Other Stuff

Thursday, October 31, 2024

Happy Halloween 2024


 Happy Halloween 2024
(photo at Meadowbrook Gourds, Carlisle, Pa.)
September 2024

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Osterburg-Bowser Covered Bridge


Osterburg-Bowser Covered Bridge
built 1890, bypassed 1973, 90' over Bobs Creek
Osterburg, Pennsylvania
September 2024

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

The Scruffy Raven


The Scruffy Raven
Moreno Valley, California
June 2024

Monday, October 28, 2024

The Coffee Pot


The Coffee Pot, built 1927, 18 feet tall
a lunch place at a gas station, a bar, a gift shop
714 West Pitt Street, Bedford, Pennsylvania
September 2024

Sunday, October 27, 2024

Anderson Chapel


Anderson Chapel
aka St. Paul's Episcopal Chapel
built 1882, NHRP 1984
3501 Swanton Road, Swanton Maryland
September 2024

Saturday, October 26, 2024

Palm Springs Fire Department, Station 1





Palm Springs Fire Department, Station 1, 277 North Indian Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, California. Riverside County purchased the first hose cart for the Palm Springs area on April 28, 1921 and stored it in a shed near Andreas Road and Palm Canyon Drive. On March 13, 1931 Palm Springs Fire Protection District was formed and in 1936 the first station was opened on Palm Canyon Drive. Palm Springs, the city, was incorporated on April 18, 1938 and the Department became a city operated Fire Department. Station 1 was built in 1957 and opened in 1958. In 2023 PSFD ran 12,264 calls out of their 5 stations.

Friday, October 25, 2024

Comet C2023-A3


Comet C2023-A3, Tsuchinshan-atlas Comet
Cumberland County, Pa.
October 19, 2024

Thursday, October 24, 2024

The Swallowtail and the Sunflower


The Swallowtail and the Sunflower
Meadowbrook Gourds, Carlisle, Pa.
September 2024

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Snook's Covered Bridge


Snook's Covered Bridge
built 1883, rehab 1992-1994, 75' over Dunning Creek
East St. Clair Township, New Paris, Bedford County, Pa.
September 2024

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Me and My Shadow


Me and My Shadow (White-Tailed Deer)
Harmar, Pennsylvania
October 2024

Monday, October 21, 2024

Treat Yourself to the Very Best


Treat Yourself to the Very Best
Juniata Township, Bedford County, Pa.
October 2024

Sunday, October 20, 2024

St. George Serbian Orthodox Church


St. George Serbian Orthodox Church, b.1847
30 10th Street, Midland, Pennsylvania
October 2024

Saturday, October 19, 2024

Tri-Towns Fire Company No. 1




Tri-Towns Fire Company, No. 1, 54 2nd Street, Piedmont, West Virginia. Mineral County Station 24. Founded February 19, 1912. This building was built in 1966, the bay on the right side was added in 1983. The Company was previously on Third Street. Tri-Towns coverage includes Piedmont, West Virginia and Westernport and Luke, Maryland. The Tri-Towns FC and the Potomac Fire Company of Westernport consolidated in the 1920s. The Piedmont station run a truck, 2 engines and a brush.

Friday, October 18, 2024

Sunset, San Francisco Bay


Sunset, San Francisco Bay
Point Isabel Regional Park, Richmond, California
July 2024

Thursday, October 17, 2024

The Monarch and the Sunflower


The Monarch and the Sunflower
Meadowbrook Gourds, Carlisle, Pa.
September 2024

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Dr. Kniseley Covered Bridge


Dr. Kniseley Covered Bridge
built 1867, 80' over Dunning Creek
West St. Clair Township, Bedford County, Pa.
September 2024

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie


Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
Blue Cypress Conservation Area, Florida
March 2024

Monday, October 14, 2024

Point Loma Lighthouse


Point Loma Lighthouse (Top Gun filming location)
Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego, California
August 2024

Friday, October 11, 2024

Shawnee State Park Sunset


Shawnee State Park Sunset
Schellsburg, Pennsylvania
September 2024

Wednesday, October 09, 2024

Ryot Covered Bridge


Ryot Covered Bridge
Bedford County Bridge #12
built 1867, restored 1995, burned 2002, rebuilt 2004
New Paris, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
September 2024

Tuesday, October 08, 2024

Hard Edges


"The scarlet rouge and blue tattoos,
are only painted on.
Underneath the dark drumbeat,
a ballerina dances on"

Hard Edges - 2007 - Chris Knight

Monday, October 07, 2024

Monaca - Beaver Railroad Bridge


Monaca - Beaver Railroad Bridge
aka Pittsburgh and lake Erie Railroad Bridge
Over the Ohio River - built 1910 length 1779 feet
from Beaver Greens Park, Beaver , Pa.
October 2024


Saturday, October 05, 2024

Indian River Forestry Station







Indian River Forestry Station, 5255 41st Street, Vero Beach (Gifford), Florida. A part of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, District 16, Okeechobee District. Originally known as Vero Beach Forestry Service, they were located at the intersection of 4th Street and 43nd Avenue at the old fire tower (built in 1953). Other buildings supported the Service here. The main building on 41st Street was built in the summer of 2008 and the open garage was added on in 2017. The old fire tower was razed in 2022.

Friday, October 04, 2024

San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge


San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge (I-80)
Yerba Buena Island and the San Francisco Skyline
Eastern Span Replaced 2002-2013
July 2020

Thursday, October 03, 2024

Atalopedes campestris on Tithonia rotundifolia


Atalopedes campestris on Tithonia rotundifolia
or A Sachem Skipper on a Mexican Sunflower
my backyard
September 2024

Wednesday, October 02, 2024

Cuppett Covered Bridge


Cuppett Covered Bridge, built 1882
New Paris, Pennsylvania
September 2024

Tuesday, October 01, 2024

Every Little Thing


"I resolved to call her up, A thousand times a day.
And ask her if she'll marry me, In some old-fashioned way."

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - Sting (The Police) - 1981