The Flickr 1April2022 Image Generatr

Here was the river on the Kansas-Missouri border, and here was another of the numerous pictures.

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In Leavenworth, Kansas, on April 1st, 2022, the Missouri River at the mouth of Threemile Creek (lower right), in Leavenworth Landing Park.

Lee Township in Platte County, Missouri, is on the opposite riverbank.

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Parks—Kansas (sh85098158)
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Yes don't we!, APPREHENDED as a digipic from 2022.

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In Leavenworth, Kansas, on April 1st, 2022, Threemile Creek as viewed from the Three-Mile Creek Walking Trail, east of South 6th Street.

Threemile Creek flows to the Missouri River.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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"Privacy slats?! I can see right in!" I guffawed.

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In downtown Leavenworth, Kansas, on April 1st, 2022, behind the Pullman Place Family Restaurant on the east side of South 3rd Street between Delaware Street and Cherokee Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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Holy shit that wooden fence is tiny!

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In downtown Leavenworth, Kansas, on April 1st, 2022, 314 Delaware (built circa 1870 according to the Leavenworth County government's online parcel search tool) as viewed off the north side of Delaware Street between South 3rd Street and South 4th Street.

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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I honor its memory by training my eyes and brain to perceive the remaining clump of branches as a "beautiful flower."

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In downtown Leavenworth, Kansas, on April 1st, 2022, off the south side of Delaware Street, east of South Broadway Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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Possibly! I dislike the fence and I wish it would be removed.

I remember when all the sidewalks were paved with bricks around here. Not anymore!

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In downtown Leavenworth, Kansas, on April 1st, 2022, on the south side of Delaware Street, east of South 7th Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Trees in cities (sh85137261)

These two Dairy Queen signs are asymmetrical in two different ways.

Holy shit this was built in 1944!, if we choose to believe the Leavenworth County government's online parcel search tool.

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In downtown Leavenworth, Kansas, on April 1st, 2022, at the northwest corner of South Broadway Street and Delaware Street.

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I think the painted DISCOUNT CARPET sign ought to be peeled off and donated to the American Sign Museum in Cincinnati. I do not trust the people of Leavenworth to know how to appreciate and enjoy the sign.

See how the narrow canopy extends onto the older building next door. Do you like that?

This was originally the B & G Motor Company, which is included in a self-published online list of former Edsel dealers. Would you rather have a discount carpet or an Edsel!

Isn't this picture beautifully composed. Nah I'm just kidding, I know it's not.

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In downtown Leavenworth, Kansas, on April 1st, 2022, Discount Carpets and Flooring at the northeast corner of Shawnee Street and North 7th Street. The building is from 1945 according to the Leavenworth County government's online parcel search tool.

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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Yea it occupies a former car dealership building from 1944. Yea it was "Schrey Motors" back then.

Schrey Motors is included in self-published online lists of former Edsel dealers and Studebaker dealers.

Would you rather have a pre-owned armchair or a Studebaker!

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In downtown Leavenworth, Kansas, on April 1st, 2022, on the south side of Delaware Street, west of South 7th Street. The building is from 1944 according to the Leavenworth County government's online parcel search tool.

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The building is damaged because four of its ridiculous phony shutters are missing. Do you like the color combination of reddish purple and dark green? Do you like my silver Honda Ridgeline?

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In downtown Leavenworth, Kansas, on April 1st, 2022, Pullman Place Family Restaurant at the northeast corner of South 3rd Street and Cherokee Street.

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In downtown Leavenworth, Kansas, on April 1st, 2022, a view of the north side of Delaware Street, east of South Broadway Street.

I think the truck is from model years 2011-2016.

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Of five tiny windows on the first floor, two are keyhole-shaped. The third floor gets nonwindows, much larger.

Two air conditioners are on elevated platforms. One is behind a latticed barrier and the other is nakedly, embarrassingly visible.

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In downtown Leavenworth, Kansas, on April 1st, 2022, a commercial building (erected 1888 according to the Leavenworth County government's online parcel search tool) at the southeast corner of South 3rd Street and Cherokee Street.

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According to the 1905 Sanborn Fire Insurance map of Leavenworth, this was a foundry on the grounds of the Great Western Manufacturing Company, "m'f'rs of flour mill and grain elevator machy." I said Machy, M'f'rs!

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In downtown Leavenworth, Kansas, on April 1st, 2022, a building (erected 1899 according to its datestone) at the Leavenworth Public Schools (Leavenworth Unified School District 453) Facilities Department complex, a "contributing property" in the Leavenworth Historic Industrial District, 02000406 on the National Register of Historic Places, on the east side of South 3rd Street between Choctaw Street and Custer Street.

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This was distastefully unrestrained. We have multiple buildings' worth of ornamentation all crammed onto one building. I usually prefer the backsides of buildings to their fronts: Isn't it obvious why!

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In downtown Leavenworth, Kansas, on April 1st, 2022, outside Vol Libre Salon and Acme Shoe & Boot Repair, in a portion of the AXA Building (built 1905, designed by William Pratt Feth, 72000509 on the National Register of Historic Places, also a "contributing property" in the Leavenworth Downtown Historic District, NRHP 02000389) at the southeast corner of South 5th Street and Delaware Street.

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Union List of Artist Names IDs:
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The building (500 Shawnee) is from circa 1880.

How I wish I could know circa which years the pargecoat and crackpatcher are from, respectively.

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In downtown Leavenworth, Kansas, on April 1st, 2022, a rear wall of a building at the northwest corner of North 5th Sreet and Shawnee Street, a "contributing property" in the Leavenworth Downtown Historic District, 02000389 on the National Register of Historic Places.

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In downtown Leavenworth, Kansas, on April 1st, 2022, outisde the Farmers Insurance Robert Johnson agency on the north side of Delaware Street, east of South Broadway Street.

The building is from 1895, according to the Leavenworth County government's online parcel search tool.

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In downtown Leavenworth, Kansas, on April 1st, 2022, the side wall of 507 Shawnee St housing the KrabWingz restaurant (built in 1900, a "contributing property" in the Leavenworth Downtown Historic District, 02000389 on the National Register of Historic Places) on the south side of Shawnee Street, west of South 5th Street.

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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Found some! ;)

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In downtown Leavenworth, Kansas, on April 1st, 2022, an alley between Delaware Street and Cherokee Street, east of South Broadway Street.

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• Treaty with the Delawares, 1854 (Q111530447)
• Treaty with the Kansa, 1825 (Q111541683)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Urban plants (sh85141312)
• Weeds (sh85145920)
• Wooden fences (sh98005803)

Karl Schmoll von Eisenwerth:
Der Spaziergang/ Promenade, 1905.

Kunsthalle Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg.

Yesterday, 1 April 2022, I was thrilled to bits to see this very rare visitor to Alberta - a Western Bluebird. In Alberta, the Bluebird we see is the Mountain Bluebird. You may need a magnifying glass to find the bird in my photo, but it was far across a huge field. I would never have been able to find it myself, but there were two birders there already - Michele S and Pat M, both of whom helped me see it. This was the first time I had ever seen a Western Bluebird, anywhere, so a real treat. I had been in the area a bit earlier in the afternoon with several other people, but no luck. Apparently, the bird showed up five minutes after I left - of course, lol. When I returned after driving a few nearby roads, it was back but in a slightly different spot. So glad I stopped by to look again.

It feels so good to once again be able to drive SW of the city - just a short drive to get there. It had been about six months since I had been able to do this. As my #5 photo shows, the backroads tend to be very hilly in places, making for interesting drives. Though I didn't see many things yesterday, not even a single Mountain Bluebird, unlike a previous drive when I found three individuals, the exciting Western Bluebird more than made up for the lack of other things.

Driving to a further area, I stopped to take a shot or two of this gorgeous old barn. Not a new one for me, but one that absolutely took my breath away the very first time I discovered it,

No idea what workmen are doing along my street. Is it electricity related or maybe water? They have to work outside each house, doing something down on the ground. They also use a large truck that, when working, sounds like a huge vacuum cleaner. Thankfully, they aren't working over the weekend, but they'll be back on Monday. I may have to get out somewhere, just to avoid the awful noise.

Ha, ha, hope this makes you smile! Around 4:00 am this morning, I was trying a few things on the iphone that I bought about a week ago. My very first smart phone, so I have a LOT (i.e. everything) to learn. I never like having to learn a new 'thing'. I was in my phone book, trying to remove the word 'me' that had somehow mysteriously appeared next to my daughter's name and number. No luck. Then I thought I would have a quick look at Facetime, as I know nothing about it. Of course, my face suddenly appeared and then a phone started ringing - yes, at 4:00 am! Had not realized that I should not still have had my contact page open, at my daughter's name. I rapidly turned off my phone and, so far, I have not had an annoyed email from my daughter, very unimpressed at being woken up at such an unearthly hour!

Another thing I obviously need to be careful about is when I am trying to get rid of Siri - no idea how THAT screen appeared, as I never use Siri - I must remember not to swear, lol. Just could not get rid of the Siri page, and muttered 'cr*p'. I was shocked, but amused, when Siri's voice told me off, saying "That's not nice!"