strange land – Page 33 – Black and White

delta

Mississippi river delta — LA Route 39? Was hoping to bike out this way. Never made it.

in a van down by the river

left bank

more cow bell?

Christian Bear Evangelists — I’ve lived in the South my entire life. I still see things I cannot explain.

quaw quaw mah pe quaw

headstone Washington DC — Any Algonquian language speakers that can provide a rough translation of this name? Grave is in the Congressional Cemetery. How did this individual end up in SE D.C.?

Equus ferus caballus

horse advertising — Business Style Slot machine for 20 Yen Pachinko for 0.5 Yen
Pachinko for 1 yen
In answers to request from many customers
Recurrence of Origin
Slot machine for 2 Yen
Pachinko for 0.5 Yen

on the road to Lucinda

Mailpouch Tobacco — Snow! 233 miles north of Charlottesville, April 22, route 66, on the road to Lucinda. Clarion County is one county away from the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Snow melt here flows through New Orleans.

dollar dollar dollar

near Futenma, hiway 81 — Dollar General DG, Family Dollar FDO, Dollar Tree DLTR.
Will Dollar Tree be able to fix Family Dollar?
Family Dollar shareholders approved a merger with Dollar Tree instead of rival suitor Dollar General.
Watch out you dollar people, roaring out of the east, the House of 66 cent!
I looked for an SNL skit where a customer complains about his less than a dollar purchase.
Old skit, from the eighties. Search turned up the more recent 39 cent

thunderstorm

grayed out — First rollicking thunderstorm of 2015. Trees stayed connected to the ground but the world more than 15 yards away disappeared behind the rain.
Electricity went away for twelve hours. Can of tuna for dinner.

electric danger sign — Walked the power line for a distance, couldn’t find where it was downed.

Torii redux

house Rhode Island — Sonotube entry feature. What were they thinking?

architect designed?

amateur or pro design? — I walked past this house in Providence RI. Was it designed by the homeowner? By an architect? I think it was desined by a 1970 Buick Estate Wagon interested in easy yard maintenance