Seeing Double

SEEING DOUBLE.
BUBBLE, BUBBLE.
SOUNDS LIKE TROUBLE.
LOOKS LIKE TROUBLE.
DOUBLE TROUBLE.

Theme Thursday for February 23, 2012

"DOUBLE"

Valentine Bubbles

This postcard is a little late for Valentine's Day, but I couldn't resist posting it for Theme Thursday: Bubbles. I had already scanned this card to use in my Little Sweethearts Vintage Valentine Postcards video.

Busiest Corner in the World - State & Madison, Chicago

The corner of State and Madison in Chicago was once known as the busiest corner in the world. I wish I could have seen it back then. The building on the right was designed by architect Louis Sullivan and is the former home of the Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. department store. This historic building will soon be the home of a City Target store, scheduled to open in the summer of 2012.

The Theme-Thursday theme this week is CORNER. Here is a CORNY verse I wrote, inspired by the theme and my postcard, and based on the Little Jack Horner nursery rhyme.

OLD MISTER HORNER

Old Mister Horner
Stood on the corner
Dreaming of days gone by.
He looked all around
And somberly frowned,
Because the world had passed him by.

(Coincidentally, Illinois had a governor named Henry Horner who was born in Chicago and served from 1933 to 1940).

The corner looks busy, but not as attractive, in this video filmed in 1897 by Thomas Edison.

Visit Theme-Thursday for February 9, 2012
for links to blogs with corner posts

or go here for a definition of corner post,
pictures, lexicographical neighbors, and literary usage

Lettuce PRODUCE some PRODUCE

This postcard shows a lettuce field in Salinas, California, known as "salad bowl of the nation." The back of the postcard has this description:

Over sixty per cent of the lettuce eaten in the nation comes from the Salinas Valley where they call it "green gold." With the longest growing season in the world, heavy shipments are made from April to December and lesser shipments during the other months.

The Salinas Valley is south of San Francisco, California. The word "salina" is Spanish for salt marsh, salt lake or salt pan. The economy of the region is dominated by agriculture. The main crops produced include lettuce, strawberries, tomatoes, and spinach. The climate and length of the growing season are ideal for growing these and other crops.

PROD-uce or pro-DUCE?
Produce production deduced,
Deduction produced.

The Theme Thursday Theme for January 19, 2012 is
PRODUCE