Happy President's Day

The Taft House, boyhood home of William Howard Taft.

Mmmmm, Sandwiche s

 

My friends have to be getting sick of going on walks with me, because it's an unending stream of "Oooh, wait a second. Gotta get a picture of this."

Sycamore and Milton

 

Would you believe we spotted this while driving?  Down the hill, through the leaves, even. 

 

 

A sharper angle, and color correction doesn't really reveal much more than what was already visible.

 

It's on the north side, about three doors up the hill from Milton's Tavern.

 

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And, if you've missed it, there's a video including some of the entries in the Ghostsigns calendar contest:

 

 

 

Stepping Up

 

City Steps, which connects Reading Road Mt. Auburn.  Been up 'em a few times.  And they're not quite done.  At least, as of Monday night.  But, they're essentially fixed, and open and clean. 

And by clean, I mean the trees and brush that closed in over the stairs, making you wonder if there were not a body, just off the trail, are gone. 

 

Since I've been on these stairs before, I'm going to assume I've seen this partially covered ghost sign before, and merely forgot it. 
Otherwise, it's something to see in person, being layered, and yet, still spectacular.  Just don't ask what it fully reads.  "Wiedem" could be a reference to Wiedeman beer, but honestly, the sign was so layered as to be unreadable.

Mt. Auburn

 

As you drive north on Vine, toward Uptown, you may see this beauty, partially hidden, halfway up the hill, on the right side of the street.

 

I see it as an ad for Globe Furniture and Carpet.

 

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A little history lesson on a previous entry from our friends at Digging Cincinnati History.

(D.C.H. is also where I got tipped about a ghost sign a couple of weeks ago.  See "Apologies"  April 17th, 2013.)