Seen in 702: Think to yourself, and you can see it
By Tony Garcia Las Vegas Review-Journal
Artist Mila May paints her mural on a boarded up window of Retro Vegas on Main Street in downtown Las Vegas Wednesday, March 25, 2020. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
Wynn Las Vegas displays signage showing support for the city during the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto
Lisa Lobue and her dog Kendal pass Lois Widell, all of Las Vegas at Hualapai Canyon hiking area in Las Vegas Wednesday, April 1, 2020. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
Louis Armstrong recorded “What a Wonderful World” in Las Vegas after one of his midnight shows at the Tropicana, according to Wikipedia.
Apparently, his new record label did not like the Bob Thiele and George David Weiss composition and failed to promote it in the United States, but it did hit No. 1 in the United Kingdom.
The song received renewed acclaim when it was featured in the 1987 Robin Williams film “Good Morning, Vietnam.”
Anyway, it’s a go-to song I use when it seems like the stresses could overwhelm. We know there’s good happening in Las Vegas, nationally and globally. Sometimes we need a reminder.
“I see trees of green, red roses too”
Special lights are displayed at the Eiffel Tower at Paris Las Vegas along the Las Vegas Strip on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
“I see them bloom for me and you”
Kat Morris fills the back of her car with food and supplies for another donation drop with the COVID-19 Barter Group - Southern Nevada on Sunday, March 22, 2020 in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
“And I think to myself what a wonderful world”
Workers make progress on the construction of the Cashman Isolation-Quarantine Complex in Las Vegas on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
“I see skies of blue and clouds of white”
A Clark County School District employee hands out breakfast and lunch packages to families at Clark High School in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 15, 2020. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
“The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night”
Lights through room windows are displayed at the Wynn Las Vegas along the Las Vegas Strip on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
“And I think to myself what a wonderful world”
Chef Lester Johnson prepares meals at Martin Luther King Jr. Senior Center that is closed down temporarily due to COVID-19, in North Las Vegas on Monday, March 30, 2020. The prepared lunches will be delivered to the homes requested by seniors during the temporary closure. (Elizabeth Page Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Elipagephoto
“The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky”
Artist Sheridee Hopper greets a friend while preparing a stencil for her mural on the boarded up windows of Retro Vegas on Main Street in downtown Las Vegas Wednesday, March 25, 2020. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
“Also on the faces of people going by”
Mary Scharn, 84, right and Barbara Cots, 70, pass Alexis Jones, 31, while exercising at Pueblo Park in Las Vegas Wednesday, April 1, 2020. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
“I see friends shaking hands, saying how do you do” (OK, this one, not so much lately, but it’s still a good song)
Stan and Mary Jane Antrim, left, smile at Lois Widell, all of Las Vegas, at Hualapai Canyon hiking area in Las Vegas Wednesday, April 1, 2020. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
“They’re only saying I love you”
MGM Grand displays signage showing support for Las Vegas during the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto
“I see babies crying, I watch them grow”
Friends, from left, George Kachaturoff, Chris German, Kris Gibb, Gayle Moriner, Cliff Swann, Lenny Smith, Hank Schoepp and Barry Glusman visit six feet apart at Kellogg Zaher Sports Complex in Las Vegas Wednesday, April 1, 2020. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
“They’ll learn so much more than I’ll ever know”
Drs. Kevin Tran, from left, Aradhana Mehta and Amanda Gracia grab box lunches provided by Sparrow + Wolf restaurant at a COVID-19 testing station at UNLV School of Medicine on West Charleston Boulevard in Las Vegas,Thursday, April 2, 2020. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
“Then I think to myself what a wonderful world”
You got this far, of course you’re going to hear it.
