FestivALL is an annual street fair and music event in Charleston WV.
Percussion fun in the children’s art area. Sony a6000, Sigma 19mm f/2.8
Live music on multiple stages. Sony a6000 Summicron 50mm f/2.
The long and the short of it. Sony a6000 Summicron 50mm f/2.
In solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington January 21, there was a march at the State Capitol in Charleston that drew almost 3,000 people.
When the march got going, it extended completely around the Capitol Complex. The beginning of the line reached the starting point before the end of the line got going.
A day of unity. More photos at my Smugmug page.
Went to Clendenin WV to participate in some cleanup work following the recent flood. It’s not just water in houses, the river left mud and debris inside and out. Lots of outside help happening in this town, and the folks here appreciate it. Lots more to do.
Tetanus shots
Emergency suspension of postal operations
Debris in the center of town
Swan on mud lake
Nazarene church: home repair and showers
Piles of debris in front of almost every home
Abandoned raincoat
Loaves & Fishes Food Kitchen They proudly serve Miracle Whip. Not kidding.
Hello Kitty in a tree about five feet above the parking lot
God Bless
An elderly widower hung his late wife’s wedding dress out to dry
This 1948 newspaper was behind the drywall of one house; the lead article talks about flooding on the same Elk River that wrecked this community a couple of weeks ago.
Irony
Besides the racing, there’s much more to do in Lexington, Kentucky – like drinking bourbon and beer.
We had a tour of Buffalo Trace Distillery. They had a Bourbon Bus take us out to the tour and back, and there was plenty of drinking on the bus.
Saturday night there was a Bourbon School to teach about the differences in bourbon. The document to the left is a reproduction of an actual alcohol prescription; the only way to get liquor legally during Prohibition was to get a doctor to prescribe it.
We had a tour of Ethereal Brewing. I really enjoyed the Old Gregg Brown Porter.
Bourbon Skies over Lexington.
So I did this crazy thing over the weekend. My wife and daughter were going to run a half-marathon in Kentucky, and I decided to run the new 3.65 mile “Yearling” race they added this year.
I’d run a couple of 5K races locally, but I didn’t realize quite how hilly the area around Keeneland (where the race began) really is, until I had to slog up and down those hills on foot. However, it was rather picturesque.
Field minion
Race watchers
But those mileage signs were coming up fast enough for my liking.
It was also very windy that day, with 50mph gusts that I know had a big effect on a lot of the runners.
After it was over, as I walked to the car, I saw these sneakers abandoned at the starting line.
I wonder if the owner ran barefoot?
