one nation under *rump

Orange Caligula is having a birthday party for himself on the front lawn of the White House.  A crass show of brutal fighting, which he and his cronies will profit upon.  He has made the country a sh*t show.  It will almost be 250 years since the proclamation of the Declaration of Independence.  People call that holiday the 4th of July, that is a date in the year, but everyone knows what it refers to.  Orange Caligula has stolen that holiday for his birthday.

news service foto

Please let it RAIN. Thunder and lightning would be good.

octagon fighting stage in front of the temporary residence of Don the Con

 

Akron Zoo, with dinosaurs again

Akron Zoo has three baby dinosaur puppets. This one is Ducky, he is about to get a syringe of medicine. The group is performing for children.

? Kowalski, Rico & Sarge

Morris 

Birds are now considered a surviving branch of dinosaurs.

Outside the main entrance this year is a triceratops. 

2026 Miscellany #9

 

A Parma resident has security on his front porch.

Some new utility box decals in Parmaland.

Some kindness to passing doggies, Parma.

Another Jordan Wong mural. This one on St, Clair on the edge of Chinatown.

Several items of Chinese folklore are depicted. Red crowned cranes are symbols of long life & nobility.

Eights are the luckiest number $$$.   Chinese guardian lions, shishi.

St. Mary Lorain

Big Boy 4014 Lorain O.

Monday, 11.20 am, 8 June 2026

One of eight surviving of twenty-five largest locomotives made in Schenectady New York between 1941 and 1944 for the Union Pacific Railroad service to 1962. This one was assembled November 1941. All of these were for the Wasatch Range. In 2019 this one was made new again. It cruises at 80 mph.

Going to Philadelphia for Independence Day. Coming through Ohio again on return.

It was a pretty stretch of a train.

Marco Polo, the last car, was sometimes used by Franklin Roosevelt as governor and president to travel to Warm Springs Georgia.

2026 Miscellany #8

Howland Ohio, at least since 2009, no other information found.

Cleveland Railway. Cedar Avenue. Several derelict buildings to be demolished in the area.

Joy in Cleveland Heights

Mystic Knights MC. Cleveland. Miles Avenue.

backyard neighbours

Former Sacred Heart School, now scab. Cleveland.

Central part of glass of Sarah Dana Harmon, commissioned by her son 1876 for the family home.  Warren Library since 1971, previously in another library window.

 

Are 12' skeletons the new cement geese? Cleveland Heights. 

Warren O.

Women's Park commemorates the bicentennial of Ohio (1803).  Statue of young woman with a book held behind her.  At the time, some one objected on the radio that the statue had breasts.  Last year it fell over, its base was not firmly fixed.

Yearstone at City Hall, wonder if this was the original location of it.  I am guessing not, previously it was a private residence.  Perun investigated.

1890 war monument with three statues, here the war was called the Rebellion, it has different names on other towns' monuments.

Veterans Memorial Park started with one tall monument, and with further wars increased the number. Wonder if Trump's war(s) will get one.  As is common, the church closest to the town center is the original establishment's church.  In Warren it was Presbyterian.

The courthouse has two Lady Justice statues, one lost her scales, neither has a blind.

Bird statue next to the fountain in Courthouse Square.

David Grohl is a musician from Warren.  He was the drummer for Nirvana, and is the lead man for Foo Fighters.  The world's largest drumsticks were made from logs.  Grohl played drums with the Muppets (Animal).  He has been the most frequent musical guest on Saturday Night Live.  He and his mates fought foo on Colbert's late show.  Grohl was a favorite of Letterman's. The Foo Fighters were on the final telecast fighting foo.  Letterman produced Ed (teevee show), Foo Fighters' Next Year was the original theme.  Trump used the song My Hero in 2024, of course without permission as is his wont.

 

Opening the door of a Mexican restaurant next to Grohl's Alley, this is part of a painting seen. (glare made me crop the flowers on the left out)

Packard Goddess of Speed high atop Packard Museum

 Peter Pakalski. Paul Warfield. 2013. Warren Ohio.

Paul Warfield has a statue at his high school (Warren G. Harding), where he played halfback & defensive back.  Warfield was a three sport high schooler. He went to be a star in college for a Columbus school, where he earned praise from Woody Hayes.  Later he was great for the Cleveland Browns, and Miami Dolphins as a wide receiver.  He played one year in World Football League. 

 

I wonder how many statues are there for high school athletes. Duke Slater has one in Clinton Iowa. A kid, who died in a car crash, has one in Joshua Texas.  Paul Brown has one in nearby Massillon, but really that was for being a coach.

 

University Heights Parade

a Euclid Beach Rocket Car [1973 Oldsmobile Toronado]

Before the 11 am start, some fog still hung.  It was a comfortable day to stand and watch, and to be a parade walker. Temperature around 60°F, and light grey sky.  Fatigue, sweat, sunburn were not a worry. Of course that is counter the teevee weather people who bray 80s and full sun, as they babble in air conditioning.

Batman cruising the Heights.

Sponge Bob Square Pants

League of Women Voters defends democracy.

Dr. U.R. Awesome supplied the bubbles.