Sunday, March 31, 2024

About Town - March 31, 2024

This week's photos of Columbia

(Click/tap on photos to see larger, sharper images.) 


OH HAPPY DAY!

IT'S A GOOD DAY

It's a good day to fly to the moon.

Meanwhile, here's a head on a pike.

According to Wikipedia: "This has been a custom in a number of cultures, typically either as part of a criminal penalty following execution or as a war trophy following a violent conflict." So, what did this guy do?

Signs of Easter . . .






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A few looks at Mount Bethel . . . 


Here's a grave marker from 1860.

Breaking through


Siblings of Lloyd Mifflin

Here's Lloyd's grave marker.

Here's the patriarch of the clan: John Houston Mifflin.



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Looking up Avenue G

Old fireplace door

Meanwhile, at River Park . . .

Someone built a fire on the steps of the kayak launch. Did the cameras catch the perpetrator(s)?

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Time for a spring clean-out.

Patriotic bird on Cherry Street

This is how some people treat the park.

At the Mifflin Homestead

This is called "dead nettle," but it looks very much alive.

The garden at Park Elementary

GARDEN RULES

Joe's . . . 

hiccup

Old school transport

Welcome to Columbia . . .
NO TRESPASSING

PRIVATE PROPERTY
NO TRESPASSING

NO TRESPASSING

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Guardian of the cemetery?
Some cultures believe crows carry the souls of the dead to heaven.

Dueling tractors at Tollbooth Antiques.
These two are still for sale.

Puddle of bricks

Civil War Centennial medallion
(Detail of the Front Street mural)

Looks like Team Transportation didn't fare too well.

Promises promises

Try what?

Really?

Guess so.

Kingfisher

A few more shots of the volunteers at Saturday's "vehicle into residence" incident, which Columbia Spy reported on HERE.




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