Daily Diversion #213: Eden Park

Shocking confession: Sometimes I need to flee from words. Oh, nothing permanent or long-term. It’s just that my creativity likes green things. She says it helps her think and form ideas. Fancy that!

Gazebo

The (supposedly haunted) Spring House Gazebo at Eden Park, where famed bootlegger George Remus brazenly murdered his wife, Imogene, in 1927.

Inside Gazebo

View from inside the gazebo.

Fountain

Fountain view. 

[Book Nerd Links] Dangerdust: Literary Chalk Art, by Stealth

Each Week, Two Anonymous Students Sneak into a Classroom and Proceed to Blow Everyone’s Mind [courtesy viralnova]

An interesting story from my hometown. I love this duo’s use of literary quotes and themes. Be sure to follow the link at the bottom of the article to their Instagram page.

J.M. Barrie Quote by Dangerdust

J.M. Barrie Quote by Dangerdust

[Alternative Muses] Birthday Mashup: Émile Zola/Buddy Ebsen

“If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.”-Émile Zola (born 2 April 1840)

Buddy Ebsen, 1936

Buddy Ebsen, 1936. He was born on 2 April 1908.

Shirley Temple and Buddy Ebsen in Captain January (1936).

Shirley Temple and Buddy Ebsen in Captain January (1936).