Sepia Scenes - NA T-6: Tulsey Town Chief

This is a North American T-6 "Texan" operated by the Oklahoma Air National Guard.  It is nicknamed the "Tulsey Town Chief".  Tulsey Town being a very old name for Tulsa.  It was on display at the Air Guard's Family Day September 11, 2010.

The North American Aviation T-6 Texan is a single-engine advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces, United States Navy, Royal Air Force and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II and into the 1950s. Designed by North American Aviation, The T-6 is known by a variety of designations depending on the model and operating air force. The USAAC designated it as the "AT-6", the US Navy the "SNJ", and British Commonwealth air forces, the Harvard, the name it is best known by outside of the United States. It remains a popular warbird aircraft.  See Wikipedia.

Wordless Wednesday - Doors to Holy Family

Front Doors to Holy Family Cathedral, downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. Holy Family is the Cathedral Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa. The parish has served the people of Tulsa since 1899. The current church was built in 1912-1919.

Ruby Tuesday - Moss Rose

Now that we have extended our rear deck past the back door of the garden room it functions like another room, albeit an outdoor room.  The old and new sections have been stained a matching gray and we have a new umbrella for the patio table.  With the addition of some potted flowers it looks very nice.  We like to eat breakfast out here and imagine that we are in a resort hotel on the French Riviera.  We have two big pots of moss rose that add a nice splash of color.  It is a deep rose rather than a bright red, but should be close enough for Ruby Tuesday.  Stop by and join us for a cup of coffee on the deck.

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Macro Monday - Green Grasshopper

In some places this is a Locust but in Oklahoma it is a big green Grasshopper.

SOOC Sunday Puzzle - Garden Gate

Yet another view of the Gardens behind Philbrook Art Museum, Tulsa.

Weekend Reflection - Koi Pond

Koi at play in the Philbrook reflecting pond.

 

Skywatch Friday - Take Off

American Airlines Super 80 taking off from Tulsa International.

Sepia Scenes - Stearman PT-17

Boeing/Stearman PT-17 "Kaydet", also known as a Stearman Model 75 on display at the Tulsa Air National Guard during a special Family Day held on September 11, 2010.  I attended as a guest of my son Master Sergeant David Miller.

The Stearman (Boeing) Model 75 is a biplane, of which at least 9,783 were built in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s as a military trainer aircraft.  Stearman Aircraft became a subsidiary of Boeing in 1934.  It served as a primary trainer for the USAAF, a basic trainer for the USN (as the NS & N2S), and with the RCAF as the Kaydet throughout World War II. After the conflict was over, thousands of surplus aircraft were sold on the civil market. In the immediate post-war years they became popular as crop dusters and as sports planes.

Wordless Wednesday - Doors to Philbrook Art Museum

Doors to the main entrance to Philbrook Art Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Ruby Tuesday - All American Harley

The All-American Harley Davidson motorcycle.  Made in the USA and flying the red, white, and blue.

Macro Monday - Buckeye on Lantana

The Common Buckeye.

Weekend Reflections & Sunday Puzzle

Another beautiful day at the Philbrook Gardens.

My Friend David is 60.

My old friend David is 60 today and like any good Irish Catholic celebrated the occasion with a party. There were refreshments and an Irish band. It was fun.  Happy Birthday my friend.

Black & White Weekend - Half-Off Auto Parts

 Everything Half Off.

Skywatch Friday - BOK Center

The newest venue on the Tulsa Skyline is the handsome BOK Center; the BOK being the Bank of Oklahoma of course.  It is state of the art and can go from Rodeo arena to Ice Rink overnight.  For an idea of size please note the automobile in the far lower right corner.  It is very nice inside with 20,000 seats on 3 levels.  The interior is completely open so there are no bad seats.  

Theme Thursday - Reveal: Album by R.E.M.

Reveal is a 2001 Album by the band R.E.M.

Click here for a Youtube Video of "I've Been High" from the album REVEAL performed live by R.E.M.


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Wordless Wednesday - Tulsa Union Depot

The Tulsa Union Depot was the grand railroad depot in downtown Tulsa.  It is now the home of the Tulsa Symphony and a venue for a weekly Sunday night jazz performance.  It is now known as The Tulsa Jazz Depot. 

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Sunday Jigsaw Puzzle - South Boston Avenue

Looking south on S. Boston Avenue. The spire in the distance is the Boston Avenue Methodist Church.

Weekend Reflections - New Tulsa City Hall

Near Left is the old Frisco Railroad Terminal, upper left is the New Tulsa City Hall, reflected in the City Hall is the Mid-Continent Building, upper right is the Williams Tower.

Since this is being posted on September 11, the anniversary of the infamous bombing of the World Trade Center bombing, an interesting thing to know about the Williams tower is that  It was built in 1975 and designed by Minoru Yamasaki & Associates, the same architect who designed the World Trade Center in New York. This structure is very similar to the New York City WTC towers in appearance and construction.  


At 203 m (667 ft) in height, the 52-story tower is the tallest building in any of the five "Plains States": Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota, as well as the surrounding states of Missouri, Arkansas and New Mexico.  It is now called the BOK Tower.  The 52 Story BOK Tower anchors the north end of South Boston Avenue  .   

Skywatch Friday - The Rain Came

It started raining yesterday morning and it rained all day and all last night.  I'm not complaining as we needed the rain.  We have a little frog who sits bravely under his umbrella and measures the rain for us.

By noon today the rain had fizzled to a drizzle and the little rain gauge said about 8 cm or 3 inches.  The nice thing was that it rained slowly and steadily so the water had time to settle in rather than all run off.  It was a good rain.

The sky?  It was a solid gray and not very photogenic, but the rain that fell was very nice.