Southside Bridge, Fading Light, Chartleston, VW

 

When we lived in Charleston (in the 60's) this was the primary way between the South Hills (where we lived) and downtown.

According to the internet, this bridge was constructed in 1936, and rehabilitated in 1990...  The building at the south end is the train station, the north end dumps directly into downtown.

1973 In Music - June's Almost Made the Charts

 Continuing my look at songs that dropped off the charts during the month, but never made the Top 40.  And for June, I counted 21.  That's pretty much typical, after May's really short list.

Here they are, with peak position noted:

• Drinking Wine Spo-dee O'dee - Jerry Lee Lewis - 41
• I Knew Jesus (Before He Was A Star) - Glen Campbell - 45
• Only In Your Heart - America - 62
• Music Everywhere - Tufano and Giammarese - 68
• It's Hard To Stop (Doing Something When It's Good To You) - Betty Wright - 72
• I'm A Stranger Here - Five Man Electrical Band - 76
• What A Shame - Foghat - 82
• Cosmic Sea - The Mystic Moods - 83
• California Saga (On My Way To Sunny Californ-i-a) - The Beach Boys - 84
• Don't Let It Get You Down - The Crusaders - 86
• Bad Weather - The Supremes - 87
• Giving It All Away - Roger Daltrey - 87
• Your Side Of The Bed - Mac Davis - 88
• Come Live With Me - Roy Clark - 89
• Together We Can Make Such Sweet Music - The Spinners - 91
• A Little Bit Like Magic - King Harvest - 91
• Outlaw Man - David Blue - 94
• Working Class Hero - Tommy Roe - 97
• Cum On Feel The Noize - Slade - 98
• I'm Leavin' You - Engelbert Humperdinck - 99

Kanawha Valley Building - Black White or Color?

While we were doing a self-paced walking tour of Charleston, WV, my wife pointed out an interesting view of the Kanawha Valley Building...  So I took a photo!

Later, when processing the file on my iPad, I decided the color version worked better.  But I planned to try a black and white a try when I got back to my desktop and "better" software.  And I rather like the BW version too.

Which do YOU prefer??

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Kanawha County Courthouse, Charleston, WV

Kanawha County Courthouse: Originally built in 1892, with additions in in 1917 and 1924. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

 

Kanawha Valley Building, Charleston, WV

We spent a few days recently in Charleston,  WV, and had a really nice time.  I plan to have several posts here showing off some of the photos, hope y'all enjoy.  I was born in Charleston, and lived here throughout the 1960's.  

The Kanawha Valley Building, completed in 1929, was home of Kanawha Velley Bank until 1976.  The bottom 3 floors were the bank, the upper floors were other businesses.  This was the tallest building in the state of West Virginia, except for the top of the capitol dome. My father worked in this building, so it's a big part of my memories.

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Missed it by "that" much....

A trio of Oxeye Daisys, with a bee. I was really happy with this one when I snapped the shutter, but when I finally saw it on a computer screen, it's obvious the middle flower is out of focus. Not enough depth of field, I wanted the one in the background to be blurred, while the others would be sharp. Oh well, nobody's fault but mine. grrr.

Color Or Black And White?

 From our recent trip to Southwest Virginia.  Taken from the parking lot at Shot Tower State Park, Max Meadows, VA.  These are both SOOC (Straight Out Of Camera), the B&W version is using the in-camera film simulation on the Fujifilm XT-3

Which do you prefer?

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On The Charts - June 1973

Continuing the review of songs that were on the Top 40 (US) charts 50 years ago (1973).  We're on to June, and 50% through the year!  

All of the 1973 music posts can be seen HERE, btw.

Following the normal format, here's the Top 10 songs for June 1973, based on the average chart position (US charts) over the 5 weeks in the month:

• My Love - Paul McCartney And Wings - 1.2
• Pillow Talk - Sylvia - 4.4
• I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby - Barry White - 4.8
• Playground In My Mind - Clint Holmes - 5.2
• Daniel - Elton John - 6.8
• Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group - 8
• Give Me Love - (Give Me Peace On Earth) - George Harrison - 8.2
• Will It Go Round In Circles - Billy Preston 9.4
• Right Place Wrong Time - Dr. John - 11.4
• Long Train Runnin' - The Doobie Brothers - 12.2

McCartney's "My Love" topped the charts for the first 4 weeks of June 1975, and was knocked off by George Harrison's "Give Me Love", making an all-ex-Beatle month.  Both super songs, iconic, even.  This is a really great month at the top of the charts. I own 9 of the 10 top songs.

There were 55 individual songs on the Top 40 over the course of the 5 weeks, which is a quite a bit lower than the previous months of 1973.  That simply means that the songs were sticking around that June.

Here's the songs that made their Top 40 debut in June 1973:

• Kodachrome - Paul Simon - 28
• Natural High - Bloodstone - 30
• Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce - 31
• Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers - 31
• Misdemeanor - Foster Sylvers - 32
• Money - Pink Floyd - 33
• Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple - 35
• Shambala - Three Dog Night - 36
• You'll Never Get To Heaven (If You Break My Heart) - The Stylistics - 36
• Daddy Could Swear, I Declare - Gladys Knight And The Pips - 38
• Behind Closed Doors - Charlie Rich - 38
• Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation - The Dells - 38
• Yesterday Once More - Carpenters - 38
• Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - Bette Midler - 39
• So Very Hard To Go - Tower Of Power - 39
• Satin Sheets - Jeanne Pruett - 39
• I'll Always Love My Mama (Part I) - The Intruders - 39
• Diamond Girl - Seals & Crofts - 40
• Back When My Hair Was Short - Gunhill Road - 40
• Doing It To Death - Fred Wesley and The J.B.'s - 40
• Time To Get Down - The O'Jays - 40

Some pretty impressive songs here, which will be climbing the charts over the next month...

So that's it, look for the post later this month of songs that dropped off the Hot 100 in June without having made the Top 40!

Quilt Shops and Photo Ops

 Back in July of 2020, I started a second Instagram account, Quilt Shops and Photo Ops, to document the overlapping hobbies of my wife and I.  Over the next 13+ months, we were moderately active, with a range of photos taken on road trips, and/or sewing/quilting related.  Then life intruded, with job changes, family issues, etc.  Anyway, that IG went stagnant.  My other account, lsqrd42 never stopped completely, but did slow down for a bit.

Anyway, life eventually settled out, and work situation has been adjusted, and we're back to doing some of the things we were talking about 2 years ago.  So, about 6 weeks ago, I decided to restart QSPO.  The traffic (so far) has been modest (to be polite), but that's OK, it was pretty modest before.  On the other hand, if you wanted to give it a look (or a follow!), I sure wouldn't mind...

Now the web site?  We should probably pull the plug on that.  It never really got off the starting line, and I don't see that happening at this point...  Anyway, check out QSPO, let me know your opinion!

Portrait or Landscape (or 16x9)?

 A couple pictures from our recent trip to Wytheville, VA.  These are from Big Mountain Lookout, along Rt. 52 between Wytheville and Bland, VA.  First a vertical (Portrait) version.  then a wide (landscape) version.  Finally a 16x9 crop of the landscape.

What say y'all?

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These are all phone-photos, didn't have my "real" cameras with me at the moment.