Scenic Bridges

Posted on September 2, 2019 by vanbraman

This evening I changed my cover photo on Facebook and received a bunch of likes and comments.  The first picture below is my new cover photo.

Woerlitzer Park Bridge, Dessau-Woerlitzer Park, Germany, English Garden in GermanyThis picture was taken 13 years ago when I visited the Wörlitzer Park near Dessau, Germany. The park is laid out as an English garden and was created in the early 1770’s.

This picture was taken from a rowboat that we were riding in while taking a tour of the waterways in the park. The day was overcast and there were occasional showers. There were swans swimming in the water and also several narrow waterways that were spanned by bridges.

This was one of my favorite pictures from the day. The umbrella really pops and adds color to the overcast and dreary day.

I have a niece who is a professional photographer and she has a print of this picture in her bedroom. Also, one of my aunts did a painting based on this picture.

Burgau Bridge, Burgau Germany, Jena Germany, Stone Bridge, Old Bridge, Saale RiverHere is another bridge in Germany. This bridge is in Jena-Burgau and is known as the Burgauer Brücke. You can click on the link to learn more about the history of the bridge.

I really like this bridge and visit it almost every time that I visit Jena. However, I have not yet been able to get a picture that is better than this one that I took many years ago.

This picture is also on my ATM card. The last time I received notification that I was being sent a new card there was an option to choose from a gallery or pictures, or to submit one of my own.

Mossdale Bridge - San Joaquin River - Final Link in Transcontinental Railroad - Railroad Bridge - Reflections - Vertical Lift DrawbridgeThis bridge is not far from home. The bridge is know as the Mossdale Bridge.

Click on The Final Link? to find out why this was one of the final links to a transcontinental railway.

I really like this picture. It has such a great reflection of the bridge.

Kingbridge Centre, Trails, Hiking, walking trails, Canada, TorontoThis picture was taken just last week and is one of the bridges at Kingbridge Centre near King, Ontario.

The bridge crosses the Humber River.

There are several scenic Bridges over the Humber at the Kingbridge Center and also downstream close to where some of my friends live.

West Lake - Hangzhou, China - Old Bridge - Reflection - China TourismI can’t make a post about scenic bridges without including this one. This bridge is at West Lake in Hangzhou, China. West Lake has an interesting history and is also a popular tourist destination in China. You can read more about West Lake and see more pictures that I took by clicking on: West Lake

I hope you enjoyed the pictures of these scenic bridges.

Steven

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Labor Day II

Posted on September 1, 2019 by vanbraman

I am a bit tired from my trip to Canada, so I will re-post something that I wrote three years ago.

I looked back through my blog and found that I have not written a Labor Day post. I wondered why and discovered that I have usually been out of the country or away from home on Labor Day.

So, what to write for Labor Day is the next question. Should I write about my only experience of being in a union? I decided no on this one.

What I decided to do was to share a little about what jobs some of my ancestors had.

Jefferson County, Wisconsin, Postmaster, Orsamus Braman, 1856Last week I wrote a post titled Neither Snow nor Rain which included information about two of my ancestors who were Postmasters. You can find more detail in my post Ancestral Postmasters.

Preacher - Grandpa - Weed, California - Preacher Grandpa - Midwestern School of EvangelismMy maternal Grandpa was a preacher, but also worked at other jobs including being a cook and working in a lab. See: Remembering Grandpa II

Grandma - Remembering Grandma - Nurse - MemoriesMy maternal Grandma was a nurse. See: Remembering Grandma II

Grandpa - Nursery - Picking Flowers in Field - Interstate Nurseries - MemoriesMy paternal Grandpa worked at Interstate Nurseries in Hamburg, Iowa. See: Grandpa 101

Grandma High School Picture - Agnes Van DuzorMy paternal Grandma was a homemaker. See: Remembering Grandma

She was also an amateur Historian and Genealogist.

TipTop Apartments - Ford Motor Factory - TipTop Factory - Omaha, Nebraska - Loft ApartmentsMy Great Grandfather Harvey Braman was listed in the 1930 census as working in an auto plant in Omaha. It may have been here at this Ford plant which is now the TipTop condos in Omaha. See: TipTop Ford

Later he ran a restaurant in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

The rest of my great grandparents were all farmers or homemakers.

As I think about my ancestors I know that a lot of them were farmers, but there were also a lot of preachers. I need to do a lot more research 🙂

Tomorrow I plan on sharing a few more occupations of my ancestors unless my mind wanders elsewhere.

Steven

 

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