This moody picture was made by Alfred Stieglitz in 1907. He named it Spider Webs—a very good name for it.
I don’t know where it was taken but it looks like the beginning of a Charles Dickens novel. You could imagine Pip darting around the harbor or Mr. Lorry hurrying by in his brown suit.
old spirituals 
The tall sailing ships attracted many young men to a life on the high seas. Steam ships were prosaic to those accustomed to seeing beautiful sailing ship.
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I often learn something from your comments. Prosaic is a new vocabulary word for me 🙂
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I learn things from Jax posts all the time!
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I am truly humbled. Thanks.
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Thank you for the compliment. Never thought of my self as learned.
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