2026 Miscellany #15 — October fotos

Riders lined up for fotos by the sign.

Parma

public garden art decoration

as seen from Edgewater Park Cleveland [supra&infra]

 

Sunday's ride to the script sign

9th annual Ride the Beach

Horses under the willows, Edgewater Beach 

These fotos were taken Friday.  Friday, Saturday & Sunday once a year Cleveland Metroparks Mounted Unit holds a fund raiser.

Yo, somebody missing?

phone addiction

intake water crib, motorised surfer, park ranger & children

Brody on the dog beach, adjacent to the main beach

Meeting Rock on Amadeus, center.

man and his friend

2026 Miscellany #14 — animal blessings, Hallowe'en lawns, vote

a stage/foto-op of a Model T Ford

In Cleveland on Clinton betwixt W.65 & W.58 they decorate for Hallowe'en. I heard it was the 6th year, it began in the 2nd year of covid, so that neighbours could meet outdoors. This 1st weekend of October local theatre arranged small skits played on some lawns.

A tree lawn was a sunflower bed.

We were walking on W. 65 by Clinton to see the Hallowe'en stuff.  Residents were doing it up yearly since the covid times. There were grave markers, this one was for the F4 tornado that blew through town. Within feet there was a Jehovah Witness pop-up colporter stand. They severely frown upon Hallowe'en.

Sunday was St. Francis of Assisi, there were many formal blessings of animals around the world. At St. Francis de Sales Parma, of course there were dogs, and there was two rabbits, two goats [Pancake supra], a cat.  Karma met two other greyhounds (Scorpion & Swamp], she is always happy to meet those of her tribe.

Edgewater Beach Cleveland. September 27.

Make them pay!

Tim Misny is a lawyer in Northern Ohio, for some years now he has advertised on billboards. When he did teevee, his catch phrase was“I’ll make them pay”.

end of summer fotos

Eduardo Kobra and three assistants painted four musicians (Chuck Berry, Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley and Wanda Jackson) during the first half of September to create Cleveland's largest mural. He has painted over 3,000 murals, including the world's largest mural for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.  He is from São Paolo and he paints around the world.  He has 19 in New York City, Louis Armstrong in New Orleans, Bob Dylan in Minneapolis. Most are photographic portraits with a bright kaleidoscopic overlay.

Stamy Paul of Graffiti HeArt brought Kobra to Cleveland to do a mural.

For several summers Cleveland Zoo has had Asian [Chinese] Lantern displays up. Thanks to trump, this year's version was greatly inferior in number & diversity & quality.  I snapped this after some of the displays were being taken.  They were also short on dragons.  I tilted the camera to get this angle.

Goldenrods are so bright and rich in color when in bloom, and attract many insects.  I remember having goldenrod tablets in grade school, perhaps they were a Woolworth's purchase.  I hear some people do not like goldenrod.

It was drizzly in Hudson, sunlight was weak, picture not well framed.   1917 Tiffany Transfiguration from St Paul Episcopal will be at Peg's Gallery for most of the rest of 2026.  It had been at Akron Art Museum for a lengthy visit.

Barberton Sasquatch bench

Barberton business has three walls painted with mostly 1950s & 60s movie & television memories.

"Danger Will Robinson" in Barberton

 

2026 Miscellany #13

These giant wooden chairs are spreading.  This is the first one i've seen with a step stool.

Seen on a tent on Cuyahoga Fairgrounds.

No idea if this says something, but looks good.

King Ludwig II of Bavaria. Carl Jara sand sculptor.
His wedding was the first Oktoberfest.

Perun jumping for joy in a splash pad.

red nuts

Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain. Cuyahoga Fairgrounds. 

fotos Labor Day weekend

Karma with carnation

Weekend mornings are the best time to go for a foto safari, a federal holiday — even better. 

carnation in the sand

Now painted pink, previously red at a Mexican restaurant in Lakewood Ohio — Hola!

Since last visit, more work see.  Looks like there will be a mini park in Collinwood (Cleve).

lights were on midday

Guy in Lakewood has an odd to do list.

Alex Senna. Small Giants. Cleveland. 2024. This was to be here for a year.

Chuck Berry & Aretha Franklin 6 September about noon, Eduardo Kobra mural.

Elvis has been placed on the building,
Edouardo Kobra painter foto morning 7 September.

The fourth early rock 'n roller will be Wanda Jackson.