I love the red brick, the red door, and all the windows in this place. Plus it has a bench out front.
Skywatch Friday – Evening Run
It’s been raining off and on for days. The weather broke Wednesday evening just in time for my weekly Wednesday night run on the Arkansas River trails here in Tulsa. I love daylight savings time as it means that I don’t have run in the dark!
Graffiti Wednesday
My blog friend Jen has been posting on Wednesdays about graffiti that she finds in and around Oklahoma City. She has spent a considerable amount of time learning all about the subject. She has become quite passionate about the subject and I love reading about her trespassing and running down trains in order to document good examples of graffiti.
When she started posting about graffiti I was a little apprehensive. To me a lot of it is vandalism with paint as opposed to an art form. Although I have to admit many of the practitioners have talent and I wonder why they haven’t been more productive with their talent.
(This isn’t graffiti, it’s a commissioned mural.)
With Jen one gets insight, summaries of research, access to deep thinking, insights, and great photography. Me, you just get snapshots, and a link to Jen!
Above is the worst possible graffiti. On a rock face on my beloved Turkey Mountain in Tulsa. Ughh.
I ventured to the Elm Creek Tunnel discharge into the Arkansas River. I had two purposes. One was to check out the graffiti, the other was to find a geocache hidden there. I find some graffiti, I have yet to find the geocache.
Lets just say that the most of the talent of the graffiti artists here is still rather undeveloped.
They are pretty good sloganeers though. I bet you didn’t know sloganeers was a word. Try it on Words With Friends if you get a chance. Let me know how it works for you.
I’ll have to do some more research to find the vivid examples that my friend Jen finds.
I like this sentiment, but the art needs a little work.
Tulsa’s storm drain system also fascinates me apparently we have a very extensive drainage system that attracts urban explorers from all over. Below is a video of a party that was thrown about a half mile into the tunnel in 2010. Personally, I think those attending the party are nuts. Attending the party in ankle deep water in the dark?
So, I’ll be on the lookout for a lot better examples of graffiti. My dream of unifying graffiti blogging and geocaching is getting off to a rough start.
Wordless Wednesday – He’s Going Nine for America
Colorado Springs
Ruby Tuesday – Cranes and Fire
The view from my office building in downtown Tulsa with my favorite crane and a fire in the hills of Osage County to the north of downtown. Surprisingly and fortunately the fire was put out in relatively short order.
Poems and Promises at Woodward Park
Something I found at Tulsa’s Woodward Park Saturday
Note that Rosalind Cook is also the very talented and generous artist who made the sculpture. Check her site out at http://www.rosalindcook.com/
Camera Critters – Jo the Llama
Meet Jo the guard llama.
We have friends who have sheep and other critters and the local coyote or wild dogs are kind of hard on them so they brought Jo in protect them.
Here she is striking a pose. Protective and Stylish you could say. That’s one of the momma sheep next to her.
Ears up is good.
Ears back is annoyed.
You can tell the lamb is resting easy.
Momma’s happpy also.
Weekend Reflections – Crystals
Springtime Skywatch
This is from Perryman Cemetery, Tulsa’s oldest cemetery, last Saturday. Spring is here, the grass is green but the trees are bare, but the weather is warm and the skies are nice.
Note the burial house in the foreground. They are a Creek (and other tribes) Indian tradition that I am researching.
Signs – A Seasonal Moustache
Must Stash is a store across the street from my favorite bagel place. This morning I decided that I liked their window display. I love shopping at independent stores, especially those that take pride in their displays like this.
Have you got your green ready for Saint Patrick’s Day, or do you like getting pinched?