Feb
29
2012
Brent
Want to spend a peaceful afternoon in the park? Wade Park and Lagoon is located in front of the Cleveland Museum of Art in University Circle. This beautiful piece of land was donated to the city by Jeptha Wade in 1882 with the intention of building an Art Museum. If you ever have an afternoon free and want somewhere to relax this place is perfect. Walk along the lagoon, eat lunch under a tree and then take a stroll through the art museum. It is a wonderful place that is rarely crowded and always free.
Today’s Quote: “It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it”. – Eleanor Roosevelt
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Feb
28
2012
Brent
Today’s photo was taken in the formal dining room of the famous Greenbrier Suite. Located inside the Terminal Tower, the Greenbrier Suite was the Van Sweringen brother’s private mansion. What impressed me about this room was the beautiful hand painted wall paper.
For more info: http://blog.cleveland.com/pdmultimedia/2011/08/take_a_tour_of_secret_terminal.html
Today’s Quote: “I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody”. – Bill Cosby
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Feb
27
2012
Brent
Today’s photo is of frozen Edgewater Park on Lake Erie shoreline. Mother Nature can create some pretty amazing ice sculptures. This photo reminds me of something you might see in a Chronicles of Narnia movie.
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Today’s Quote: “There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?” – Robert Kennedy
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Feb
24
2012
Brent
The picturesque village of Chagrin falls has grown around a natural waterfall on the Chagrin River. The town is known for its restaurants, historic architecture, shopping, and its arts community. For more information on Chagrin Falls:
http://www.chagrin-falls.org/
Today’s Quote: “A picture is a poem without words”. – Horace
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Feb
22
2012
Brent
Check out today’s photo of the Cuyahoga River. Cuyahoga means “crooked river” in the Iroquois language and it’s easy to see why.
Today’s Quote: ” I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them”. – Pablo Picasso
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Feb
16
2012
Brent
The Avenue at Tower City Center from about.com : “The Terminal Tower at Public Square, built in 1930, is the architectural symbol of Cleveland. Originally set atop the Union rail terminal, the beautiful ground level space has been transformed into a spacious and beautiful shopping and entertainment complex called the Tower City Center.
The floors are marble, the railings are polished brass, and the ceilings are hand-painted. Retail stores are tucked into vintage spaces as well as new wide-open, light and airy lofts”. http://cleveland.about.com/od/shoppingincleveland/a/avenue.htm
For more info: http://www.towercitycenter.com/
Today’s Quote: If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour? – Thomas Jefferson
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Feb
15
2012
Brent
Today’s photo was taken inside the President James A. Garfield Memorial in Lakeview Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
From the Lakeview Cemetery website: “Designed by architect George Keller, the Garfield Monument was dedicated on Memorial Day, 1890. The Garfield Monument stands 180 feet tall and is constructed of Berea Sandstone. Around the exterior of the balcony are five, terra cotta panels by Casper Bubel, with over 110 figures all life size, depicting Garfield’s life and death. The panels include Garfield as a teacher, as Major General in the Civil War, an orator, taking the oath of office and laying in state in the rotunda of the Capital in Washington DC”.
For more info: http://www.lakeviewcemetery.com/garfield.php
Today’s Quote: “A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil”. – James A. Garfield
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Feb
14
2012
Brent
Today’s photo was taken at Mapleside Farms last fall. If you have never been to this farm on a summer evening you really are missing something special. – www.mapleside.com/
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Today’s Quote: I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love. – Mother Teresa
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Feb
13
2012
Brent
Today’s Photo is of the Florence Harkness Chapel located on the campus of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Harkness Chapel was built to honor Florence Harkness Severance, the only daughter of Stephen and Anna (Richardson) Harkness. The Chapel was designed by architect Charles F. Schweinfurth and construction was completed about 1901.
For more info: http://music.case.edu/facilities/harkness_chapel.php
Today’s Quote: Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither. – C. S. Lewis
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Feb
10
2012
Brent
Can you guess what this photo is? This photo was taken backstage at the historic Ohio Theater in Playhouse Square. These ropes are stretching toward a light at the top of the theater. The ropes control some of the curtains and effects in the theater. I just thought it was kind of a cool angle and now you can say you know all the ropes when it comes to the theater.
http://www.playhousesquare.org/
Today’s Quote: “A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world”. – Oscar Wilde
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