4 posts tagged “monticello”
Just a quick post to add images of the new house. Started moving stuff in, changed all the locks on both doors and the garage, have prepared half of the walls for repainting already; and I will finish the rest of them today. Cleaned the kitchen, installed a dehumidifier and replaced several cracked switch plates. Seems to be a problem when people use a power screw driver or drill to tighten the screws on them.
In central Illinois there is a small town called Monticello (locally pronounced Mon-tea-sell-o unlike everywhere else in the world); Just outside of town there is a park managed by the University of Illinois called Allerton. You can check out my photo gallery to see more images taken in the park. But, the reason for this post is this: Within the park there is a large statue called "Sunsinger" it stands over 15 feet tall, it is bronze, and it is exposed to the weather. Over the years it has started show a little wear and tear, but not so much that it looked too bad compared to most outdoor statues of it's kind. Well, someone didn't like the way that it was starting to look so over the winter they took it down and did some "restoration" work on it. Last week I finally had a chance to take a look at the result of the work. *sigh* Now it looks like something out of Disneyland.
Yes it is really coated in what looks like light blue paint.
Below you can see the before and after pictures.
Thursday night we got 9" of snow, the entire area all but shut down, so of course Saturday my girlfriend and I went out hiking in it; we took some photos and of course had a really good time.
Show us a local landmark.
This is a photo I took of "The Sun Singer." A twenty foot tall statute that can be found at Allerton Park in Monticello, Illinois; or just a few miles down the road from where I live.
It is the former estate of Robert Allerton and his "adopted" son that was left to the University of Illinois. It is also a great place to spend the day with a camera.
