Nothing But Blue Skies

I took this last year at about this time. I thought it was cold then. Well, it's cold now. It was 4 below Tuesday morning. Calling for 50 on Saturday. If you don't like the weather around here, wait 5 minutes.

Johnny Cash: Up Against the Wall (PG 193)

Downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Where else could you find this? Located at the corner of 4th and Malloy Streets this mural was originally painted in 2003. In late 2012 the original artist got together to restore it back to it's former glory. 12 feet tall and 150 feet long, www.johnnycashmural.com

Walking Back to the Beach

Walking back to the beach from the Cherry Grove Pier in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Red, Red, Red, Red, Red Barn

Thursday night's snow and Friday's cold made Saturday's drive productive. If you over look the fact it was so freaking cold my truck window was frozen. So I put it in park, stepped out onto the road and got what I needed. Traffic can wait, I've got a blog post to make.

Footer Review 2013

My annual review of the footer pictures from the blog-thing. Yes, there is actually a picture way down at the bottom of the page.

• January 2013: Orion and friends. An attempt to take night sky pictures. I think I was waiting for a meteor shower. I still haven't mastered these yet.
• February 2013: A button buck trying to figure out the red light on my trail camera.
• March 2013: FDNY Reserve Engine 500 on stand-by at Sara Roosevelt Park in New York City during the Lunar New Year's Firecracker Ceremony.
• April 2013: Three Wise Men at the entrance to the National Wild Turkey Federation's Visitor's Center in Edgefield, South Carolina.
• May 2013: A House Finch letting me know the feeder was only half full. Get to work.
• June 2013: The zoo I call my backyard.
• July 2013: Tootsie's Orchid Lounge limousine out advertising in downtown Nashville, Tennessee.
• August 2013: Actual sign at Rocky Gap Resort and Casino on the outskirts of Cumberland, Maryland.
• September 2013: Nathan's Hot Dog vendor at Citi Field during a New York Mets game.
• October 2013: A Monarch Butterfly in the Mansion Gardens at Kings Gap on the outskirts of Mt Holly, Pa.
• November 2013: Repurposing an old sign along Route 75 in Fort Loudon, Pa.
• December 2013: A Bald Eagle doing some fly-by fishing at the Conowingo Dam in Conowingo, Maryland.

Header Review 13

This is my sort-of-semi-annual review of headers that I used her on the Outskirts.

• May 2013: This is merely a shot from my well manicured lawn.
• June 2013: This is a female Northern Cardinal trying to figure out why some guy is laying down in the grass taking pictures of weeds.
• July 2013: The stage at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee.
• August 2013: An actual sign off of the Keyer's Ridge Exit of Interstate 68 in western Maryland.
• September 2013: Another actual picture of what a Maryland No Hunting / Safety Zone looks like. I took this shot from across the street in the parking lot of a business park.
• October 2013: Quehanna Highway in Elk County, Pennsylvania, last Fall.
• November 2013: The woods out behind the Elk County Vistitors center. One would think you should be seing elk out there. I didn't see elk at the National Wild Turkey Federation Visitor Center.
• December 2013: The gate to the Mansion Gardens at Kings Gap Mansion on the outskirts of Mt Holly, Pa.

Cumberland Fire Department, Station 3

Cumberland Fire Department, Station 3, 411 Frederick Street, Cumberland, Md., Allegany County. Cumberland Fire Department is a career department currently operating out of three stations. The CFD started in 1906 out of two stations. Station 3, built in 1924, is located in the East End section of Cumberland