Monday, June 30, 2008

Athens of the South

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The Parthenon - Nashville, Tennessee

The Parthenon in Nashville was created for the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in 1897 and today stands as the centerpiece of Centennial Park. Nashville's Parthenon is a full-scale replica of the original in Athens, as it looked upon completion in 438 B.C. The building reinforces Nashville's nickname, "Athens of the South," and includes a re-creation of the Athena Parthenos statue, which stands 41' 10" tall.


Dear Lynn,

Good to hear from you electronically. Our recent trip took us right to this view.

Dees

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Dramatic Scenes of Indian Dancers

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"Unto These Hills"

Cherokee, North Carolina

Dramatic scenes of Indian dancers can be seen nightly except Sunday, mid-June through late August, at Mountainside Theatre.

Photo courtesy Cherokee Historical Association


Dear Kevin,

We missed the show, but we did have a look-see at a bear pit & other tourist traps.

Dees

Saturday, June 28, 2008

More Mountains

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

#49924 Forests cloak the Great Smoky Mountains from the deepest valleys to the loftiest summits. These diverse woodlands harbor 99 species of native trees, over 200 varieties of birds, 67 mammals, and some 1,500 different wildflowers, shrubs, ferns, and grasses.

Photograph - George Humphries


Dear Scott & Joan,

Crowded roads, but worth the effort & expense to see. Visited Nashville & Frankfort, Ky., as well. Also pleasant, for different reasons.

Dees

Friday, June 27, 2008

Chief Henry

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"Chief Henry" of the Cherokee Indians

"Chief Henry" a Cherokee is one of the most photographed Indians in the world and truly a visitor's delight. About 20,000 Cherokee Indians lived in North Carolina when the White Man settled America.

Photo by Jim Doane


Dear Gail,

Sadly, I've read that "Chief Henry" died last year. But when we visited Cherokee, NC, recently, "Chief Syd" was posing for pics dressed much like this.

Dees

Thursday, June 26, 2008

And Now for Something Completely Different

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Cormorant Fishing on the Nagara River
May 11-October 15 of Every Year


Dear Geof & Nancy,

No cormorant fishing that I know of in the Smokies, but I did see such goings-on elsewhere in Japan long ago.

Dees

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Mountains

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

#49935 At 6,593 feet, Mt. LeConte towers above Gatlinburg and other east Tennessee communities. Temperatures on the mountaintop can be 20 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than in the lowland towns.

Photographer - Bill Lea


Dear Bonnie,

Damn the price of gas, full speed ahead. Though once a resident of Tennessee, I'd barely seen the Smokies until last week.

Dees

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Candle Writing

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Mammoth Cave National Park

#17102 "Register Hall" in "Gothic Avenue," is an extreme example of nineteenth-century visitor impact. By the 1880s candle writing was frowned upon, but visitors soon found another way of "leaving their mark." Hundreds of Monuments, like the "Kentucky Monument," pictured, were constructed by both guides and visitors.

Photographer - Chip Clark

Mammoth Cave Hotel
www.MammothCaveHotel.com
A Forever Resort - Play•Preserve•Protect™


Dear Geof & Nancy,

This card cried out, "Send me to Geof!" Here it is.

Dees

Monday, June 23, 2008

17th President of the United States

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Andrew Johnson National Historic Site

This portrait show Andrew Johnson as a U.S. Senator from Tennessee. Painted in 1860 by Samuel Shaver, it probably would have been destroyed by the soldiers occupying the Johnson home without the quick thinking of Sarah Cutler, a Johnson neighbor. She wrapped it in newspaper and used it as a firescreen throughout the war.

www.nps.gov/anjo


Dear Jay, Deb, Dees & Robert,

In case you don't have a portrait of A. Johnson for home or office, here is one.

Dees

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Athena Parthenos

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The Parthenon - Nashville, Tennessee

The Parthenon in Nashville was created for the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in 1897 and today stands as the centerpiece of Centennial Park. Nashville's Parthenon is a full-scale replica of the original in Athens, as it looked upon completion in 438 B.C. The building reinforces Nashville's nickname, "Athens of the South," and includes a re-creation of the Athena Parthenos statue, which stands 41' 10" tall.


Dear Peter,

The statue of Athena wasn't finished by the time I left Nashville, so last week was the first time I saw it. Impressive.

Dees

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Frankfort

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The Capitol
Frankfort, Kentucky

Photo: by Dr. Gene Burch

© Jim Haddix Distributing Company, Winchester, KY 40391 (859) 744-4145


Dear Ed,

This makes 23 capitols -- 35 if you count seeing the exterior only. I think. Can't remember if I went inside certain of them, e.g., Hawaii & North Carolina.

Dees

Friday, June 20, 2008

One of Most Boring Cards of the Year

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Norris University Center
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois

Dear Peter,

We’re planning to defy the cost of gas… You’ll get at least one more picturesque card soon.

Dees

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Hunting Wabbits

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Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). Hare, 1502; watercolor and gouache. From Six Dürer Cards © 2001 Dover Publications Inc.


Dear Martha,

Besides “Hare,” Dürer also did “Duck” and “Fudd.” The others are lost to art history.

Dees

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Green Hens

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Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). The Virgin and Child, 1512; oil. From Six Dürer Cards © 2001 Dover Publications Inc.

Dear Jay, Deb, Dees & Robert,

Today I saw a dozen eggs that were laid by “cage-free vegetarian hens.” I was surprised the carton didn’t also claim the hens voted for the Green Party.

Dees

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Quality Tested Non-Stick

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the Sonoran Desert

#2049 SMALL OWLS OFTEN UTILIZE AS THEIR HOMES THE ABANDONED NESTING HOLES OF WOODPECKERS IN THE SAGUARO CACTUS
キツツキガサウオ口ポソ。。。

PHOTOGRAPHER--JAMES TALLON © impact 1990

Order your impact catalogue by calling (916) 933-4700 or sending $5.00 to impact, 4961 Windplay Dr. El Dorado Hills, CA 95630 Printed in Japan


Dear Geof & Nancy,

It's a new monument for Ronald Reagan.

[Attached sticker:

Teflon®
Quality Tested Non-Stick

Du Pont®

Prima]

Dees

Monday, June 16, 2008

The Last Windmill Card

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FABYAN FOREST PRESERVE
Geneva, Illinois

The Dutch Windmill in the Fabyan Forest Preserve, on the Fox River between Batavia and Geneva, Illinois. Built in the Dutch settlement at York Center, Illinois between 1850 and 1860. Reconstructed on the Fox River by Col. Goerge Fabyan in 1914. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.


Dear Ed,

Welcome back from Mongolia etc. I'm expecting a letter. You will soon receive cards from Tennessee or NC or SC.

Dees

Sunday, June 15, 2008

More Plans

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FABYAN FOREST PRESERVE
Geneva, Illinois

The Dutch Windmill in the Fabyan Forest Preserve, on the Fox River between Batavia and Geneva, Illinois. Built in the Dutch settlement at York Center, Illinois between 1850 and 1860. Reconstructed on the Fox River by Col. Goerge Fabyan in 1914. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.


Dear Mike,

We will see you... around lunchtime. Will call before. Looking forward to it greatly.

Dees

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Plans

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Prairie State Portraits
for framing

FABYAN FOREST PRESERVE
Geneva, Illinois

The Dutch Windmill in the Fabyan Forest Preserve, on the Fox River between Batavia and Geneva, Illinois. Built in the Dutch settlement at York Center, Illinois in 1851. Reconstructed on the Fox River by Col. Goerge Fabyan in 1914. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

IDC-56
Published by ©Illinois Distributing Co., P.O. Box 1382, Aurora, IL 60507


Dear Stephanie & Wendall,

We'll see you... for a family dinner. Will call before. Looking forward to it greatly.

Dees

Friday, June 13, 2008

A Jim-Dandy Windmill

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Fabyan Forest Preserve
Geneva, Illinois

Lighthouse and Dutch Windmill in the Fabyan Forest Preserve, on the Fox River between Batavia and Geneva, Illinois.


Dear Steve & Deb,

The lighthouse was OK -- and nearly surrounded by the river -- but the real attraction is the jim-dandy Dutch windmill. Fine as anything in Holland.

Dees

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Except for the Lantern

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Prairie State Portraits
for framing

FABYAN FOREST PRESERVE
Geneva, Illinois

The Japanese Garden in the Fabyan Forest Preserve, on the Fox River between Batavia and Geneva, Illinois. This recently-restored garden was created by a Japanese landscape architect for Col. George Fabyan prior to 1914. Designed for quiet meditation the garden contains two connecting pools, a large cement lantern, two arched bridges, and a Japanese tea house.

IDC-701
Published by ©Illinois Distributing Co., P.O. Box 1382, Aurora, IL 60507


Dear Rich & Lisa

Not bad, but it still needs work, and to lose that ugly concrete (cement, maybe, still ugly) lantern.

Dees

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

ATTENDE

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RedEye Studio Gallery Presents

ATTENDE

An exhibiton of new work by

ARLEEN MCCALLUM

April 23 - May 11, 2008

Gallery Hours
Wednesday - Sunday noon - 5pm

55 Mll Street. The Distillery Historic District
Case Goods Warehouse (Building 72), Studio 102
416-366-3393 www.redeyestudiogallery.com


Dear Geof & Nancy,

W/o you, I'd never make it to 366 in one year, unless I started picking names & addresses at random.

Dees

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Designed for Quiet Meditation

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Prairie State Portraits
for framing

FABYAN FOREST PRESERVE
Geneva, Illinois

The Japanese Garden in the Fabyan Forest Preserve, on the Fox River between Batavia and Geneva, Illinois. This recently-restored garden was created by a Japanese landscape architect for Col. George Fabyan prior to 1914. Designed for quiet meditation the garden contains two connecting pools, a large cement lantern, two arched bridges, and a Japanese tea house.

IDC-701
Published by ©Illinois Distributing Co., P.O. Box 1382, Aurora, IL 60507


Dear Jim,

We saw this garden on Sunday -- the postcard is actually more picturesque.

Dees

Monday, June 9, 2008

The Dutch Windmill

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Prairie State Portraits
for framing

FABYAN FOREST PRESERVE
Geneva, Illinois

The Dutch Windmill in the Fabyan Forest Preserve, on the Fox River between Batavia and Geneva, Illinois. Built in the Dutch settlement at York Center, Illinois in 1851. Reconstructed on the Fox River by Col. Goerge Fabyan in 1914. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

IDC-56
Published by ©Illinois Distributing Co., P.O. Box 1382, Aurora, IL 60507


Dear Tom,

Dutch-style, actually -- built by Germans in the antebellum USA. Or so the docent said. It's a fine structure, regardless.

Dees

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Lighthouse & Windmill

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Fabyan Forest Preserve
Geneva, Illinois

Lighthouse and Dutch Windmill in the Fabyan Forest Preserve, on the Fox River between Batavia and Geneva, Illinois.


Dear Geof & Nancy,

Actually, the lighthouse is puny & run down, while the windmill is large & in fine shape. Just thought I'd clarify that.

Dees

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Fabyan

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Fabyan Forest Preserve
Geneva, Illinois

Lighthouse and Dutch Windmill in the Fabyan Forest Preserve, on the Fox River between Batavia and Geneva, Illinois.


Dear Jim,

Thanks you for the copy of Prehistoric Times & the unusual candy -- which is good.

Dees

Friday, June 6, 2008

Just One Dürer (For Now)

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Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman, 1505; oil. From Six Dürer Cards © 2001 Dover Publications Inc.


Dear Jay, Deb, Dees & Robert,

Thank you for The Warm Bucket Brigade.

Dees

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Another Frank Whaley Post Card

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Rodeway Inn
900 North Main
San Antonio, Iexas
Phone a/c 512-223-2951

Pub. by FRANK WHALEY POST CARDS - 733 Burkshire - Corpus Christi, Texas 78412

Made by DEXTER PRESS INC., West Nyack, New York


Dear Mr. Lileks,

For your collection.

Regards,

Dees Stribling

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

カツサンド

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William Blake (1757-1827). Illustration for Songs of Innocence (1789). From Six William Blake Cards. © 2002 Dover Publications Inc.


Dear Geof & Nancy,

"Cutlet" is one of Blake's lesser-known works.

[Sticker attached:

カツサンド
Cutlet
Pastry House Hippo
100 E. Arlington Rd., Arlington Heights
(847) 228-5435]

Dees

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Still More Rem

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architecture postcards/cartes postale
oma Rem Koolhaas series

5 Lille Grand Palais
Lille, France, 1994
photography: Ralph Richter


Dear Tom,

The actual end of the world is now slated for 2012. Heck, the Mayans said so. The upside is that we won't have to pay off our mortgages.

Dees

Monday, June 2, 2008

More Rem

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architecture postcards/cartes postale
oma Rem Koolhaas series

1 Maison a Bordeaux
Bordeaux, France, 1998
photography: Edgar Cleijne


Dear Sam & Emily,

You may or may not be fans of R.K., but I have postcards to send -- Jay sent a few new series for my birthday.

yr. uncle

Dees

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Rem

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architecture postcards/cartes postale
oma Rem Koolhaas series

3 Educatorium
Utrecht, Netherlands, 1997
photography: Hans Werlemann


Dear Geof & Nancy,

For June, early June anyway, some Rem Koolaid.

I'm afraid I've never been to Utrecht, but if I go, I have to see the Educatorium now that I've sent a card of it.

Dees

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