Mural (353/365)

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The Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition is producing 43 Interpretive Murals to be installed along the Illinois Lincoln Highway National Scenic Byway and its corridor in northern Illinois. Each mural depicts the history, heritage and events of the highway and its impact on the communities.

PLACE: Podunk V2
SUBJECT: Mural

This mural resides on the west side of Podunk V2's library.
I see it on Sundays when I do laundry and finally stopped to take a closer look.

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Neon (297/365)

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“Miami Beach is where neon goes to die.”
~ Lenny Bruce

PLACE: Podunk v2
SUBJECT: Neon

I was doing laundry before the sun was up, and the neon next door was quite spectacular.

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Watching (277/365)

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“It's a lot of watching.”
~ Amy Weinsheim

TIME: 8:00 PM
PLACE: Podunk v2
SUBJECT: Watching

It was really nice Monday evening, so while doing my laundry I decided I'd sit outside while waiting for the washer to finish. But these chairs were watching me, so I went back in ...

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Reflection (267/365)

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“They only babble who practice not reflection.”
~ Edward Young

TIME: 7:00 PM
PLACE: Podunk v2
SUBJECT: Reflection

You never know what you might find in a trinket machine ...

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Berries? (243/365)

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“On the motionless branches of some trees, autumn berries hung like clusters of coral beads, as in those fabled orchards where the fruits were jewels . . .”
~ Charles Dickens

TIME: 12:30 PM
PLACE: Podunk V2
SUBJECT: Berries

These are a bird's friend in the winter ... and they will save them for just that time!

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Bumpy (204/365)

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“Fasten your seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy night!”
~ Bette Davis

TIME: 5:00 PM
PLACE: Podunk v2
SUBJECT: Bumpy

I hate bumpy clouds ... especially GREEN bumpy clouds ...

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Payphone (165/365)

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TIME: 12:30 PM
PLACE: Podunk v2
SUBJECT: Payphone

From The Hangover (2009)
Alan Garner: Do you know if the hotel is pager friendly?
Lisa: What do you mean?
Alan Garner: I'm not getting a sig' on my beeper.
Lisa: I'm not sure.
Alan Garner: Is there a payphone bank? Buncha payphones? Business.
Lisa: Umm, there's a phone in your room...
Alan Garner: That'll work.

Remember these?? Back in the day when they still had phones in them? I think the last time I saw a working payphone was at the airport.

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Sign (164/365)

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“The sign brings customers”
~ Jean de La Fontaine

TIME: 9:00 AM
PLACE: Podunk v2
SUBJECT: Sign

I hear they have good food, but they never seem to be open at 8:00 Sunday morning!

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Werewolf (150/365)

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“Midnight, and the clock strikes. It is Christmas Day, the werewolves birthday, the door of the solstice still wide enough open to let them all slink through.”
~ Angela Carter

TIME: 8:30 AM
PLACE: Podunk v2
SUBJECT: Werewolf

You just never know what you might see on the Sunday morning drive to the laundromat.
No *shakes head* I have no idea ...

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Groceries (138/365)

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“I hate turkeys. If you stand in the meat section at the grocery store long enough, you start to get mad a turkeys. There's turkey ham, turkey bologna, turkey pastromi,.Some one needs to tell the turkey, man, just be yourself.”
~ Mitch Hedberg

TIME: 6:00 PM
PLACE: Podunk V2
SUBJECT: Groceries

I don't like grocery shopping. Actually, I hate grocery shopping. I'd rather clean a public restroom with a toothbrush than go grocery shopping. I feel overwhelmed by the choices even if I have a list.

My solution? I used to be regular Peapod shopper, until moving to Podunk that is. Peapod doesn't deliver out here, although they are getting closer! If they'll extend their delivery area just 8 more miles all will be well in my world.

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Breakfast (66/365)

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“Marriages are all happy its having breakfast together that causes all the trouble.”
~ Irish Proverb

TIME: 8:20 AM
PLACE: Podunk V2
SUBJECT: Breakfast

One of the bonuses of traveling to Podunk V2 to do laundry is that they have a McDonalds. My favorite meal to eat out is breakfast and although McDonalds isn't exactly fine dining, there is still something magical about it. I toss my clothes in the washer then zip across the street for my Saugage Biscuit with Egg and large coffee, then sit down to read a book.

Odd ... it's when I'm doing laundry that I am most relaxed and at peace.

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Bench (52/365)

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“Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench
when there is plenty of room at both ends”
~Unknown

TIME: 8:30 AM
PLACE: Podunk v2 Illinois
SUBJECT: Bench

I love trains, and The Milwaukee Road Depot and Museum lives in Podunk v2. This is a small museum - a single building - a single caboose parked outside - but this passenger-freight depot was a cornerstone in the development of Podunk and Podunk v2 in the late 1800's and early 1900's. This bench sits outside the museum.

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