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Quick, Robin! To the Bat-Box!!

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So I can return these Bat-Books to the Bat-Library!

I’m not real clear on why the drop box in front of the Roanoke Public Library has a bat symbol on it.  If I had to guess … it’s warning people about bats who might roost under its protruding slot at night?  That kinda makes sense.

Downtown Roanoke is no stranger to wildlife.  Just last night I saw a mid-sized raccoon scuttle up a tree right off Campbell Avenue — to the delight of a bunch of Labor Day weekend revelers returning from a bar.  They were filming its hasty ascent with their cellphones.  That raccoon got a lot of laughs.

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The moon seen past The Mill Mountain Star, Roanoke, VA

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August 2021.

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SIGN LANGUAGE.

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Well Hung Vineyard.  For when you’re so well hung, you actually wine about it.

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I’m not sure how well I’ll fit in with hippies.  But if it’s one thing this world has taught me, it’s to always follow instructions when they are inscribed in colored chalk.

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The Mill Mountain Star seen past Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital.

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Roanoke, VA, August 2021.

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The Mill Mountain Star seen past St. John’s Episcopal Church.

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Looking south past the corner of Elm Avenue and Jefferson Street, Roanoke, VA, August 2021.

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Roanoke, VA, August 2021

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My cellphone camera is truly, categorically awful when it comes to shooting at night.  Sorry, folks.

Campbell Avenue at Roanoke City Market.

Salem Avenue.

Jefferson Street.

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Roanoke, VA, July 2021

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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).

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Looking north up Market Street.

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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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Views from Gainsboro Road Overpass, Roanoke, VA

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One look at that bright air and you can tell how hot it is here in my little Bible Belt city.  Those townhouses remind me of Charleston, South Carolina’s “Rainbow Row.”  Or maybe an Edward Hopper painting — I may have said so before, but this entire city is indeed Hopperesque.

I think the final frame of that second video is really nice, with the American flag appearing before the sunset over the mountains.  I certainly didn’t plan it that way — that was just the spot where I happened to stop running to shoot video.

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Vicinity of Williamson Road around downtown Roanoke, VA

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July 2021.

Roanoke used to be called “Big Lick,” of all things.

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This second one I’m a little proud of — that’s the Mill Mountain Star that you see in the background at left.

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Looking southwest.

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I found Area 51!!!  And it was taken over by the Black Oil Alien from “The X-Files.”

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Lotta big flakes in this town.

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These are just a couple of more old Roanoke, Virginia snow pics I found chilling in my hard drive.  Look at the size of those flakes.  There are times when the snow falls out of the sky here in clumps.

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