It was another hot day my friends. And I mean hot! At one point the outside thermometer on our car was registering 102° F (Approximately 38° C). But I will still take it over the cold of Winter. So in light of this pure nastiness I did not get out to shoot a whole lot. But I did set up in the Cafe and shot off a few hundred frames and I think I got some pretty good stuff. And for today's photo I would like to share with you this bird who was trying to make the best of this hot and humid day.
He was one of many that took advantage of our bird bath fountain. Some bathed and some drank. It got so much traffic that I had to change the water four times. But I don't mind. It's a small price to pay for the hundreds of great photo ops they have provided me over the years. And it is also my way of giving back to our wildlife that have had so much taken away due to the selfishness and ignorance of others. Oh I could tell you some stories of things I have witnessed but I like to keep this a friendly blog.
Now onto "Things I have seen". I am still working on this and will be doing some tweaking. And today' photo isn't really weird or anything. It's just something that amused me when I saw it. This was shot yesterday when I was picking up lunch for myself and a few people at work.
This if course refers to the year 2000 when there was an hysteria of sorts caused by the belief of many that the computers we rely on every day would suddenly fail as the clock struck midnight and the world went from 1999 to 2000. There was concerns that all kinds of bad things would happen such as our power grids going down and planes falling from the sky to people losing their savings because bank computers would erase accounts. Of course none of this stuff happened and we went on as usual. I never had a doubt :)
Oh, and to state the obvious this cash register is a manual type that I would guess is fifty or so years old. It has a crank so it probably doesn't use electricity at all. No computer, no problems I suppose.
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We get a lot of guests here at the Cafe. Mostly birds and squirrels. On occasion we will see a groundhog and even a skunk every now and again. I even saw a possum once. But we also see a lot of bees and some wasps. Check out who visited today.
I shot this with my phone so I am glad he was docile. This evening Kim and I headed out to dinner at P F Chang's in Collegeville Pennsylvania and on our trip home we happened upon a rather heavy downpour of rain. Take a look at the video below to see what it was like driving through it.
Continuing with my "Things I've seen" category I would like to share this with you.
I sure don't want to run into whatever bit the corner off of this sign!
Kim and I had another busy but fun filled weekend. We had tickets to see Art Garfunkle perform at Resorts Casino in Atlantic City. What a great show! At 74 he still has it. And not just his music but his wonderful story telling ability and his on point sense of humor.
As with any Summer time trip to AC we made a point to spend a little time on the beach. We lucked out too because there was the ever present chance of rain but we didn't get any until we got in our car to head to our hotel.
This being an overnight trip I didn't really get out to shoot much. In fact my DSLR never left it's case. I did grab some pics with my phone and will probably share some over the next few days. But for now I would like to share this one that I got just a little while ago at the Cafe.
These little guys sure are difficult to work with. But I was able to grab a few good pics out of the dozens of frames I shot. I also got some great shots of some of our other guests that you will see this week. Please stay tuned. Now, continuing with my new "I've seen some things" category I would like to show you this.
I saw this while waiting at a red light last week. Now I understand this is a real business but it still makes me laugh a little. Well okay maybe a lot. I blurred the number but if you are in need of their services I can forward you the whole thing. And to imagine that I scoop lots of it for free.
How's the weather where you are? Here in the northeast it's been very hot and humid with temperatures reaching 95° and up. And it feels even hotter. Well with hot and humid weather also comes the chance of thunderstorms. And boy did we get some. None of them long lasting but damaging nonetheless.
Kim and I spent much of our day going about our routine shopping trips and such. But when driving home in the late afternoon we came across this.
This is about 3/4 of a mile from home. The only other ways home are about three mile out of the way. Which isn't bad I guess. But while trekking an alternative route we saw lots of damage. But at home we were fortunate not to have had any damage of our own. Now on a completely different note I would like to try something new.
Kim and I are often on the run. Sometimes it's close go home and many times somewhere a bit further away. We both feel that it is important to get out there and see as much as we can. After all life would be boring if all we did was work and then sit at home. We're going to do what we can while we can. And you know what? When there is that day when we can't get around as good as we once did I will sure have a lot of pictures to look at and reminisce. Now, when you are out and about a lot you will sometimes see a thing or two. If you know what I mean. So I thought it would be fun to share some of these moments with you. How's that sound? Okay, here we go. While shopping today we found ourselves at one of our local Walmart stores. I say "one of" because we have three within five miles from home. Anyhow, as we made our way down one of the store aisles I look over and see this.
I guess when you're hungry you're hungry. And at least whoever opened this can and ate it's contents was trying to watch their diet. The chicken is lower in fat than the pork. And thankfully Vienna Sausage is fully cooked right out of the can!
How's that for a start? I will try to post my sightings once a week on the weekend but I am not promising anything. We'll see how it works out.
