn Ocho and came up with a deck of cards, flip flops, magnets and quite a few other goodies you'll find by clicking here... 

Standard Oil Products Playing Cards

Standard Oil Products Magnets
Standard Oil Products iPad Sleeve
Standard Oil Products Flip Flops

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A Sunday Drive - Part 3 - Makanda Smiley Face Water Tower









I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this smiley face water tower!  I skimmed around to see if I could find in what year it was erected and I could not - however I did learn that it gained it's bow tie in 2004 in memory of lifelong resident, Paul Simon.  Makanda has a fascinating history, you can read more about it here...

There are TWENTY-SIX smiley face water towers in the U.S. and FIVE of them are in Illinois... 
Get the low down here... 

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A Sunday Drive - Part 2 - A Country Scene









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A Sunday Drive - Part 1 - Fall Leaves


We took off for a little drive on Sunday afternoon to grab a bite to eat in Carbondale and hit a couple of sales at Target... I caught some lovely changing colors and country scenery along the way... enjoy! 






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Have You Heard of a Little Place Called Cave in Rock?



One Sunday afternoon in May after meeting Evan's mom and step-Dad for lunch in Golconda, we decided to venture off to Cave in Rock... Actually he decided to venture off to Cave in Rock, I had no idea where we were going until we pulled up...



Cave in Rock, for those of you who are unfamiliar is just what it sounds like ... a cave, set back in a gargantuan rock.  The rock is limestone and the cave is about 55 feet wide.  
Cave in Rock is now a tourist stop, but it's history is not as welcoming...

It's been said for many moons that this used to be a hideout ... a perfect little spot along the Ohio River, situated just on a bend, that allowed pirates and pillagers to lie in wait and create havoc on passers by ...


Links You'll Like...

Hiking at Cave in Rock


Search cave in rock, pirates on Google

If You Liked It, Share It... Please and Thanks! 
Don't Text and Drive...
and Don't Judge ANYONE But Yourself! 


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Fourth of July in Metropolis, IL - Home of Superman


I was down to the last minute last year deciding if I wanted to journey down to the riverfront to shoot the fireworks.  Just as I began to hear the first few pops, I jumped in the car and made my way to Dorothy Miller Park Area... 


Knowing that I was on the wire and would never find a parking space, I parked a few blocks away and started walking...  After a couple of minutes I was sinking into the grass with my camera and a big cup of ice.


I do believe this was the first occurrence of my watching fire works completely by myself.  As I sat there shooting and listening to the different groups around me, I was glad that I was alone.  It seemed like it should be sad... but the family behind me had a syrup bucket full of kids that were more interested in shrieking and running about than watching the fireworks... and the groups on the other sides of me had all either gotten "loaded" before they came or were sitting there getting loaded because they wreaked of beer and would let out redneck like screams and yelps as the colors splashed against the sky... I'm not talking about celebratory cheers of Patriotism.... I'm talking about sounds that I would imagine people like those Duck Dynasty Folks or the people on that security show or the family of Honey Boo Boo would make... 

I look forward to shooting tonight after Evan and I complete a day of cookouts and homemade ice cream... 

This shot reminds me of Sideshow Bob giving a peace sign ... in an abstract sort of way... 

Tonight's Festivities are as Follows...
4th of July in Metropolis - 

8:30pm ish at Washington Park for the Farmer Memorial Fireworks
9pm at Dorothy Miller Park as the City of Metropolis, Harrah's and Ingram Barge light up the skies




See more "non-portrait" tom-foolery (i.e. travel photography, bridges, barns and such...) in my retail store, Flawn Ocho... See a hodge-podge of everything when you *Like* the KCoJax Candids Facebook Page... 

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