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I kinda got sidetracked from my recent visit to Mark Twain Lake. You can look in the rear view mirror here if you want to see where I have been.

This cabin is located in Florida, Missouri, the town where Mark Twain was born. As you can see from the above link, it is not the cabin of his birthplace. The museum was closed this day. Nonetheless, it is in Florida and it is a nice cabin. I almost posted this in black and white because it covered some of the exposure problems in the sky, but in my final analysis I liked the true color in the warm sunlight better.

Mark Twain had the following to say about Florida and Missouri: "My parents removed to Missouri in the early 'thirties; I do not remember just when, for I was not born then and cared nothing for such things. It was a long journey in those days, and must have been a rough and tiresome one. The home was made in the wee village of Florida, in Monroe County, and I was born there in 1835. The village contained a hundred people and I increased the population by 1 per cent. It is more than many of the best men in history could have done for a town. It may not be modest in me to refer to this, but it is true. There is no record of a person doing as much--not even Shakespeare. But I did it for Florida, and it shows that I could have done it for any place--even London, I suppose."

Mark Twain had a unique way of looking at life which is proven in the following guote: You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. Enjoy.

Do you suppose this is one of the first duplexes? It looks like one.

Tick Tech Talk--Nikon D7000; Nikkor 18-105mm lens; Exposure -1; Aperture Mode 6.3; ISO 400; SS 1/160; Focal Length 31mm