Seasonal Work - While It Lasts

A Work Crew of Orange Coneheads

This shot, captured on a high-speed spycam, comes to us all the way from Chicago, where the photographer tells us, they appeared to be goofing off on the job. Their (obviously seasonal) job was to stand watch around a pile of salt which seems to be nearly gone at the time of the picture.

Was it stolen while they were supposedly on the job? Or was there a mad rush of buyers? With my in-depth knowledge of OCHAs, I'm betting they were goofing off.

Now that winter is over, we have to wonder where they have gone. And what might they be doing now that it is spring? Hmmm... I suspect they have their "hands" full keeping a watchful eye (or is it eyes?) on a mulch pile now - that is, unless they got lucky and are guarding the Car Cabob (that no one bid on) demolition scene.

Photo Copyright 2008 roving photojournalist ChicagoLady

Coincidence?

I think NOT but I'll let you decide.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

The 'Torre pendente di Pisa' is a campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa.

The tower is about 185 feet tall and leans almost 4 degrees.

The tower began leaning to the southeast soon after the onset of construction in the year 1173.


The Leaning Orange Conehead of West Norriton, Pennsylvania, USA

Astonishingly enough, this Orange Conehead also leans to the southeast and appears to lean at about the same angle.

The black markings appear to be W N T. I'm thinking this is a "coney" tattoo, and says something like "Wayne Neuverheiratetes Teresa".

Or it could be something humdrum like West Norriton Township, but I doubt it.

Mile 1050 - Drewryville, VA

As of April 22, 2008 at 7:30 AM
Steps: 2,509,216
Miles: 1051.15

Well, I got some sole inserts to cushion my heel so I'm "gellin'" and walking again.


The tidewater areas of Virginia is filled with small towns and beautiful estate houses. The little town of Drewryville is representative.


Drewryville was originally a farm, just a part of a plantation Samuel Drewry left to his son, Major Humphrey Drewry. It is believed that Major Humphrey built the original Drewry home, Cedar Grove (shown above) sometime after 1787 and before 1795. The home is still standing and is owned by the Pope family, descendants of Hattie Pauline Drewry Pope, a great-granddaughter of Major Humphrey.


The Pope Home, located almost immediately across from Cedar Grove, was the home of Hattie Pauline Drewry and Francis Pierce Pope.

Drewryville is also the home of the J. W. Claud & Sons Peanut & Fertilizer Warehouse if you need some peanuts.

Source


My next stop is Mile 1057 - Capron, VA

Capron is a town in Southampton County, Virginia, United States. The population was 167 at the 2000 census. I better not blink, or I will walk right by it and miss it.

Writings From the Attic

Williams Cottage Inn - Beach Haven, Long Beach Island, NJ

This circa 1886 Queen Anne style Victorian home was completely renovated recently. They took two or three years to complete the extensive work. Acording to the Williams Cottage Inn's Bed and Breakfast website, which has some awesome pictures of the insides, an overnight stay is "only" about $275 a night.


The Next Door Neighbor

This house is right next door (you can see it in the first picture on the right) and was built as a "reflection" (one house is left-handed, the other right-handed) and other than being painted some time ago, hasn't seen the same love. It's still a charming place to see while walking the ocean lane.

These reminded me of something I wrote a long time ago.

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The reversal of certain things is this idea of mine. Ponder it and see if you don't think it would be fine, for instead of some things costing, they would reward, if they only operated backwards instead of forward!

What if a light bulb absorbed the shadows of the night instead of extravagantly beaming rays of light? Toward the electric plant, down the wire would flow the black darkness collected, our pile of black coal to grow.

And what if potatoes where cubic and flat-sided, instead of lumpy with ev'ry surface all-rounded? The chore of pealing would turn into something appealing, and 'taterskin concoctions would need to be most congealing!

And what if one could eat munchies and chocolate sins, instead of eating carrot sticks and still be nicely thin? The negative calorie would be quite a creation. it's creator would surely be an overnight mega-sensation!

And what if one could make the wall clock run contrary-wise, and make an early morning hour signal the day's demise? "And why would you want to do that?" you might snicker and say; Well it sure would allow things to get done before yesterday!

And what if the large number of bad jokes were funny, and the rare good joke like a sore nose that is runny? We would groan a lot less and graffaw quite a bit more, and you would have enjoyed this entry more for sure!

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And for those of you that are brave... Big Chip, a landmark at an amusement park I went to every weekend when I was a little boy spending the summers in Beach Haven, NJ. Perhaps this explains my facination with the Car Cabob seen elsewheres.