Wednesday, June 4, 2025

2025 Miscellany #8 — Parade of the blimps

The last time Democrats had a say in Ohio politics was in 2010, and not much for twenty four years before. Ohio has become a corrupt southern state in those four decades plus. Primary and special elections are held whenever the party so chooses. On occasion, a ballot issue generated by the electorate succeeds, the Repukes often choose to dilute or ignore the new law. Of course, it is a different issue if the party and/or moneyed interests want an issue. So this year the primary was 6 May, and this was posted before entering the polling station. Repuke propaganda has invented the spectre of illegal voting. This year the ballot was very short on voting choices, my ballot was completed by filling in two circles. For that the wily, sneaky, foreign menace would risk punishment by a viciously focused punitive political conviction promoting Republican propaganda. [foto:JZ]
The Cleveland Art Museum has an annual Parade the Circle parade in mid-June. They have set up a workshop tent to work on materials. One is free to observe the working process. This year the theme is the snowy owl. These ballet slippers will decorate dress costumes
giant eight string guitar
On 3 June 1925, to celebrate the centennial of Akron Ohio the Goodyear rubber company had the inaugural flight of their first blimp/airship/dirigible. 3 June [Tuesday] they had three blimps take off from the shore base on Wingfoot Lake. This was open for public viewing from Mogadore State Park at Wingfoot. We got there a little late, as we saw them leaving
After walking our greyhound, and meeting other dogs at the park, we saw them further on the road we had travelled. They made a turn around over us at a donut shop parking lot. A fourth blimp has its home in Germany, and did not cross the ocean.
The blimp stationed here had a jacket similar to the 1925 model. The fotos are a little milky from the Canadian smoke of burning forests of the Canadian west.

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