Great Egret

Taken along the beach road on Assateague Island, Virginia on Tom's Cove.

USAF Academy and the WW1 Overseas Flyers' Memorial

Greetings on Veterans' Day 2011. 11-11-11. I am a veteran of the USAF. I entered through Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. The Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado is the entry point for most officers. My family and I visited in the summer of 2005 and at the time there were squadrons of cadets going through Basic Training prior to starting their studies at the Academy. The top picture is the World War One Overseas Flyer's memorial. This memorial was designed and donated by Ira and Stella Jones on 11-11-1985. Ira was a pilot with the 25th Squadron and the 148th Squadron Pursuit Group in Toul, France during the war. World War One or as it was known, the Great War, ended with the Treaty of Versailles on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, at the time known as Armistice Day. Today we call it Veterans' Day.

Blue Eutaw Skies

The view from Eutaw Street at Camden Yards in Charm City, Baltimore. Just love that Bromoseltzer Tower. You can only see it from out here beyond the fences and the flag court since they built the stupid Hilton.

Subway Cafe

I'm always on the look out for cool signs. Unfortunately Shippensburg doesn't have a very good supply of them. I was working in Harrisburg last week and sat one day checking this place out. Next time back I came equipped with the camera. Snapped a few and then waited for the sun to make it's way around to the west so that I could get a better lit subject. I haven't yet eaten here but I plan to. Their website lists a 32 oz fish bowl of beer for $4.50. And  the sign in the parking lot claims the "best pizza in town since 1948." I know at lunch time the lot fills quickly. The Subway Cafe sits on Herr Street just west of Cameron Street in Harrisburg, Pa.

The Tunnel from Maryland

Digging back in the old files for this one. This is the railroad tunnel in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. That side of the river is Maryland.

Path Valley Harvest

Barn Charm 12. Yesterday found me on the other side of the mountain. The other side of the mountain. Just to see what I could see. And all I saw was... friends, barns, trees and a couple turkeys. That was friends AND a couple turkeys. I was asked to take some family pictures and some senior pictures. I know I said that I don't take people pictures but on occasion  I forget that rule and make a desperate attempt at it. (as I did here and here) It wasn't a total loss though, I think I may have captured a few keepers. Just hope they are happy.

Anyways, back to Barn Charm. I passed this scene on the way there. I told the wife, I'll stop here on the way back. And I did. I knew the setting sun would only help this view. I find it interesting how the Amish harvest their corn. I've seen this before. Saturday I saw a horse drawn hay bailer but I was traveling down the PA Turnpike and had no opportunity to stop. If you look to the left of the old barn you'll see the buggy sitting where it was parked after church.

For more charming barns check out Tricia's site by clicking the barn below.

Cormorants

Double Crested Cormorants seen in and along Assateague Bay.