Ohio is everywhere (even on the Southbank under cookies)

Campbell Soup Company crate from Napoleon, Ohio

Barq Bottling Company crate from Cincinnati, Ohio

After visiting Vauxhall City Farm (my friend Lauren and I wanted to have our own Morrissey "Vauxhall & I"* moments and I also wanted to check out other London city farms), we stumbled upon the Real Food Festival at the Southbank Centre in a near ravenous stupor.  While waiting for our falafel wrap, I thought I caught the letters O-H-I-O from out of the corner of my eye but also thought it could be attributed to slight delirium from low blood sugar.  Yet, I had to be certain that I wasn't losing my mind quite yet and walked over to the nearby stand to find old packing crates from Cincinnati and Napoleon, Ohio being used for cookie displays.

The appearance of Ohio in my life sometimes seems so prevalent that others believe that I must make some of it up but here is photographic proof of this particular instance.

* The album "Vauxhall & I" always fondly reminds me of Stephen Szolosi, who achieved a great coup by surprising me with the album as a birthday gift just 2 weeks after its release date in March of 1994.

*The album also reminds me of my friend Jess, because her favorite Morrissey song 'The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get' happens to be on it.

Fun Fact Friday: Heaven's Garden

While catching up on old episodes of Supernatural, I was surprised by a reference to Ohio, even though all states are mentioned in the show since the Winchester boys travel around America hunting monsters (and other supernatural entities).  In the episode 'The Dark Side of the Moon', the brothers are on a mission to find Joshua, who is the gardener of Heaven and God's confidant.  All souls that travel to the garden (a representation of Eden), according to Joshua, will see it differently.  Sam and Dean view it as the Cleveland Botanical Garden that they visited on a grade school field trip.