Some Summit County Beauty

Akron Mon Community Temple's pagoda (dhatu cetiya) completed in 2018.

The Mon people practice the oldest existing form of Buddhism, Theravada Buddhism. Most of  Akron Mon came from Myanmar (Burma), and some from Thailand.

Kendall Ledges Overlook looking west over Cuyahoga Valley, Peninsula O.

As we leaving the overlook, a wedding party was incoming.

It was sunny Monday, and in the middle 50s late morning.

The air was clear and clean, for it rained for the time in several days, Sunday.

 

Brandywine Falls Sagamore Hills

Sunday rained, Monday goodly amount of white water.

Some coots on Summit Lake

2025 Miscellany #20

 

New mural in Ohio City replaces Bernie getting arrested.  Shadows obscure, here is a portion of ancient Greece with a modern addition. Greek coffee is like Turkish coffee, American coffee is different:  it is put in a throwaway container, and is brandished like a torch (either the one with a battery, or real fire).

Well, Parma has replaced the second stolen and vandalised flamingo. A second bunch of probably drunken deplorable yahoos hit this location. Besides being that, these idiots did not have sense to bring a wrench. Using a wrench would have removed the three nuts, instead they snapped the statue off. Well now the flamingos have a bulky gps unit.

There is a graveyard in Cuyahoga Falls that has a large waterfowl pond. There are several farmyard geese, and a pair of  Black Swans that reside there, and sometimes ducky guests. This is the male swan, he is active, and will nip at people.

Three mile water intake crib viewed on a very clear morning from Lakewood; it was  a random shot, i should have taken some care. Pollution used to be so bad, it was seldom seen.

On a Saturday, some of the teachers painted their parking spaces at John Muir Parma.

The back of a tee-shirt worn by a patriot.

Samurai skeleton with koi in Parma

Akron German Shepherd barked at me.

No Kings — Parma II, tyranny not welcome

The Constitution is not a suggestion. 

First of all *rump and his boot lickers lie profusely.  They project their behaviour, and there animus onto those they oppose. They want to win the definition of terms, and the media always presents their deceitful words verbatim. These fotos were taken to-day in Parma of Ohio. Now, Parma is the seventh most populous city in Ohio, and it is the largest suburb of Cleveland. This was only one of several easy distance drive in northeast Ohio. The lies of the regime are these are violent, and un-American people. What anyone who came there could see, are people in a jovial mood. They are friendly. They have good humour. They are contradicting the liars, and mocking the Devil. This First Amendment Assembly of Patriots was scheduled from 10am to 1pm. We got there before 10.15, and the sidewalks on both sides of Ridgewood were filled with hundreds of sign carrying, and some costumed determined Americans of good cheer. The number was slightly less than the previous No Kings event, perhaps there were more locations this time?

The beagle's sign reads, "Antifa paid me in belly rubs".

The Portland Frog sent me.

Parma loves America not kings!

Another happy member of the Kermit resistance. — Ω ☨

Morons Are Governing America.   &  Don't read to me.

Why are Ice agents all fat Magats

Democracy dies when good people remain silent. #No kings in America

"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."  Mark Twain

Fox "News" causes brain rot.

No kings. No fascists. No tyrants. No nazis.   &  No kings since 1776.

 

 “It is possible,” Jordan says. “Then you will have to fight in your country as we fight here.”
“Yes, we will have to fight.”
“But are there not many fascists in your country?”
“There are many who do not know they are fascists but will find out when the time comes.”
—Robert Jordan [American] in conversation with  El Primitivo [Spaniard] in For Whom the Bell Tolls. by Ernest Hemingway. 

Posing with Greyhounds Democracy Edition

 Millions of freedom loving, and law respecting Americans have gathered to-day across the country [and outside the country] to demonstrate for the Constitution and Decency. They are against tyranny, sadism, corruption, evil being done under the fascist regime led by a traitorous, petty, sadistic, narcissistic, psychopath with dementia.

His Republican minions have flooded the news media with calumnious lies about the character of these peaceful assemblies and their attendees. Trump excels in lies, and projection.

Like all tyrants, he hates to be mocked, as does the Devil. Being shown as ridiculous burns him like water to Dorothy's wicked witch.

These exercisers of the First Amendment are having a good time within the gathering of their brothers and sisters.

We are all smiling [and laughing at the orange demon].

Karma is a greyhound ambassador of peace, and so is Perun.

To quote from the new song, “We’re the Frogs (Portland Peaceful Protest Anthem)”: We’re still here, still laughing, still dancing in the rain. They can spin their stories, but the truth remains the same". Okay, it didn't rain here this time, but the song is from the coastal northwest. It did rain the last No Kings in Parma.

Trump is a clown, but a real vile, disgusting, dangerous, demented, and diabolical clown.

Because deep down,
we are America.
And in America,
frogs can dance at protests
without expecting to be pepper-sprayed for it.

stay spooky

Holden Arboretum, Kirtland O.

Holden Arboretum, Kirtland O.

Barberton

This fellow in Parma does not disappoint.  Each year he builds a different tableau.  Since i have started snapping fotos of Hallowe'en decorations, there are two houses i try to always see:  this one above, and one in Cleveland near Lakewood [so far that house has no display].  Some are far more locally noted; but those tend to be over stuffed with everything they can find in the stores, and maybe add onto in successive years; as some people do for Christmas, ten pounds of sh*t in an eight pound bag.  But these two have put up a new story in successive years, and tell a story.

Saw this on a metal pole on Detroit Road Cleveland. —  Ω ☨

When i was a small child, black cats, skeletons, witches, and pumpkins decorated Hallowe'en,  Don't see black cats now.  This is a sign from a barber shop, which had a car smash into it.

Not spooky at all, but i like the housewife cement goose.  There are two other celebrations that have a festive spooky character: Spooky Pooch Parade, and Dia de Muertos.  I really dislike the gruesome, blood & guts, terror presentations; those are wretched.

Frog Resistance in “War Zone”

Stephen Lam. Portland Oregon. San Francisco Chronicle

I have repeated this many times, “The Devil doesn't like to be mocked, therefore, he must be mocked”.  This is non-violent (peaceful) protest. It stings and offends tyrants, fascists, the powers that be, police, bullies, goons, and other “authoritarians”, and Repukes.

The world sees this and laughs at *rump. I do not know if this has been seen on teevee newscasts, it has been shown by comics. Television comedians (especially Colbert, Kimmel, and the troupe on the Daily Show) have presented the truth that straight newscasts will not show. The straight newscasts will broadcast the lies told by *rump and his minions complete, but the television jesters will broadcast reality. 

Orange Caligula surrounded by his toadies & media has said war ravaged Portland, a city without stores, or stores with wood instead of glass windows, a city without sewers, and inanities easily disproved by camera. The callow, feckless, cowards about him do not contradict him. Fox and other fascist teevee show film from other protests, some from other countries, and *rump says he has seen what is going on now in Portland, Chicago, and everywhere else that votes for Democrats.

Why this first frogman will become an icon is he resembles so many before him:  the man with plastic bags holding up a line of tanks in the Chinese capital, the young man who placed carnations inside M14 rifles held by soldiers, the young woman with a daisy in front of a line of national guard with bayoneted rifles. Those with power look ridiculous. The Portland Frogs carry no weapons, *rump's stormtroopers have gas masks, bulletproof armor, helmets, and other paraphernalia.

Local teevee has shown live fascism in Portland on film [CLICK].  A female clarinetist is pummeled, breaking her instrument while she plays with her group the Ghostbusters' theme.  Peaceful protestors will be randomly attacked and abducted and sent out of state, because a few years ago people in the city protested the murder of George Floyd.

This wee essay began with the title “conservative = fascist”.  That was before Portland.  Still it is true, and all the language (the propaganda) the Repukes (*rump in chief) substitute false words for reality.  In America the word conservative is the false substitute for fascist. 

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postscriptum:  Peaceful protestors always face some danger. Seth Todd, the original Portland Frog, has been doing this nightly. Cops/goons can always be petty, vindictive, and violent at any moment. On October 2nd, one such goon pepper sprayed his air vent hole. 

A part of this militarisation of the streets is to provoke people into action that trumpsters will use to justify more severe measures, and brutality [you may say my words are inflated invective, but compare that to what *rump and his minions say], and give excuse to call for martial law, and cancel elections. Stephen Miller has put these thoughts into *rump's head. *rump and Hegseth want these civil excursions to be training exercises for the Department of War, and they still demand a Nobel Peace Prize.  So yeah, there may be killing to come.  The invasion of the Capitol on 6 January 2025 was a prelude.

above the treetops

An emergent tree is a tree that is higher than the others in the canopy.  Holden Arboretum built an observation tower in 2015, and calls it an Emergent Tower.

A model of the tower 120' above the forest floor in Kirtland O.

the seventh platform

Lake Erie is ten miles away.

October 13th and the color change is in progress.

Sperry Road (shot from the ground, not the tower)