Hadley-Ives Family Photographs from 2013 Page 7

Page 7 is a page of photographs from the Midwest (Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska) and South Dakota.
This was part of our 2013 trip to Yellowstone with Shirley (Xiuli) and Maggie.

Arthur, Eric, and Xiuli examine John Deer engines.
This is a mechanical timber harvester (John Deere 643K Feller Buncher) allowing a person to cut down the tree, and then left it and place it on, for example, a timber truck.
This autonomous tractor can run up and down the rows of your orchard on its own, without a driver. You just program it to have it do your mowing or spraying or whatever.
The S670 Combine is a massive tool, costing about $510,000 in 2013. It can suck up grain from the field and separate the grain from the rest of the plant, and unload 3.3 bushels per second. The Goodyear Tires are nearly two meters in diameter.
Herbert (1874-1964) and Lou Hoover (1874-1944) are buried here in West Branch, Iowa. Hoover was our 31st President, and he and his wife were the first presidential couple to invite an African-American guest (Mrs. Oscar DePriest) to a White House social function. (People like Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington had been invited to the White House before, but not for social functions.
The Herbert Hoover presidential museum is at his birthplace in West Branch, Iowa. His parents died when he was young, and he moved to Newberg, Oregon to grow up. As a geologist in China, he evidently picked up some Mandarin Chinese.
Hoover’s role in averting mass starvation and famine in Belgium during World War I and its aftermath won him the undying gratitude of many Belgians.
Albert and Frank Shaw built this giant sculpture of Pocahontas following the designs of Albert Josiah Shaw. She stands in Pocahontas, Iowa. American folk art.
This barn in Iowa is one of many that have decorated a panel with a quilt-like motif. Rural areas help create a sense of identity and pride through forms of local art like this, and tourists and travellers can enjoy spotting the designs on old agricultural buildings like this barn.
This is the workshop in Grant Wood’s home in Cedar Rapids. I am fond of American regionalists such as Grant Wood and Thomas Hart Benton, and I was particularly happy to visit this place in Cedar Rapids where Grant Wood lived and worked.
The Grotto of the Redemption in West Bend, Iowa. This is a noted place to see in north central Iowa. Father Paul Dobberstein and Father Louis Greving built this massive shrine, sometimes hiring help from local people, and getting materials as donations from people around the world.
Paul Dobberstein nearly died at some point, and felt such gratitude for his recovery to health that he celebrated the power of Mary and Jesus to heal the world and save our souls.
In the evening this fountain splashes in a pond in front of the grotto.
The massive Grotto of the Redemption celebrates the devotion and gratitude of its creators.
Close up view of some of the rocks and crystals in the grotto.
Close examination of the texture of the surfaces on the grotto.
Quartz on the top of one of the towers in the grotto.
We wander around the grotto in awe of the dedication of Father Paul Dobberstein.
Maggie examines some strange instruments in the National Music Museum
This violin was made by Antonio Stradivari in 1693, in Cremona. It is one of six Stradivarius violins from the 17th century with its original neck.
This is a grand piano by Anton Martin Thÿm, of Vienna, built around 1815.
These brass instruments include a French trombone from 1800 and an upright cimbasso dating to about 1815. There are serpent heads rather than bell-shaped flares at the mouth of each instrument.
Spirit Mound is a prominent hill in eastern South Dakota near Vermillion. Lewis and Clark visited the hill in 1804. The hill was supposedly haunted by diminutive hostile spirits.
A view of southeastern South Dakota from the top of Spirit Mound. The land is very flat. The larger linked image is extremely wide.
Sebastian, Jeri, Maggie, and Xiuli (Shirley) in front of the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota
Beaded gloves in Chamberlain’s museum.
The railroad bridge across the Missouri River at Chamberlain, South Dakota.
The railroad bridge in the morning.
The late evening after sunset in Chamberlain, South Dakota, looking across the Missouri River.
The western bank of the Missouri River in South Dakota.
The road through the badlands in South Dakota.
The landscape of the badlands.
The bluffs in the badlands.
Walking along the Castle Trail.
View from Saddle Pass Trail
Walking along the trail to Jewel Cave.
Sylvan Lake in the South Dakota state park located in the Black Hills.
Mt. Rushmore seen from a distance.
Abraham Lincoln as sculpted by Gutzon Borglum and his workers.
Standing below Mt. Rushmore and looking up at four presidents.
A view of Sylvan Lake in the Black Hills.
One of the needles, a granite pillar in the Black Hills.
Bridal Veil Falls in the Black Hills along alternative Highway-14 south of Spearfish, SD.
Cathedral Spires in the Black Hills
People climb up to the top of the Cathedral Spires.
See people standing on the granite pillars.
The Archway in Kearney, Nebraska.
The massive engine #3977 (Challenger 3900 series steam locomotive) in the Cody Park Railroad Museum of North Platte
A view of the Big Blue River from the rest area not too far west of Lincoln, Nebraska.
Ceiling in the Nebraska state capitol building.
Nebraska’s state capitol has unique architectural details.
Windows in the main vestibule.
The East Chamber in Nebraska’s capitol.
More of the American Indian motif in the artistic accents in the state capitol.
The door to the former senate chamber (the east chamber) in the capitol.
Center of ceiling in the dome of Memorial Chamber up on the 14th floor.
Fallen Dreamer by Rom Otterness represents a Mayan soldier killed in battle. It rests on the steps of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. Arthur and Sebastian are having a look at it.
A temporary exhibit displayed in the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery.
Some Texas Long-Horn cattle in the Black Hills.
Peacocks in the park in North Platte.
Baby Robin in Grotto of the Redemption
This bird is a Northern Orange Weaver (Euplectes franciscanus)
A blue-bellied roller (Coracias cyanogaster) in the Henry Doorley Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska.
This bird is a Chestnut Weaver (Ploceus rubiginosus)
This bird is a Golden-Backed Weaver (Ploceus jacksoni). A bird that is fairly common in East Africa.
Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum)
Flamingos
Penguins are going into a building behind a giraffe.
This bat is eating fruit.
An aardvark on a leash greets visitors at the Omaha Zoo (The Henry Doorly Zoo).
Mongoose
Crabs
Klipspringer in the Desert Dome.
The Klipspringer is a very cute antelope.
This is a Swift Fox (Vulpes velox)
Rhinoceros
Blue Monkey (Cercopithecus mitis).
Gorilla sitting outdoors.
Wolf’s mona monkey (Cercopithecus wolfi).
White-handed gibbon.
Logan and Jake looking at the globe.
Arthur with his cousins Logan and Jake admiring the globe at the zoo.
Decorations in the ConAgra Atrium at Joslyn Art Museum.
This is sculpture of glass made by Dale Chihuly and his staff as a centerpiece in the Joslyn Art Museum.
Attic Red-Figure Bell-Krater (c. 430-420 BC). Herakles (visible in larger image) with Hera and Iris (Iris has the rainbow wand and wings)
Paul Manship (1885-1966) Indian Hunter and Pronghorn Antelope, (1917).
Thomas Moran (1837-1926), In the Teton Range, 1899.
Grant Wood (1891-1942), Stone City, Iowa, 1930
Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975), The Hailstorm, 1940
Dale Nichols (1904-1995), Road to Adventure, 1940
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.
Fireworks in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday the 4th of July in 2013.

The collection of desktop wallpapers I've put up to share.
A list of photography and art we've put up to share online.

The 2013 Photo album pages:

Page 1, adorable creatures we saw during our trip to Yellowstone and the Rocky Mountains
Page 2, Scenery, including over a dozen photographs of Mt Moran in the Grand Tetons.
Page 3, Water and geothermal features in Yellowstone National Park.
Page 4, Photographs of people (of us, our family, our friends)
Page 5, Plants and flowers we admired in 2013
Page 6, Photographs from Colorado, mostly the Rocky Mountain National Park
This page, Photographs from Nebraska, Illinois, Iowa, and South Dakota
Page 8, Photographs from 2013 mostly in the first half of the year
Page 9, Photographs from 2013 mostly taken in the second half of the year
Page 10. Photographs from the end of November through December, all in Taiwan.