I took some pictures of the lunar eclipse on Wednesday evening. This is a series of just a few stages. Just as the first hints of color started to show, a few light clouds moved in front of the moon for some beautiful hues of blue and gold. Then, as if on cue, the clouds cleared away to allow for the other shots. Was definitely worth the watch.
Went to the orthodontist on Wednesday and arrived to signs on the door reading, “Welcome to the Dog Pound.” They’re a friendly bunch of people. And good at what they do. It’s nice to see people having good, clean fun even at work.
This is a Contorted Filbert nut. It’s in my yard.
I spent part of the day today, and a couple of days ago, working at a local court house trying to get some of their computers working in temporary locations. Some had to be moved out because of the flooding. I got them working again the other day. After a new cable was run by the maintenance people, I got them re-connnected to the outside world.
Ivan has hit the Ohio Valley. The remnants of Ivan have pushed the already water-saturated ground to the limits. Over the last couple of days, there has been water running everywhere. The creeks and river are overflowing. Since I haven’t been able to get photos, I’m including this photo from the local TV station. It is of Elm Grove; a place I work sometimes near Wheeling. This is how part of the main street of my city looked yesterday. Every major roadway has been closed for at least a short amount of time over the last couple of days. Some roads are closed indefinitely because of water damage, debris, or slipping hillsides. People have been evacuated from many areas; including the creek that flows near my home. One of my nephews offered availability of his fishing boat to emergency services and did some evacuations yesterday evening. 
Here’s Karen trying on my “shades”. And, of course I’m *only* posting this picture here because I’m showing her how to forward pics to her blog. 🙂
So…. sitting on a motorcycle for 30 miles one way to sit on a saddle to ride a horse…….. maybe that wasn’t such a bright idea after all.
I rode a horse today, for the first time since I was a kid. I only got a bumped knee and “Flash Daddy” is a good old guy that knows how to read a trail. Thanks Karen!
My initial blog post. I spent the day returning to a video store about 50 miles away to make an exchange on a purchase of a pre-played video game from a couple of days ago. When I opened the box, it was empty. Someone had removed the theft deterrent sticker and stolen the game. There is always something in the world to remind us of the wrong in the world. I decided to take the motorcycle because it seemed to be a nice day. After actually getting out on the road, I discovered that it was more chilly than I expected.
On the way home, I stopped to check on a client that recently lost her 31-year-old daughter who was found dead in her bed about three weeks ago. It’s a sad thing. I stopped in unexpected, and she was surprised to see me…. but said she had been thinking about calling me to see if I could recover some photos of the daughter from the daughter’s computer. I agreed to do so. Appreciate what you have. Protect what you have. It could be gone tomorrow.
