Tag: USA
Tricolor Field, near Silverton, Oregon, July 2011
Fields of flowers civer the rolling hillside of a flower farm outside of the the town of Silverton, on the way to Stayton-Sublimity, in Oregon’s Willamette Valley.
El Capitan and Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, 2010
A view of two of the defining landmarks of the valley from Tunnel View, on the way into the valey from Badger Pass. El Capitan is the rockface on the left.
Icicles, Yosemite National Park, California, 2010
Icicles form along a road-cut, on the road into Yosemite Valley from Badger Pass.
Ridge and Trees, Yosemite Valley, 2010
A tree-coveed ridge in the Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, December 2010.
Badger Pass, Yosemite National Park, 2010
Towering pines are covered in fresh snow on the road through Badger Pass and into Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, December 2010.
Interpreter, Grand Portage National Monument, Minnesota
This historic interpreter at the Grand Portage National Monument (the site where traders met to send furs, especially beaver, from all over the West back to Montreal) makes and paddles his own traditionally-made birchbark canoes (and has even canoed/portaged for 1000 miles in one). If you are in the neighborhood of Grand Portage, he gives and excellent presentation, and is very interesting to talk to (he seems very committed to the era, and even lives in the bush).
Falls, Cascade River State Park, Minnesota, 2010
Falls in the Cascade River State Park, alongside the North Shore Highway in Minnesota, just outside of Grand Marais.
“Our Lady” in Broken Glass, St. John’s University, 2010
There are a variety of rather kitschy pieces of art amongst the modernist pieces at St. John’s, and this sculpture, entitled “Our Lady” and constructed by Oblate Catherine Smith in 1960, really stood out for me. I am not even sure what the religious message is–“Mary will cut you, so stay away!”? Broken glass of the kind you put atop a wall to cut the hands of thieves seems like an inappropriate medium for showing Marian devotion.
A close-up of the broken glass making up the sculpture of “Our Lady” by Oblate Catherine Smith, showing the sharp edges.
War Memorial, St. John’s University, Minnesota, 2010
The full inscription (all four sides) on this granite block, near the refectory, reads:
To the Men of St. John’s
Who Have Served
Their Country
in Peace and War.
The full inscription (all four sides) on this granite block, near the refectory, reads:
To the Men of St. John’s
Who Have Served
Their Country
in Peace and War.