The Merriest of Merry Christmas'

From all the staff here at the home offices of the Outskirts of Suburbia, here's wishing you the Merriest of Merry Christmas'.

Welcome Winter

If you looked beyond the cold cold tempuratures we've had over the last couple of weeks. Or the two or three snow falls we've had. You would have thought it was already winter. No, winter arrived on Friday. Saturday it was 70 degrees. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

LaVale Volunteer Rescue Squad

LaVale Volunteer Rescue Squad, 977 National Highway, Cumberland, Md. Allegany County Ambulance Company 52. Organized in February 1969 their original station was a house on LaVale Avenue. This station was remodeled and added to in 2012. LVRS operates with 2 ambulances and a chase vehicle.

One Cow

One cow. Outstanding in her field. Grantsville, Maryland.

Concord Point Lighthouse

Concord Point Lighthouse sits on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Havre de Grace, Maryland. Built in 1827 and when it was decommissioned in 1975 it was the longest continually operated lighthouse in Maryland. 

Pee Wee

Louisville Slugger Field is the home of the Louisville Bats a AAA team for the Cincinnati Reds. The field sits up the street from the Louisville Slugger factory. This is also Pee Wee Reese. Pee Wee played shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1940 until retiring from the Los Angeles Dodgers after the 1958 season. Growing up in Louisville Pee Wee played baseball in his senior year of high school and eventually went on to play for the minor league Louisville Colonels before his call up. Reese would serve in the US Navy for 3 years during World War II. In 1984 he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and had his number retired by the LA Dodgers. At his funeral in 1999 Joe Black, a black MLB pioneer, said, "Number 1 on his uniform, number 1 in our hearts"

Snow Day

As I sat in my tree stand watching the final hours of deer season fade away I was blessed with the sight of a steady falling snow. I'm sure if there really were deer anywhere near where I was they were hunkered down waiting out the storm (or waiting out the hunters).