Madison!
Madison, Indiana is where I am spending the second half of my first century on the planet. There’s the “official” Madison video and a new city government website .
The photo of the woman (statue) is titled “Let There be Light”. It is one of many excellent statues found here. Cemeteries are a great place to take a quiet walk and take photos of angel headstone art.
I’m one of those people who take time to see things people might not ordinarily see. The more you see the more you become aware, the more you become aware, the more you see. The little guy in this photo was about an inch and a half long.
The view outside my back door is serene beyond the trees. It’s a good thing because the views out the sides and front are depressing. Different parts of the landscape are revealed seasonally. It makes one slow down, take time to notice, when such a beautiful force is close by.
My puppy dog “Reuben” is a Newfoundland-border collie mix, coloring on his chest looks like a blue heeler, though. When we got him, he and the chihuahua were the same size (next to each other at the shelter). He was hit by a car at one point, and is just a big dumb dog who steals cat food from one of the neighbors, thinking I can’t smell cat food on his breath. We go for walks when I can, but he really needs a friend to run with some day.
My dog, Peanut, is what I call the bed dog. He’s a chihuahua saved from certain death at the pound. He’s old, fat, 
has cataracts, barks all the time, but what would we do without him?!!! Poor thing has only been on a couple of walks with me, but he still loves me.
Oh yeah, Scuttle’s the cat. A friend gave us a cat,
unbeknownst to all she was pregnant, and a month later she had three kitties. Scuttle’s the only one left now, a singular cat house at the present time. She thinks of me as a door servant, not much else. Madison has pets online at the animal shelter for those in the area needing a new pet!
Life is very different here than what I am used to in Cincinnati The pets make life interesting living, as I am in a shack just a sidewalk width off of a busy thoroughfare. I like pets but when these guys are gone, I am going with hermit crabs.
Enough about the household. Let’s go back outside!
This one of the many riverfront sculpture made by Paul Hassfurder of Madison. (also see hassfurder entry) He uses found objects from the banks (and sometimes the water) of the Ohio River, adding a few special touches of his own (he often uses home-grown bamboo). Paul is a local artist whose whimsical creativity is a wonderful addition to the riverfront.
Those Madison Folks:
(Above/Below)Artwork by Kevin Carlson, local plein air artist and sign painter.
February 17, 2008 at 9:10 PM |
With a view like that and a sweet puppy to love, life’s got to be good.