{"id":484,"date":"2005-02-07T20:31:00","date_gmt":"2005-02-08T01:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=484"},"modified":"2005-12-06T13:19:06","modified_gmt":"2005-12-06T18:19:06","slug":"pic-shas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/pic-shas","title":{"rendered":"Pic-shas!"},"content":{"rendered":"

As promised, a couple of pix from Saturday’s trip to Providence. We went to Colt State Park<\/a> and walked out by Narragansett Bay. The weather was beautiful (for the season).<\/p>\n

Here<\/a> are a couple<\/a> of the water. I sorta like the “big empty” look of the sky, but you guys know that I’m crazy.<\/p>\n

I hope there’s a statue of me someday, and that it shows me wearing a suit<\/a>. This one’s of John H. Chafee, who helped the state acquire the Colt Park land during his tenure as RI’s governor in the ’60s.<\/p>\n

This one’s<\/a> of Paul, me, and the official VM girlfriend<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As promised, a couple of pix from Saturday’s trip to Providence. We went to Colt State Park and walked out by Narragansett Bay. The weather was beautiful (for the season). Here are a couple of the water. I sorta like the “big empty” look of the sky, but you guys know that I’m crazy. I … <\/p>\n

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