The Theme is mandatory???

I'm adding this entry, because someone asked if I had a bridge in my Dec. 1 photo. Of course, I do not. In fact, I've never done 1st of the month Theme Photo. Didn't even know what they were, until recently.

I thought that my blog was not added to the list of those who are posting First of the Month Theme Photos, unless I added it. But I checked and see that.... yes, my blog is there. So now I know. The First of the Month Theme is mandatory. Here is very tiny bridge.

Reflections, window, Casino

Casino window... Looking into the Gaming Room... With reflections of outside...

Reflections in Nature

I'm having computer problems, so please excuse this entry. I'm not sure how it will show up. ~~~ This is a shot of some reflections in a stream, in Congress Park.

A story on Veteran's Day...

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We had a Veteran's Day ceremony in the Park today. But my camera work did not do a good enough job of capturing it. So I put up a photo of the statue in the Park, commemorating our Volunteers in the Civil War.

The story I tell you today, is one I really love. It tells of the founder of our family Drug Store... James Mingay. When the Civil War broke out, he joined the {above} Seventy-Seventh Regiment of local Volunteers. He put his key in the Drug Store door, locked it, went to war, came home, put his key in the door again, opened up and took up business where he had left off.

The store today does not have his name though. Mingay had an apprentice by the name of Fred Menges. They later, became partners. After Mingay's death, Menges became partners with Ray Curtis. The store continues to have their names {Menges and Curtis} to this day.

It has been run by our family for 46 years, and counting. And this is the first time that it has been passed on to a son.

One of many streams...

One of many streams, which 'meander' through the Park.