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Bells at the Mission San Juan Capistrano, California

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For the race fans out there who, like me, are excited by the news the F1 driver Fernando Alonso will be racing in the 2017 Indy 500, here's a shot of him the last time he drove at Indy, in the 2007 USGP. Ten years is too big of a gap between appearances.


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Stained glass window honoring Johann Sebastian Bach, Thomaskirche [St. Thomas Church], Leipzig, Germany. Bach was organist and choirmaster there for over 20 years.

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The reef of Norman's Woe as seen from the Hammond Castle - Cape Ann, Massachusetts. The reef was the setting for Longfellow's poem, The Wreck of the Hesperus.

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Footbridge, Boothbay Harbor, Maine. The footbridge is a century old and connects the main part of town with the "East side." The grayish building the the left of center, is directly on the bridge. In the past it has been used for many things including an artist's studio/gallery and gift shop. Living quarters were also included. Today, it is a wholly residential cottage.

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One of numerous similar statues erected in the late 19th Century. They are located throughout New England, often in town squares, to honor those local soldiers who died in the "Great Rebellion". This one is in Camden, Maine.

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