Backyard Birds 5/8/15

These are just a sampling of the birds that were in and around my backyard Friday evening. 1. House Finch 2. Bronze-headed Cowbird 3. Northern Cardinal 4. Mourning Dove 5 & 6. Northern Flicker. Not pictured include American Robin, Blue Jay, Common Grackle, House Sparrow and a Red-winged Blackbird.

This Bleeding Heart of Mine

This burning heart of mine,

It still hurts after all this time,

This burning heart in me,

Won't let me be.

Burning Heart, Vandenberg, 1982

Laying Low

My Sunday walk along the Big Spring brought a bounty of birds. This pair of Canada Geese were doing there best limbo and getting as low as they could go.

1968

There ain't a thing in this wold to take me back,

Like a dark haired girl in a Cadillac,

On Main Street of an old forgotten town.

The sun light shines in fine white lines,

On weathered stores with open signs,

They may as well just close'em down.

1968, Turnpike Troubadours, 2010

Buchanan Valley Volunteer Fire Department

Buchanan Valley Volunteer Fire Department. 1180 Buchanan Valley Road, Orrtanna, Pa. Adams County company 27. Founded in 1979, it would be years of hoops and red tape until the would go in service. They finally went into service on March 1, 1985, the same year they moved into their newly built station. In 2001 an activities center was added. Although they have only been serving a short time they suffered a line of duty death on October 4, 2007 when Firefighter/EMT Adam Cole died as a result of  an auto accident while responding to a fire call.

Lesser Yellowleg

Yesterday evening while traveling along the Big Spring I caught this Lesser Yellowleg surveying the water. As I drove by after taking his picture, he was out in the water looking for a snack. You just never know what you will run into along the Spring.

Massey's

Massey's Frozen Custard on West High Street in Carlisle. Massey's means ice cream. Or milkshakes. Teaberry milkshakes. Or birch beer milkshakes. Or...