On Saturday October 1, I finally tackled a project I had been thinking about for some time. I wanted to fly around some of my favorite bridges that crossed the Ohio River between Indiana and Kentucky. The video below is a compilation of all of the bridges i visited on Saturday October 1. Lewis and…

Johnson’s Creamery is a historic creamery building located at Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. The original section was built about 1914, and is a two-story, rectangular, red brick building. Additions were made to the original building until 1951, and are all constructed of red brick with parapets. The iconic smokestack dates to 1949. Johnson’s Creamery vacated…

The Poplars building on Seventh street in Bloomington was a landmark and for many years, the tallest building on Campus. The building, which was constructed in 1964 as a hotel, was purchased by Indiana University in 1972, and eventually converted to office space. The 150,000-square-foot facility was doomed by the IU board of trustees about…

Last week i went and checked out the progress being made at one of our most complex intersections. For those of you not from around here, we had 5 roads meeting in a haphazard way, with frequent backups on at least 2 of the roads. To say it was irritating would be an understatement After…

What a busy week! It’s amazing how much energy a two year old has

I remember the first house my parents had built way back in 1972. From what I remember, this simple 1200 square-foot home cost them a grand total of $14,200. A princely sum in those days. They had just moved out of a suburb of Detroit, and our new town had more cows and horses than…

In going through my old videos today, I realized I could’ve dedicated an entire video to my orbit around the Parthenon If you’re curious about the Parthenon and its fabled history, Do a Wikipedia search on it and check out the amazing things that of happened there. This building has been a temple to Athena,…

https://www.facebook.com/tommyjameskollection Today I had an item I posted on Facebook Marketplace, and the buyer asked if I could deliver it to him. Since the address was here in Bloomington, and I am a friendly guy, I said Sure! When I arrived, I was greeted by someone who looked like they fell out of time from…

The West Baden Springs Hotel, formerly known as the West Baden Inn, is part of the French Lick Resort and is a national historic landmark hotel in West Baden Springs, Orange County, Indiana. It is known for the 200-foot (61 m) dome covering its atrium. Prior to the completion of the Coliseum in Charlotte, North…

Hey I sure hope everybody’s having a good day, and that continue through the weekend. I take some pictures of the sunrise this morning because it seemed like it was going to be a pretty spectacular one. What I like about these pictures is the inevitable sunrise with the gas station in the foreground with…