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“The Butterfly Enchanter,” Aldo Muzzarelli, 2021

Iron, resin and stoneware.  Seen in Elmwood Park, Roanoke, Virginia.  Photo by Eric Robert Nolan, 2024.

The ol’ METEOR ploy.

My 2023 April Fool’s Day went well enough.  I didn’t get too many of my friends this year, but I still fooled a few on Facebook.  Ah, the old chestnut of the crashed meteor.

I think the name of the radio station at the end was a nice touch:



[Okay. The news said that a meteor fell in downtown Roanoke. I know that there were multiple points of impact, but they’re saying it was a single meteor that broke up upon entry.

NO INJURIES OR DEATHS. But the northern section of Elmwood Park is ON FIRE near the amphitheater. It began when the meteor struck near the trees along Elm Avenue.

Roanoke Fire Department responding.

Will share details here. But, if you can, try tuning in to W-AFD.]



Elmwood Park today.

The leaves are starting to turn.

I enhanced the color on the second picture — of the sky over The Patrick Henry building.  I couldn’t resist bringing out the blue of that sky.

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Roanoke, VA, July 2021

Elmwood Park.

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Sorry about the shaky cam. And my cellphone camera is obviously not high quality.

Fountain beside Hampton Inn & Suite (facing Church Avenue).

Fountain

Looking north up Market Street.

Market Street

The Roanoke Times.

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A Banksyesque painting in front of Wok-ology on the corner of Campbell Avenue and Jefferson Street.

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Elmwood Park, Roanoke, VA, June 2021

This is Elmwood Park and its amphitheater in Roanoke, VA. I apologize for the shaky-cam. I am also aware that “open-air amphitheater” is probably a redundancy, so I’m sorry for that too. I’m not even sure that I can spell “amphitheater” without autocorrect.