Althouse: The view from afar.

December 15, 2010

The view from afar.

Madison, in the late afternoon.

14 comments:

john said...: Ann,

You should bump up your Amazon link for us late shoppers. Like the Salvation Army ringer outside the grocery store, we need a reminder to leave a decent donation.; 12/15/10, 7:17 PM
ricpic said...: In the distance was the town
With its promise of warm commerce.
In the foreground stood the tree,
Its branches a latticed verse.

For relieving the emptiness curse
Neither is better, neither is worse.; 12/15/10, 7:17 PM
Ann Althouse said...: ricpic, is that you or Emerson?; 12/15/10, 7:28 PM
Meade said...: Owen Park, nicely groomed for skiing.; 12/15/10, 7:28 PM
Ann Althouse said...: Owen Park, so slick and steep it scared the bejeezus out of me.; 12/15/10, 7:29 PM
ricpic said...: Me.; 12/15/10, 7:30 PM
Meade said...: *dusts snow off of bejeezus*

Here, did you lose this?; 12/15/10, 7:39 PM
traditionalguy said...: We can't see you out skiing. But we know that you are there.; 12/15/10, 7:53 PM
jungatheart said...: Austere. Is that East Berlin?; 12/15/10, 7:58 PM
chickelit said...: Meade said...
Owen Park, nicely groomed for skiing.

Hey I know that pose.
I recognize the field, which you can see from the Capitol. Looking back from the Capitol (or some of the University buildings) you can see a little notch which is Old Sauk Road as it crests the hill to the left of where you were standing in that photo. The land/estate was privately owned up until the 1970's. I dated a girl who grew up around there and used to play on the farm.

Did you find the suicide ski run with the skimpy bridge?; 12/15/10, 8:25 PM
chickelit said...: deborah said...

Austere. Is that East Berlin?

LOL!; 12/15/10, 8:26 PM
chickelit said...: I recall skiing there once during a heavy snowstorm. Of course there was that dead silence unique to snowstorms and it was almost dark. At the bottom of the park, on the left, was a group of trees surrounding the trail that made sort of a tunnel as I glided around to the right clockwise. The trees were so laden with new snow that I had to lean around the boughs going through to avoid getting a faceful of snow.; 12/15/10, 8:31 PM
chickelit said...: And of course I was cutting a new trail.; 12/15/10, 8:35 PM
Unknown said...: Another Althouse Christmas card.

Very nice.

Meade said...

*dusts snow off of bejeezus*

Here, did you lose this?

A lot of guys would like to dust off Ann's bejeezus.

But only Meade is allowed to.; 12/15/10, 8:46 PM