Random Object Photographs

[oldbrownhat]

Welcome to Tessa.. She's beautiful! What does Smudge think of her? They will hopefully be good buddies [emoji176][emoji250][emoji176][emoji240][emoji176]

Smudge pretty much stays around my property and away from other people's pets, aside from the occasional altercation with my immediate neighbour's cats, fortunately rare these days. Tessa lives about 200 yards up the road. I'd think they might get along, though, once Smudge adjusted

 

[tlawler]

I always get a kick out of this sign whenever I’m working at this building in Tampa. That’s the Buc’s stadium off in the distance.

 

[Greyman50]

The Biltmore

I remember parking at the front door, took wife there on our honeymoon. Best to go this time of year and by all means go at Christmas.

 

[rubiranch]

My 4th of July breakfast.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

So you yell to Kenny - Hey! Look! There’s Elvis!
When he looks, you grab a Sausage!
Probably not a good plan.
I think I would go out and ask E if he has any extra Cheeseburgers.

 

[bigwheelzip]

The hot weather that slammed our northwestern states recently, didn't spare our Canadian neighbors. Their small town of Lytton is known for often being the hottest place in the country, and last week set the all-time high temperature of Canada at 121 degrees. The next day, 90% of the town was consumed by a forest fire.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Down at Spaceport America, they are ready to go into Space!
Maybe. Soon I hope.

 

[bigwheelzip]

It's my son's birthday today, and the Independence Day holiday gave him the day off of work, so the family went fishing. The smile on my grandson says it all.

 

[oldbrownhat]

The hot weather that slammed our northwestern states recently, didn't spare our Canadian neighbors. Their small town of Lytton is known for often being the hottest place in the country, and last week set the all-time high temperature of Canada at 121 degrees. The next day, 90% of the town was consumed by a forest fire.

Thanks for mentioning us "up north." Wildfires, viruses and other pestilences unfortunately have no respect for international borders.

I made a post in the "Record heat wave" thread (#87) Absolute devastation. My next-door neighbour was visiting friends on Vancouver Island last week and they knew the fellow from Lytton who saw the power pole fall on (and kill) his parents, who had taken refuse in a recently-dug trench.

People haven't even been allowed in to rescue pets and livestock, although firefighters have been able to rescue some.

B.C. Wildfire Service firefighters Chad Goldney and Olivia Hughes feed and cuddle Lytton resident Tricia Thorpe's dog and seven puppies. The animals got left behind during the evacuation of the village. Photo by Jamie Von Sacken/Facebook

 

[bigwheelzip]

Thanks for mentioning us "up north."

Having traversed Canada for decades, I'm smitten by the place and it's people. Unfortunately, the environmental stresses placed on forests seem to be worsening, and conflagrations like Lytton will probably be the norm.

 

[wood714]

My son's kids hanging out with dolphins today.

 

[okiegtrider]

 

[bigwheelzip]

A combination "random" object and an unusual coincidence.

My eldest daughter was walking through her town, adding exercise steps to her Fitbit, when she sees an overhead banner installed by the village Kiwanis club, with my late cousin Sal's picture from his Army service on it (he died early on from Covid19).
The coincidence was that it was installed at the storefront where Sal had an office 35 years ago. My daughter spoke to the person that installed all the different local veterans banners around the village, and he said the placement was random and he was unaware of Sal's former office location. Or was it something more than a coincidence?

 

[Rustyt1953]

A bit of shameless pride here.

Sarah's wedding 13 years ago at Pensacola NAS. I couldn't have built a better SIL from a kit. (Ruthie's original hair color before the snowstorm.)

Check out Ray's gig-line.

 

[bigwheelzip]

Another odd "random objects" coincidence. Got 2 pieces of mail today.
The first one I looked at was from the Federal Bureau of Prisons, telling me one of the clowns that stole my mail, my identity, then drained my bank account, will be his guest for the next two years without possibility of parole.
The second envelope was from the Nielson ratings company, with cash showing through a clear window on the back.
I like today's postal karma theme.

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[CH4]

Old truck. Virginia City, NV.

 

[oldbrownhat]

Old truck. Virginia City, NV.

Oooooooh! A Red Green fixer-upper special. A couple of rolls of duct tape and a lick of paint and she'll be rolling along the turnpike again in short order

 

[03hemi]

My den is coming along nicely. Finally got me some leather club chairs ordered and my bar moved in, the chairs are a two months out on delivery unfortunately, but it'll be worth the wait. My antique and rare book collection is growing by leaps and bounds, think I'm up to around 130 ~now, but I've managed to snag some really unique books in the process.
Still need to get my bookcase lights installed, but the room has a real good "vibe" as one of my son's says.
The room has actually evolved since this photo, it's just the last one I took.

 

[bigwheelzip]

On-The-Job-Training, USMC Style

The AF Colonel that took me shooting the first time was looking through his father's, a USMC Colonel, pilot log books from Vietnam, when he noticed something interesting.
On April 16, 1968, after pulling 2 A6 combat sorties (red ink), he ended his day with a training flight, flying for the first time in an A4, a TA4F. This first training flight was also marked in red thus a combat flight, and listed as a close air support sortie.

Heck of a way to do training.

He retired after almost 30 years of service and two tours in VN having flown 30 different types of aircraft, and almost 300 combat missions.

The paperweight holding the log book open has a back story. The Marine pilots grandfather was an Army Doctor with the 3rd Infantry Division at the Marne, Meuse Argonne in WWI etc. It is WWI German shrapnel he brought back and fashioned into a letter opener.

 

[Faulkner]

Sitting on the deck sipping on a glass of iced tea and watching my wife's hummingbirds check out the flowers I maintain for her.