{"id":1344,"date":"2012-04-05T19:42:49","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T23:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/?p=1344"},"modified":"2012-04-05T19:42:49","modified_gmt":"2012-04-05T23:42:49","slug":"you-cant-hide-your-lion-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/?p=1344","title":{"rendered":"You can&#8217;t hide your Lion Eyes&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Kenton, Ohio, 1996:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/1-20061001-Kenton-96-24.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1345\" title=\"1-20061001 Kenton 96 -24\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/1-20061001-Kenton-96-24.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/1-20061001-Kenton-96-24.jpg 461w, https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/1-20061001-Kenton-96-24-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See the top of the building? There&#8217;s a lion hiding there.<\/p>\n<p>In 2006, a decade later&#8230;.movin&#8217; on up&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/7-IMG_0768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1351\" title=\"7-IMG_0768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/7-IMG_0768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/7-IMG_0768.jpg 427w, https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/7-IMG_0768-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>movin&#8217; on up&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2-IMG_0769.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1346\" title=\"2-IMG_0769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2-IMG_0769.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2-IMG_0769.jpg 427w, https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2-IMG_0769-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;then coming into focus&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/3-IMG_0790.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1347\" title=\"3-IMG_0790\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/3-IMG_0790.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/3-IMG_0790.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/3-IMG_0790-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know what this building used to be, or why the lion head adorns it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/4-IMG_0791.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1348\" title=\"4-IMG_0791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/4-IMG_0791.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/4-IMG_0791.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/4-IMG_0791-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t even know when it was cleaned and painted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/5-IMG_0792.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1349\" title=\"5-IMG_0792\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/5-IMG_0792.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/5-IMG_0792.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/5-IMG_0792-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I do know it&#8217;s the pollution, however, that causes the discolouration&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/6-IMG_0797.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1350\" title=\"6-IMG_0797\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/6-IMG_0797.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/6-IMG_0797.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/6-IMG_0797-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been 4 years since I&#8217;ve been back to Kenton, and I wonder if the building is still standing, if the lion is still there, gazing at the Court House, keeping watch over the city.<\/p>\n[audio:https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/gm-adc.mp3]\n<p>Silver Blue, who wonders what awaits beyond the next corner I turn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Kenton, Ohio, 1996: See the top of the building? There&#8217;s a lion hiding there. In 2006, a decade later&#8230;.movin&#8217; on up&#8230; movin&#8217; on up&#8230;. &#8230;then coming into focus&#8230; I don&#8217;t know what this building used to be, or why the lion head adorns it. I don&#8217;t even know when it was cleaned and painted. 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