St. Paul's

Skytrain

 

"The ATL SkyTrain is an automated people mover (APM) at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport that runs 24/7 between the domestic terminal and rental car center." -- Wikipedia

Relativity

No, not one, but multiple escalators! I'm sure that over time I would begin to make sense of all these, but to someone who hasn't been to Atlanta's airport in years, they were somewhat bewildering. Like, am I any nearer to my destination than when I started? Or am I trapped inside one of M. C. Escher's woodcuts? :-)

Layout

There is a logic to how airports are laid out, I'm sure. But I have yet to entirely understand it, despite having taught logic to undergraduate students. Hmm. For instance, why this HUGE space dedicated to eateries with a little sculpture something-or-other in the middle? The only advantage I can see is that I certainly got my steps in before the flight. Not nearly as many as I got by walking from my plane to my rental car in Atlanta, but a decent number nonetheless. Or maybe the persons responsible were thinking about future expansion. In any case, it's confusing. So maybe I should have consulted this terminal map BEFORE I arrived? 

 

Meaning?

 

A house along one of the trails in Forest Park. Interesting display of flags. Meaning?

Palace Green

Consider the Lilies

Palace Gate

Recently refurbished palace gate.

Dorm Renovation & Construction

Observation Deck

Views from inside the High Knob Fire Tower's observation deck.

Inside

Inside the High Knob fire tower. 

Mind your step. Lots of bat guano.

Joining Skywatch Friday.

Frat House

A once grand old house in Harrisonburg, now serving as-- ugh!--a frat house.

Hotel Madison

The Hotel Madison in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Garden Wall

Just a parting shot from another one of Naumkaeg's lovely gardens.

Chinese Temple Garden

Naumkaeg

Stockbridge, Massachusetts

Linden Garden

Naumkaeg

Stockbridge, Massachusetts

Study

Linda, the other day, commented on the staff that would be required to keep Naumkaeg, with its 44 rooms, clean. Well, in addition, to hiring people to do that, he also employed a secretary (note the desk in the foreground) and, eventually, a butler and footman. I'm told he employed the latter after a visit to some of the great homes in England.

Library

Naumkaeg

Stockbridge, Massachusetts

Dining Room

  

 

A number of visitors touring Naumkaeg's dining room commented rather unfavorably on the dark green bamboo-like wallpaper. I confess, I hadn't noticed it. Being a tea drinker, my eye was drawn instead toward the number of tea pots on the stand to the right. Fantastic! But where were the teacups??? Nary a one in sight. Hmm. . .

Afternoon Garden

According to the National Trust for Historic Preservatio, the Afternoon Garden, complete with its Venetian poles  was Fletcher Steele's first landscape project at the Naumkeag estate in the Berkshires. The  boxwood hedges were shaped to resemble an Oriental rug.