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In the motorhome, Linda fiddles with a camera
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Laura and Luther in the motorhome
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Al gets a laugh from Laura - or vice versa
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Checking something out on the computer
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Laura prompts our Furby to request food
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Al with furry friend
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Laura documents some stuffed animals
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The Piersons have an auxiliary dishwasher
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"Wait . . Wait . . .what's my motivation for this shot?!"
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In Nashville, IN, a group making music behind the old courthouse
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Cool cascading fountain in the Irwin Gardens in Columbus
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A Chihuly glass sculpture in the town Vistor Center
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Dale Chihuly creates some spectacular blown glass forms
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A "quilt" made entirely out of sheet steel squares
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Public art outside the public library
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The First Christian Church started the architecture thing in the 50's with this sanctuary designed by Eliel Saarinen
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Inside the Irwin Gardens in downtown Columbus
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The Irwin home adjacent to the gardens
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Statue with a several leaks
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Again inside the Irwin Gardens
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That bulge in the spire contains a time capsule
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A new middle school opens this term
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The headquarters building of Cummins International
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Friendship Alley is listed as a work of art.
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Kinetic sculpture inside the Commons Mall - "Chaos I"
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First Presbyterian Church (with scaffolding)
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The renovation replaced all the copper roofing and the weather vane
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A made-to-look-old covered bridge in Mill Race Park
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Another striking church spire
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More public art near the Board of Education offices
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A fire in the electrical wiring in our RV Park
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Some folks (not us) were without power for a couple of hours
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Luther fixed us lots of meals whie we were there
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Puppet is one of the family cats
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Pearl and Luther sing duets from time to time
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Linda braiding something
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Laura really hates to pose
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You can almost see her fly - "Eos" is part of a temporary art invitational
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Laura demonstrates some dance steps for Al and Pearl
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When lip synching, anything can be a microphone"
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A personal performance
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Awesome pink guitar - awesome guitarist, too
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Sorting Pokemon cards - an endless pastime
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Sometimes Pearl sings solos
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Lots of cool sunsets in Columbus
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Brian shows off his shirt and his haircut
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At dinner out, with Linda, her Dad and Brian checking something on the computer
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There was this rainbow behind a cloud - quite unusual
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Part of Steve Ferrar as he fixes our ice maker
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We couldn't take the refrigerator out - not enough room
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Steve was very relieved to get out of that hole
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More neat art - "C" for Columbus, x 2
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"Big Jeff, Piero's Jesus and Aaron" - ever wonder where those names come from?"
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Nice
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The Veterans' Memorial
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"Crossroads" changes appearance with the angle of view
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See?
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"Birds of Fire" - outside the newspaper offices
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It's called "Crack the Whip".
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Some artists must have interesting minds
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Massive, interesting minds - "Daquqi" weighs 9 tons"
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Even the bridges are works of art, sort of
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The Veterans' Memorial, with the courthouse behind
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"Bicycle Frames, Basketball Hoops and Scrap Metal" - and priced at $25,000
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Lots of public plantings as well
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"Summer Storm" - Okay....
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Who'd of thunk it - diesel engine as art
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Also "exploded" diesel engine as art
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Anybody remember a diesel powered Indy race car?
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Cummins sponsored this 1982 Indy 500 winner driven by Al Unser Sr
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Mr Cummins' personal diesel-powered Auburn.
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"Reach" - A sculpture inside the Irwin Bank atrium
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Ancestral Way, $2,500 each, or $20,000 for the set
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Outside Mitchell, IN - a tribute to native son Astronaut Gus Grissom
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That's a Mercury space capsule flown by Grissom
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Those kids in the water have a snake. Brian & Laura watch
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Brian explains that he actually found the snake, but "let the others catch it"
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Outside a restored home in the Pioneer Village
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Laura cooling off
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There were costumed docents and artisans working in many buildings
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Central to the village is the original grist mill and adjacent saw mill
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The water-powered saw mill is over 150 years old
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The water wheel for the sawmill gets up to speed
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Takes several minutes to make one cut
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The mill is very noisy, as you'd expect
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Wrapping a ball of yarn so it unrolls from the inside
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The resident potter, potting
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The grist mill makes and sells corn meal
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Two of the original buildings in the village
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These folks live behind the concession stand - work on the cleanup crew
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Laura taking a break (with Linda's hat for shade)
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Now that's one way to cool off!
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Judy dipped her toes as well
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Luther chilling . .
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Linda wondering where the kids went this time
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They both got wet
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Wating for wardrobe changes to happen inside those restrooms
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Everything but Al is a sculpture.
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We think the car may have once been a real car, but the kid is all bronze
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That's neighbor kid Patrick being thoughtfully posed by Laura
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Dona eis Requiem. Bonk!
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Brian sends his best . . .
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Midwest humor to wrap it up