Geddy's Moose

This is the moose. This is the moose that sits atop Geddy's in Bar Harbor, Maine. I tried to straighten the moose but, hey, if he's crooked, he's crooked.

Day 1, Year 6

I was gonna blow off posting today. I've done a lot of that this year on the weekends. But since today is my five year blogerverary.  A quick summary of my year here in the outskirts. 308 posts for a total all time of 1759 posts. 287 comment. even though not a single person has said a work around here since the 19th of last month.  Above is just some of what I did last year. Lately I've had my head elsewhere, trying to get a firehouse built. And hopefully I get my bum leg working good again and I can get some new and interesting things to get  pictures of. 

Top to bottom, this was my year. Christmas vacation this past year was in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Baseball games, for me, picked up from last year Harrisburg Senators, Delmarva Shorebirds, Baltimore Orioles and the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs (Coca-Cola Park shown here) I entered five pictures at the Shippensburg Fair and brought home a first place ribbon and a $7 check for my sunrise picture in Chincoteague. I finally remade some of my old Gettysburg postcards, I plan on doing more this year.

Spent Father's Day last summer in my Mom's family's hometown of Coaldale, Pa. Spent a day during the fall  in the outskirts of Star Tannery, Virginia. Took an anniversary cruise on Chincoteague Bay. Found some sunflowers up in the State Game Lands. And as part of the new firehouse we removed the bell from the old firehouse.

Went to a couple of concerts since last year. First concerts in a long time. I saw Miranda Lambert and I saw her husband last fall. Blake Shelton is nuts. Awesome concerts. Both of them. I wish I could have taken a real camera in, instead of the crappy Nikon point and shoot. Posted and linked a bunch with the people over at Barn Charm. I got bored and scanned pictures from a lifetime  ago. (Shown is my hike to the top of Mt. Ogden in Utah, back in 1985)

As my son gets older I've been tagging along again when the siren blows. We also made our third trip to NYC for Lunar New Year. Took some other great NYC pictures while we were there. (My most visited post of all time is my Engine 55 pictures from our 2010 trip to NYC).

I also took some senior pictures. Not my favorite thing to do but I think I can learn. Remember, I don't take people pictures, since I don't like people. And I took my last soccer pictures.

No promises this time on the next year. I'll do what I can. Not sure where Father's Day will take me.  Don't know where or if there will be a summer vacation. My semi-annual camping trip is the only sure thing right now. Maybe I can bring home a couple coolers full of elk meat this time. I'm due. 

We'll see.

Ladder 30, Engine 39, Philadelphia FD

Truck Company No. 30, Engine Company No. 39, Philadelphia County, Pa. 6630 Ridge Avenue. Serving the Roxborough Section of Northwest Philadelphia. This building also houses the 5th District Police Precinct and Medic 1. Picture was taken 4/9/2012, the black bunting is in memory of Lieutenant Robert Neary and Firefighter Daniel Sweeney of Truck 10 who died in the line of duty earlier that morning.

Sunset from the Pier

While on Christmas vacation in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina we walked out onto the Cherry Grove Pier to watch the sunset one evening. It was well worth it. We sat on the upper deck watching the fisherman as the sun sank down the beach. Cool. So, cool.

King's Famous Pizza

King's sits along Route 17, King's highway in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. I know there is no neon here  but the colors and brightness put this on my hit list of night shots. They seems to be busy this evening.

My posts of older pictures with nothing new continues whilst I serve out my time on the IR. If things don't start looking up this week end I may break out the scanner. I have some ideas.

The Mermaid's Purse

OK, so it's not really a mermaid's purse. Or the devil's purse. What it is is an egg case for a skate. And a skate is a fish, more specifically a ray. The egg cases can be found on the beach, usually empty. The hooks are so that it attaches itself to seaweed and doesn't float away.

Yellow Monday

Just a little floral sunshine on a rainy day. Or is it just a weed?