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Have a look at my pictures of LaBelle. Here are some interesting things about the photos.
- It is "old Florida" but somewhat spoiled by the intrusion of national chain stores and restaurants.
- At the laundromat, Libby found that all the customer except her were migrant field workers. She doesn't speak Spanish and felt uncomfortable.
- You can recieve final judgment at the First Baptist Church, but reservations are required. However, if you do have a reservation it is done in only 59 minutes, or 59 ministers; it isn't clear which. (See the picture)
- Car and truck traffic here is heavy. To be fair though, there are not many bridges over the river, so traffic from miles around is funneled here.
- Huge trucks full of oranges pass by here. One every 5 minutes.
- School buses (see the picture) transport the field workers. They have drinking water barrels on the back and bulletin boards with legal notices to employees on the sides. Sounds like the buses are a focal point of community for those workers.
- The abandoned boat is juicy local gossip. Note in the picture that the boat has two masts and that the front one is angled back at a strange angle. It seems that the owner of this boat decided to come through the draw bridge one night when the operator was not there to open it. He plowed through under full power until the mast bent enough to get him under. Then the owner left the boat here, disappeared, and hasn't been seen since.
Great pictures! I think I like the blurbbit, its convenient and you can see which pictures are next and ones that you want to go back and look at a second time.
ReplyDeleteThats to bad about that sailboat, sounds like it could be "salvaged" and someone could get a new boat. To bad about the mast though, would have been interesting to talk to the captain about that inncident.
I like the picture of the orange truck. I never knew that they hauled them like that. I bet oranges are cheap around there too!
I can't seem to get the Blurbit photos. My computer gets stuck on the initial screen, which in this case shows a "greyed out" photo of Libby (not YOU Libby, the photo) and the words:
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A compass rose symbol just spins...
I can see where it would be a great feature for most people though. Would it be much trouble to post a link to the photos as an alternative (but keep the Blurbit for those who can use it)?
The rest of the blog loads fine for me now. Thank you :)
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javascript must be enabled to view BlurbBits. I've updated the message to include a link with instruction on how to enable it.
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I don't care for the blurbit because: The Photos are too small to see as much detail as I am used to. Also, one can't click on the photos to enlarge them.
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If you want to see a larger version you can click on the open link button at the bottom of the menu on the right. It opens a new window directly into Picasa where all the photos are available.
ReplyDeleteThe smaller versions are designed for in post viewing..