=>>NEW POST!!! Fall 2010<<=

Wow! It's been a long time since I got around
to posting on here... just too busy doing
absolutely everything else I guess.
That doesn't mean I haven't been
taking photos though :)
I'm including a set of some of my best
photos of Fall, 2010. Enjoy!!

Amnicon Falls, near Superior, WI

090110

Bumble Bee on Sedum 090810

My big September project!!
Completed drainage ditch 091910

Major flooding of the Chippewa River,
September 26th, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubKw7qisP6c
(video of Eau Claire River in flood near Fall Creek)

Sunset, Sept. 28, 2010

Tricolor bushes 093010

Mushroom Family on a tree
100210

Burning Bush Sunrays 100210

Burning Bush in full color 100210

Tank! (this was at a park in Stanley, WI)
101010

Oh! and one more thing,
Congratulations to all the Conservatives
who took back our nation
(and Wisconsin)
on Election Day!!!!!

God Bless the USA!
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Chippewa Falls HWY 124/ Bus. 29 Roundabout

I did a final photo shoot this past Sunday, November 1, of the new roundabout on the south side of Chippewa Falls, near Micon Cinemas. Since the project is now done, I could get in there without orange construction barrels obscuring my view. At least I thought it was done; today, there was a crew planting trees and... shrubs in the center of the roundabout! They also installed sprinkler heads in the whole thing. It's just Chippewa trying to outdo Eau Claire; if you haven't seen the huge new planters in the median strip on Hastings Way near Birch Street, you should check them out!

Full music credit goes to my friends the Ottersons!!




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Pure Water in the Swamp!

Jerry Way production a

"walk back through history"

I was priviledged this year to be a part of the tech crew, along with Laura and Nancy, for Jerry Way's seventh annual Pure Water Days production Pure Water In the Swamp. This is the fourth in the series of shows depicting the founding, industrial growth, general life, and community events centered around the city of Chippewa Falls.

Together with 8 other talented singers and musicians all known collectively as the 'Swampers', Jerry Way wove his musical tapestry. Each song, legend, or narration was accomanied by a slide show of photographs projected behind the musicians on stage. Jerry's songs make our hometown history come alive with stories including the great lumber boom of the late 1800's, the Glen Loch ghost of 1925, the history of the Northern Wisconsin State Fair, and our Chippewa Falls Public Library.

Then, through the eyes of the late Chippewa Falls artist Hugh Mandelert, we saw some of the other aspects of our town. Hugh's paintings speak of simple things: community events, Irvine Park, the apple blossoms of Lafayette, Wissota Island-- favorite spots for all where fond memories unfold.

Our focus then shifted to the land and how it was shaped by the glaciers; the beauty of our own Chippewa River and plans for a new city park on its banks.

The narration culminated with the vivid history of how Chippewa Falls is the undisputed home of the world's purest water.

Jerry Way's shows are best described as an enchanting walk taken back through history, from the logging days of old to the present time in our bustling hometown of Chippewa Falls. The refrain of the last song of the production sums it up the best:

History is a river, dive in

It only flows in one direction,

And you can't go back again

Oh history is a river, dive in!

From the new Jerry Way production

Pure Water in the Swamp,

here are all of us Swampers, in costume.

From back left: Jerry Way, Joe, Tim, Rob, Ross (tech)

Middle Row: Amanda, Casey, Kathy, Judy G, Judy B

Front Row--Tech: Joel, Nancy, Laura

photo by Carol Way

(click photo to enlarge)

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by Joel Wiltrout