Danno's 366 for 2016
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Danno_RIP
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It is nice being out of the city. I do not miss it. We have lived out here about 10 years and I love the star filled skies.
Danno_RIP
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January 30, 2016
Today a mix of architecture... between Lexington and Lawrenceburg... maybe a little history too.
Caught the moon setting first this morning.
Than my wife Pat and I went to Lexington to see Mom. We stopped at the Castle and got a shot. This Castle was started back when I was in High School. In the 50s and 60s IBM came to Lexington and bought up property all over the city one guy got a bit more money than he should have and his wife talked him into building the castle... or so the story goes. he went broke and she left him and it sat half done for a long time making it a good place for High School kids to get into. Now it is finished and rented for parties.
Downtown Lawrenceburg
etc...
The county courthouse at sunset
Bar and grill with scooters out front. 63 degrees today. I do miss being able to ride.
Today a mix of architecture... between Lexington and Lawrenceburg... maybe a little history too.
Caught the moon setting first this morning.
Than my wife Pat and I went to Lexington to see Mom. We stopped at the Castle and got a shot. This Castle was started back when I was in High School. In the 50s and 60s IBM came to Lexington and bought up property all over the city one guy got a bit more money than he should have and his wife talked him into building the castle... or so the story goes. he went broke and she left him and it sat half done for a long time making it a good place for High School kids to get into. Now it is finished and rented for parties.
Downtown Lawrenceburg
etc...
The county courthouse at sunset
Bar and grill with scooters out front. 63 degrees today. I do miss being able to ride.
Danno_RIP
Senior Member
February 1, 2016
Today is a mixed bag. I had to run some errands and it was kind of gloomy. I went down Broadway and at the end is the American Legion Women's Auxiliary Healing Field. It is a memorial dedicated to all Kentucky military lost in the current conflict. Lawrenceburg is a patriotic little town. My club in raised $1800 dollars for the memorial in two 1/2 days collecting money at the local Grocery and Walmart. I remember this one little girl in a beater of a car with three kids and clearly no money emptying her ashtray change in my bucket. I am still amazed. More flags than I would like to see. The most ironic... it is right across the street from the High School...
The third pic is that shed with the 2 door 57. The light was better. Still learning HDR, but it helped me get the car without completely blowing out everything else. See those cars were what I tore up the highways with... them or motorcycles. Kids around here 4 wheel drive pickups... making noise. The more things change the more they stay the same.
Today is a mixed bag. I had to run some errands and it was kind of gloomy. I went down Broadway and at the end is the American Legion Women's Auxiliary Healing Field. It is a memorial dedicated to all Kentucky military lost in the current conflict. Lawrenceburg is a patriotic little town. My club in raised $1800 dollars for the memorial in two 1/2 days collecting money at the local Grocery and Walmart. I remember this one little girl in a beater of a car with three kids and clearly no money emptying her ashtray change in my bucket. I am still amazed. More flags than I would like to see. The most ironic... it is right across the street from the High School...
The third pic is that shed with the 2 door 57. The light was better. Still learning HDR, but it helped me get the car without completely blowing out everything else. See those cars were what I tore up the highways with... them or motorcycles. Kids around here 4 wheel drive pickups... making noise. The more things change the more they stay the same.
Danno_RIP
Senior Member
February 2, 2016
Today was my 25th wedding anniversary! My wife and I reenacted our first date and than just spent the day together. I do not have the stamina anymore, but it was a great day. Pat is my best friend... and love of my life. Now more than ever. I did not get a picture of her today, but the restaurant were we had our first date. Columbia's Steak House... it has been in Lexington, Ky forever. Amazing place with with good food from Lamb Fries to Hot Brown to a Night Hawk Special named after a radio celebrity in the 60's... We had the special for lunch and than just had a blessed day!
If you are going... what are Lamb Fries... You will have to google that... Hot Brown... Great, but definitively a heart attach on a plate... The Special Sirloin steak in garlic butter with a baked potato and a side salad. The special use to be $5.90 cause that was they AM Radio station that sponsored it. They would line up around the block to get it.
Today was my 25th wedding anniversary! My wife and I reenacted our first date and than just spent the day together. I do not have the stamina anymore, but it was a great day. Pat is my best friend... and love of my life. Now more than ever. I did not get a picture of her today, but the restaurant were we had our first date. Columbia's Steak House... it has been in Lexington, Ky forever. Amazing place with with good food from Lamb Fries to Hot Brown to a Night Hawk Special named after a radio celebrity in the 60's... We had the special for lunch and than just had a blessed day!
If you are going... what are Lamb Fries... You will have to google that... Hot Brown... Great, but definitively a heart attach on a plate... The Special Sirloin steak in garlic butter with a baked potato and a side salad. The special use to be $5.90 cause that was they AM Radio station that sponsored it. They would line up around the block to get it.
Nice story,we used to reenact our first date every year but for some reason we stopped doing it
Danno_RIP
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Thank you for waking me with a full belly laugh...
Danno_RIP
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Yep Walt, that is pretty much it... served with a white gravy. They are pretty good, but have not had them in a long time.... lol
Danno_RIP
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I will have to say the hot brown is better- "country ham, turkey, bacon, cream sauce, 2 tomato slices and cheese. Hence heartattach on a plate" nickname.
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Danno_RIP
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February 3, 2016
Got out a little in the morning yesterday, and a little on the way to church. Just a less energy kind of day. But I endeavor to persevere...
There are a lot of old farms around Anderson county. My house is built around a log cabin. I came across this one and I like the stone wall that paralleled the drive.
This is the remnants of a stone furnace at the Four Roses Distillery. We have a few around Anderson. Wild Turkey is just over the hill and when the fog on the river is thick you can smell it by the house. They have a Bourbon Trail that is pretty cool if you like bourbon. It is a good little day trip thru about 4 counties.
Sunset through a Cedar thicket... an untended fence row.
55 Degrees and a gentle sunset. But winter will be back.
Got out a little in the morning yesterday, and a little on the way to church. Just a less energy kind of day. But I endeavor to persevere...
There are a lot of old farms around Anderson county. My house is built around a log cabin. I came across this one and I like the stone wall that paralleled the drive.
This is the remnants of a stone furnace at the Four Roses Distillery. We have a few around Anderson. Wild Turkey is just over the hill and when the fog on the river is thick you can smell it by the house. They have a Bourbon Trail that is pretty cool if you like bourbon. It is a good little day trip thru about 4 counties.
Sunset through a Cedar thicket... an untended fence row.
55 Degrees and a gentle sunset. But winter will be back.
Danno_RIP
Senior Member
January 4, 2016
I am having a less than stellar day today. Just part of the pageantry associated with a little dain bramage
and the weather decided not to help matters... but I wanted to shoot something so I went to the safe and put together something a little different. The belt was handmade by a friend, but it has shrunk a little and I need to get a leather stretcher... the sheath is hand made by him too and real snake skin... to quote my wife... it is the only kind of good snake, but we agree to disagree...
I am having a less than stellar day today. Just part of the pageantry associated with a little dain bramage
and the weather decided not to help matters... but I wanted to shoot something so I went to the safe and put together something a little different. The belt was handmade by a friend, but it has shrunk a little and I need to get a leather stretcher... the sheath is hand made by him too and real snake skin... to quote my wife... it is the only kind of good snake, but we agree to disagree...
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