Wordless Wednesday - A Pond In Lansing

Pond scene in Lansing, Michigan:

Wordless Wednesday - The Universe Is A Continuous Web

From the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida.

Wordless Wednesday & The Blue Water Bridge

"Anchors (Not) Aweigh" under the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, St. Clair Co., Michigan:


A YouTube video from the Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, side of the Blue Water Bridge.

Wordless Wednesday - Korean War's Battle Of The Chosin Reservoir

Battle of the Chosin Reservoir:

IN HONOR OF THE CHOSIN FEW
COMBATANTS OF THE BATTLE OF THE CHOSIN RESERVOIR
North Korea November & December 1950
15,000 Marines, Navy, Air Force, British Royal Marines & South Koreans
Successfully Fought
Ten Divisions of Chinese & North Koreans In The Most Severe Blizzard of 100 Years
Destroying 8 Divisions & Rendering 2 Divisions Ineffective
This National Veteran's Group Is The Recipient Of
17 Medals of Honor, 70 Navy Crosses, Plus Many Other Distinguished Service Medals
The Most Medals Ever Given For Any Single U.S. Military Battle
Historians Record This As The Most Violent Battle Of Modern Warfare In
American Military History
We Are An Eternal Band Of Brothers, Bonded In The Blood Of A Forgotten Battle, In A
Forgotten War. The Cost Of Joining Our Ranks Is Beyond All Earthly Wealth.
Presented By Lookout Mountain Tennessee Valley Chapter Of The Chosin Few
November 11, 2005

There are film clips related to this battle on YouTube here and here.

Wordless Wednesday - KY Flower Clock

Clock of Flowers at The Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort

Wordless Wednesday - Powers & Garrett Wedding

Left to Right: Ralph Powers, Beatrice (Cameron) Powers, Richard Powers, J. (Garrett) Powers, Herschel Garrett, Katherine (Johnson) Garrett - 8 September 1951

Wordless Wednesday - Ohio Bicentennial Bell

Ohio Bicentennial (1803 - 2003) Bell cast in Morgan County, Ohio, on September 3, 2002

Wordless Wednesday - Bees & Flowers

Wordless Wednesday - Appalachian Trail

Hiking the Appalachian Trail In Damascus, Virginia, as seen on YouTube here.

Wordless Wednesdays - An American Icon

Wordless Wednesday - Independence

From the Chicago & Alton Depot Museum in Independence, Missouri:

Wordless Wednesday - Dictation in Swartz Creek

Though I didn't end up working for my Dad, I did get paid to type - must have been all of that early practice!

Wordless Wednesday - Not Running in the Kentucky Derby

[Downtown Chattanooga - A Bronze Statue That Looks Like Driftwood]

Wordless Wednesday - The Smiling Shrub

Wordless Wednesday - Bird In The Branches

Wordless Wednesday - Tennessee Man

[Sculpture In Downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee]

Wordless Wednesday - Aunt Bonnie

[Photo of Bonnie (Garrett) Round courtesy of her daughter, K. Round]

Wordless Wednesday - Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Wordless Wednesday - War of 1812 - A Drum Not Surrendered With Hull

In the Tippecanoe Battlefield Museum near Lafayette, Indiana:

Wordless Wednesday - Commemorating The Battle of New Orleans

Commemorating the Battle of New Orleans:


As representatives from the United States and Great Britain were meeting in Ghent, Belgium, on December 24, 1814, to sign a treaty that would signal the end of the War of 1812, Andrew Jackson was still waging war, in a series of actions known as the Battle of New Orleans (23 December 1814 - 8 January 1815).