Photos and Projects

  Best photos for the 2023 Calendar. West Baden Stables St. Joseph, MI Butler Prairie Falls Park Butler Prairie White River (near Art Museum) New Holland Lighthouse, MI Falls Park Sandhill Crane Site Butler Pond Butler Prairie Butler Prairie Bob Ross Experience:  Muncie, IN

  Below is the actual 2007 Indianapolis Star article on the Samara House  that I uncovered this morning in one of Marshall's Frank Lloyd Wright books.  Marshall had a habit of adding relevant newspaper clippings to books he collected which added to the story. Frank Lloyd Wright was commissioned back in 1950 to build a home in West Lafayette by a then young Chemistry Professor John Christian and his wife.  One of the unique features of the Samara House is a great room that could entertain up to 50 people at once, something the Christians had requested for faculty, friends and family gatherings.   When the Christians called Wright at his Taliesin home they were surprised when he answered the phone himself.  The couple met several times with Wright at Taliesin West until Wright had gathered enough information to create the plans for the house (1955).   The occasion of the newspaper article was to cover the homes history in anticipation of it soon becoming a National Historic Landmark.

  Revisiting seagull photos captured from Clinton Marina, Clinton, IA.  Was a challenge for me to get the right exposure with its bright white features.  That weekend, I used the Nikon D5300 and the 70-300 mm which I picked up at Roberts for $70. The wings inspired the "gull-winged" doors on the DeLorean DMC. Flying DeLorean (cropped 2):  f8, 1/2000 sec Flying DeLorean (cropped 1):  f8, 1/2000 sec Flying DeLorean (full):  f8, 1/2000 sec Flying DeLorean:  f8, 1/1000 sec

  Visited Sullivan's Hardware Store at 71st & Keystone last Tuesday and saw their Holiday Train Set which was up and running.  Very impressive multi-train track configuration which also had a working gondola ski lift and interior theme park.  A must see if you are in the neighborhood.  At this location, you can also eat lunch inside and schedule grill cooking classes which are taught inside the store. Full View Gondola:  Operating Ski Lift Gondola Outer Train Inner Train with Gondola Inner Train Engine close-up Side View of Theme Park Mountain Tunnel Tunnel under Gondola