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Cemetery Flowers

As you may have noticed my Picture a Week postings have slacked off.  I’m still taking photos every week but the processing and posting fell behind.  I plan to stop the PaW postings but keep up individual shots that I like now and then.

The following image was taken at the Dublin Cemetery in Dublin, OH.

Camera specs; Canon EOS Rebel XS fitted with a Canon EF-S 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM lens, f5.6 @ 1/100 a second, ISO 200 at 38mm.

Dublin’s “Cornhenge”

Founded in 1989 by the Dublin Arts Council, the Art in Public Places collection host a unique assortment of outdoor sculptures.  One of which is the “Field of Corn” which features 109 human-sized cement ears of corn.

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Cult of Wendys

My job at Worthpoint has me traveling weekly to Dublin, OH (outside of Columbus).  Dublin is a unique community with a number of its own quirky personality traits.  The roads hardly make any sense, Irish pride abounds with stone fences and images of shamrock at every turn, Van Halen can be found at almost any hour on the radio.  Just the normal kind of quirks you can find in most communities.

What Dublin is probably most famous for is that it is the International corporate headquarters of Wendys.

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