A Foggy Day on Frenchman's Bay

Frenchman's Bay in Bar Harbor, Maine. A foggy morning. The family visited here last summer as you will recall. The week of July 4th. This is what welcomed us on most mornings. Upper 50's and half a mile visibility. Hard to go see the sites. Most days were spent driving and waiting for the fog to lift then run around quickly to see the mountain tops, the shoreline, the ocean. Not until the final day did the sun shine early in the morning and the temperatures were more hospitable for July.

Vultures for Lunch

These are three of the five Turkey Vultures sitting and discussing who gets the remains of an unfortunate groundhog who made the mistake of digging where the farmer didn't want him to dig. It was down to these three. Rock, Paper, Scissors and we're done to one. He finally realized there was a dead groundhog laying there in front of him and left. The end.

Passing Me By

Some railroad crossings have flashing lights, bells and cross bars.

Some railroad crossings have flashing lights and bells

Some railroad crossings have flashing lights

Some don't.

Header Review No. 6

Once again it is time for my semi-annual header review. You see, I post a new header every month and the old one just disappears out in bloggerspace, so to preserve them I post them here in April and October.

• November 2009 - Home Sweet Away from Home... Colorado. One of the many aspen groves somewhere around the 10,000 foot mark. Picture was from November 2008 and posted on December 11, 2008. This is my screen saver at work.
• December 2009 - This also comes from my November 2008 trip to Colorado. Taken a few days after the last header, after some snow had fallen. And above 11,000 feet in elevation.
• January 2010 - Taken December 27, 2009 somewhere between Newville and Newburg on the Ridge Road. It was morning and I was looking into the sunrise for the silhouette.
• February 2010 - If it looks like I dumped out the candy jar and snapped a few pictures. Good. Cause that's what I did. I should have had all blank sides and customized them all.
• March 2010 - The Wing Fat Company, Inc., along the Bowery in Chinatown, NYC. Taken February 21, 2010 shortly after the Lunar New Year Parade. I thought, "I can use that somewhere."
• April 2010 - Forsythia. Taken last April 4th and posted April 7, 2009.

PS... Using a magnifying glass and a bamboo skewer the Rebel is back in working order. (fingers crossed)

The Accident on West King Street

Today's Fireday Friday is a salute to the brave men and women of the Shippensburg Fire Department and the many other specialized rescuers from Cumberland and Franklin County. Last Friday the Borough of Shippensburg was brought to a stand still for nearly eight hours. A vehicle crashed into an old stone building bringing the front of the building down onto the vehicle and the street. Luckily there were only two people inside the newspaper offices and they were able to escape through a rear door. Unfortunately both people in the Jeep were killed. 911 calls brought apparatus from all three Shippensburg departments. When they saw that the building would need to be stabilized before the vehicle could be removed they called for the TROT Team (Technical Rescue Operations Team). The TROT team stabilized and slowly raised the building to allow the vehicle to be removed. In all personnel from 15 different emergency departments along with Shippensburg Fire Police and the Shippensburg Police spent most of Friday afternoon trying to regain order. A job well done. The building was partially torn down that evening for safety reason. The last picture shows the truck company sawing the adjoining roof.

The Annual SFD Easter Egg Hunt

Before the Great Camera Crash there was an Easter Egg hunt. Sponsored by the Shippensburg Fire Department, this annual event met head on with some of the nicest weather so far this spring. It was a mad house for a mere 20 minutes and then it was over. Click on the panorama picture and see some of the crowd. The line you see towards the middle were passing through the pavilion for some giveaways. Later the Easter Bunny and Barb, his helper, announced that it was, "Go time." And now it's time to stash it away for next year when we do it all again.

Back in Business

Hip hip hooray! I think I'm back in business. Now I'll have to start working on some updates. Not sure what the problem was but my IT guy just reloaded the operating disc and presto. The camera is another issue. It seem there is a bent CF pin. And from what I see in the chat rooms this isn't all that uncommon. Hope I can get it working in the next couple of days.