The Eclectic Synapse

maiac @ 2017-03-01T05:00:00

2017-03-01T10:01:12Z

I'll be away from LJ for a while, until the Stuff I Gotta Do in the physical world eases up enough that I can properly respond to friends' posts.

maiac @ 2017-02-28T05:00:00

2017-02-28T10:01:22Z

Lion's head from 11th or 12th century China.

maiac @ 2017-02-27T05:00:00

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maiac @ 2017-02-26T05:00:00

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maiac @ 2017-02-25T05:00:00

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maiac @ 2017-02-24T05:00:00

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Green heron disapproves of paparazzi.

maiac @ 2017-02-23T05:00:00

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maiac @ 2017-02-22T05:00:00

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maiac @ 2017-02-21T05:00:00

2017-02-21T10:01:05Z

This is a monument to Russel Alger. He was governor of Michigan, President McKinley's Secretary of War, and a U.S. Senator. His best achievement, however, was founding the Old Newsboys Association that provides winter clothing for poor children.

The statue is an allegorical depiction of the state of Michigan.

maiac @ 2017-02-20T05:00:00

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maiac @ 2017-02-19T05:00:00

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Neuschwanstein Castle, in LEGOs.

maiac @ 2017-02-18T05:00:00

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maiac @ 2017-02-17T05:00:00

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The Henry Ford Museum is modeled after Philadelphia's Independence Hall.

maiac @ 2017-02-16T05:00:00

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maiac @ 2017-02-15T05:00:00

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maiac @ 2017-02-14T05:00:00

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maiac @ 2017-02-13T05:00:00

2017-02-13T10:00:39Z

Be kind and courteous to this gentleman;
Hop in his walks and gambol in his eyes;
Feed him with apricocks and dewberries,
With purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries;
The honey-bags steal from the humble-bees,
And for night-tapers crop their waxen thighs
And light them at the fiery glow-worm's eyes,
To have my love to bed and to arise;
And pluck the wings from Painted butterflies
To fan the moonbeams from his sleeping eyes:
Nod to him, elves, and do him courtesies.

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act III, Scene I

maiac @ 2017-02-12T05:00:00

2017-02-12T10:00:58Z

A 1937 Lincoln Touring Cabriolet, on display in the Henry Ford Museum. They don't make 'em like this anymore.

maiac @ 2017-02-11T05:00:00

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maiac @ 2017-02-10T05:00:00

2017-02-10T10:01:28Z

Ta Shi is a panda with a purpose.

maiac @ 2017-02-09T05:00:00

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maiac @ 2017-02-08T05:00:00

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Windsor Castle.

maiac @ 2017-02-07T05:00:00

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Paul Manship: The Moods of Time: Evening

maiac @ 2017-02-06T06:41:00

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Ajua, who was born at the Detroit Zoo in 2008, with one of his aunties.

maiac @ 2017-02-05T05:00:00

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