PSoTD

The beginning of my almond tree empire.

After a bit of melt, there are telltale signs of who used a snowblower...

Walk Score is a cool pre-buy or pre-rent online research tool.

We wish you the gift of illumination on this Christmas Eve.

This one is much more like you might expect. Expect the expected!

It's surprising what you might see by taking a blind digital camera photo of your gutter drain.

The leaves aren't quite ready this weekend, but the next two weekends ought to be good for a LOT OF RAKING in our neighborhood.

Last week at Bethany Beach.

Our newest member of the household, a sweetie with laser eyes!

At Red Rock State Park in Arizona:

It's such a pretty view.

Look familiar?

If you have it, it's a great way to start the barbecue.

Not as catchy as "Werewolves of London", but we saw a lot of them hiking.

Where I was last week. It was purdy.

I'll write more about it as time allows.

Well, eventually it will be more of a swale for better yard drainage.

About 8 years ago, my brother and I spent the good part of an afternoon drinking beer and building my daughter's swingset. We had a pretty good time doing it, and she loved playing on the swingset for many years. Our son never really got into it that much, and for the past few years it hasn't been used much, and due to rust and lack of use it became time to take it down and get rid of it. (We tried giving it away, nobody wanted it, of course).

Last week I took it apart. Took a little more than an hour, just me. A life lesson in microcosm, I guess.

Nothing lasts forever...

Every year, it just gets bigger and bigger...

No contest. Snow geese.

Reflection of a tree in a puddle left by the previous downpour today...

I swear, it seems like dumpsters just attract chairs. From behind the AMC 8 in Hampden Township...

Harrisburg is pretty interesting with shadows...

Found 7 relatively good sized Monarch caterpillars on one pretty denuded milkweed in the sideyard on Saturday. Fortunately we have several more on the side, so moved them all so they could each have their own plant - and they started to munch happily there.

Every day there are an average of nearly 117 deaths from motor vehicle accidents in the United States.

That statistic provides a bit of perspective.

Because everyone needs a happy hippo photo to lighten their day sometimes. This resident of the New Jersey State Aquarium is a bit of a ham.

In addition to being an enjoyable Aquarium, the New Jersey State Aquarium in Camden has a great river view of Philadelphia...

Took this photo a couple of weeks ago - I just like it. Makes a good wallpaper.

Time to give Hampden Township, in Cumberland County in Pennsylvania, some kudos. We have a VERY good park system in our township, and I think Creekview Park - the side that has the basketball and tennis courts - is the jewel, although there's plenty of room for difference of opinion. When there's a soft breeze in the summer, there's no better place to play hoops outdoors in Central Pennsylvania.

I just thought this combination of businesses, based in a shop in Camp Hill, was worth a look...