When I was at the VA Hospital last night, I parked in the new garage, where I was quite impressed with this system they have of determining empty spaces: Space taken When you pull in to a space the little light above that space turns red instead of green… …
I expect you've all probably already seen this, but I just ran across it… This chain letter is doing the rounds. It is a hoot. Dear Friend, I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a transfer of funds of great magnitude, caused by unfortunate circumstance of me. I am…
Grandview Preserve On Saturday morning, we drove out to Grandview Nature Preserve, near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. It’s a 500+ acre fairly wild area, apparently well known for its plethora of birds. There’s a single trail that leads to the beach, which you can then walk up – you’re not supposed to walk into…
On Chesapeake Bay, near Hampton Roads. 0920081016.jpg Read and post comments | Send to a friend
I guess the raccoon family will have to find another home (I hope they weren't in it when it fell into the creek!) Amazingly, we didn't hear this tree fall – must've happened during the Steelers game. We had closed the windows so we could hear the game – the 50 mph winds were really…
Steel City Big Pour Yesterday was the 2nd annual Steel City Big Pour, "3 hours of beer, live art, and music" to benefit Construction Junction, Pittsburgh's nonprofit building material recycler. This year there were two 3-hour sessions, both of which were sold out at 1,000 tickets each – it was the hot ticket in town…
Hi neighbors…Now that my son finally got his internet turned on at his apartment in Brisbane, he's posted some more to his blog. Check it out – feel free to comment, so as to encourage him to continue 😉 Read and post comments
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For the long weekend, we decided to meet up with our old friends D&J (well, half-old / half-new) and camp on the Quehanna Trail in Elk County. We drove up Friday night and stayed over at their house, enjoying some homebrewed stout we brought along, with the great conversation and (literally) thousands of books. We…
So… the veggie email today said that the oblong brown or green thing is a spaghetti squash, so before I even picked up the box, I figured we would have time to cook that for dinner before going to the funeral home (for a neighbor). I got home after picking up the veggies at the…
Where have the days gone? 