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All of my Featured Images posts. You can also see subcategories for Photography, Artwork, Flora & Fauna, and Arkansas (The Natural State!) – and see the images-only (the whole shoebox!) by selecting the “Featured Image Gallery” from the drop-down menu above…

Winter Dawn over Lake Roosevelt

Published: February 15, 2012

Winter Dawn over Lake Roosevelt

A Winter sky and stone pavilion overlook Lake Roosevelt at central Arkansas’s Petit Jean State Park.

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Modern Love in the Western World

Published: February 13, 2012

Modern Love in the Western World

For my viewers: A kitschy hand-made Valentine’s Day card just for you… (Click to view full-size)

The comic-book panel comes from Beware #10 (July 1954 – Trojan Magazines), and for some reason that single-panel cracked me up bad!

The sheer naïveté of these old things is just priceless, and many of them have expired copyrights and are now in the public domain. A good place to get your fill is The Digital Comic Museum, but don’t say I didn’t warn you – these things are worse than potato chips! (And about as healthy.)

Beware #10 featured cover art by Frank Frazetta and Sid Check … though I’m afraid Bob and Linda met an unfortunate end in their story. (And he didn’t get a job – even with those pants.)

I also made use of the Hand-Drawn Heart Brushes by This ‘n That.

Happy Valentine’s Day, Modern Lovers!

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Abandoned Shangri-La

Published: February 12, 2012

Abandoned Shangri-La #1

Abandoned Shangri-La #2

A double-feature today: Two shots of an old church or school (or both) near the shores of Lake Ouachita in the Tompkin’s Bend / Shangri-La area. You may remember that Shangri-La was a fictitious place in the novel Lost Horizon - which I read as a kid, and was then delighted to learn there was a place on Lake Ouachita with the same name.

In the story, those who lived in Shangri-La never grew old … but since this is actually down the road from there, I guess the magic doesn’t reach that far.

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Petit Jean réside dans sa tombe

Published: February 10, 2012

Petit Jean réside dans sa tombe

The purported grave of “Little John” – the possible namesake of Petit Jean Mountain. If you don’t know the tearful (and somewhat ridiculous) story of the young lovers Adrienne Dumont and Chavet, here is one of the many places you can read a summarized version on the ‘net.

Personally, I’ll tell you that this whole story is as fictitious as the one told in Gone with the Wind was – and I do not believe this is an actual grave at all. See this site for why …

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