On 12/9/2017 7:50 PM, Steve Wartz wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> On 12/9/2017 7:30 PM, Steve Wartz wrote:
>>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 12/9/2017 6:35 PM, wrote:
>>>>> This afternoon:
>>>>> https://postimg.org/image/jq511t11x/
>>>>> A few minutes ago, 4-5 inches:
>>>>> https://postimg.org/image/rk5mmr65h/
>>>>> I'll probably need to plow tomorrow.
>>>>
>>>> Snowed. Nothing to shovel but it's pretty.
>>>>
>>>> https://postimg.org/image/qk2x0uryj/
>>>
>>>
>>> I like that tree, "pretty as a picture", as the auld saying goes.
>>
>> Thank you, it looked so pretty out the window I decided to venture
>> out for a shot. Had to run it through a filter because it is
>> black out.
>
>
> I live in a town with many historic big old homes, the holiday lights are lovely. Also, we have these dim old - fashioned streetlights, so dim that I have a flashlight to aid my way down the sidewalks. But they are romantic - looking, especially in the snow:
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> http://evanstonnow.com/story/governm...may-be-dimming
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> A link from the above, I guess the lights are "Prairie - style" streetlamps:
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> http://www.prairiestyles.com/tallmadge.htm
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> "Tallmadge was also known for designing a street light in the 1920's that is still in use today in Evanston and Oak Park..."
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> Here's a pic:
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> http://www.lighting-gallery.net/gall...-tallmadge.jpg
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>
Nice when stuff like that is preserved. So much great art has been
trashed in the name of modernization.