tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75900024234013102092024-03-13T23:07:32.923-04:00Camera Totin IdiotGot film?Camera Totin' Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599318364360067905noreply@blogger.comBlogger277125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590002423401310209.post-7159064806781528712010-02-26T12:48:00.004-05:002010-02-26T12:53:45.657-05:00Last PostAfter 277 posts and a lot of fun I'm calling it quits. I simply can't maintain a blog, a Facebook page and a Flickr page. Something has to give. So, I decided to shut the blog down. It's been fun, but I gotta move on. If you want to catch me I'm on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/32832165@N07/ or on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/profile.php?ref=profile&id=100000040862097<br /><br />Once again, it's been fun. See you all on the other side.<br /><br />The Camera Totin' IdiotCamera Totin' Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599318364360067905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590002423401310209.post-33067757383902217662010-01-29T19:32:00.005-05:002010-01-29T20:53:45.959-05:00The 743 in Freight ServiceA little something the Scenic Railroad does every January for a group of railfans...running a photo freight. This is the first time in several years that I haven't been working when the train ran. Needless to say, I had fun.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2OQsyOjKbI/AAAAAAAADJk/E0ysVZaQaag/s1600-h/2010_0129Homecoming0004,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2OQsyOjKbI/AAAAAAAADJk/E0ysVZaQaag/s400/2010_0129Homecoming0004,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432344674610391474" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2OQscOF6RI/AAAAAAAADJc/uq53QLmej2c/s1600-h/2010_0129Homecoming0021,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2OQscOF6RI/AAAAAAAADJc/uq53QLmej2c/s400/2010_0129Homecoming0021,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432344668702894354" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2OQr9ZGiQI/AAAAAAAADJU/GJSXbASbgJI/s1600-h/2010_0129Homecoming0028,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2OQr9ZGiQI/AAAAAAAADJU/GJSXbASbgJI/s400/2010_0129Homecoming0028,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432344660427573506" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2OQrl7RPfI/AAAAAAAADJM/LNoxLd1IRxg/s1600-h/2010_0129Homecoming0043,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2OQrl7RPfI/AAAAAAAADJM/LNoxLd1IRxg/s400/2010_0129Homecoming0043,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432344654128430578" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2OPb4k7E1I/AAAAAAAADJE/iaN9dEeSR3Y/s1600-h/2010_0129Homecoming0056,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 237px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2OPb4k7E1I/AAAAAAAADJE/iaN9dEeSR3Y/s400/2010_0129Homecoming0056,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432343284745442130" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2OPba3l7MI/AAAAAAAADI8/v6W59yMx0pI/s1600-h/2010_0129Homecoming0062,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2OPba3l7MI/AAAAAAAADI8/v6W59yMx0pI/s400/2010_0129Homecoming0062,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432343276770684098" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2OPa2fw3rI/AAAAAAAADI0/TZ-BotWaYz8/s1600-h/2010_0129Homecoming0070,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2OPa2fw3rI/AAAAAAAADI0/TZ-BotWaYz8/s400/2010_0129Homecoming0070,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432343267007061682" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2OPafWLkWI/AAAAAAAADIs/JttmdhiiLpo/s1600-h/2010_0129Homecoming0101,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 375px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2OPafWLkWI/AAAAAAAADIs/JttmdhiiLpo/s400/2010_0129Homecoming0101,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432343260792852834" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2OPZ82P1KI/AAAAAAAADIk/FNo00aD4ZAs/s1600-h/2010_0129Homecoming0103,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 346px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2OPZ82P1KI/AAAAAAAADIk/FNo00aD4ZAs/s400/2010_0129Homecoming0103,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432343251532108962" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2OOEXarrdI/AAAAAAAADIc/Bt1JRVOL27I/s1600-h/2010_0129Homecoming0124,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2OOEXarrdI/AAAAAAAADIc/Bt1JRVOL27I/s400/2010_0129Homecoming0124,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432341781195501010" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2OOD0V6OdI/AAAAAAAADIU/wCmgh7qBxq0/s1600-h/2010_0129Homecoming0127,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2OOD0V6OdI/AAAAAAAADIU/wCmgh7qBxq0/s400/2010_0129Homecoming0127,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432341771780241874" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2OODYBFYyI/AAAAAAAADIM/bDLYXhkXGEc/s1600-h/2010_0129Homecoming0137,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2OODYBFYyI/AAAAAAAADIM/bDLYXhkXGEc/s400/2010_0129Homecoming0137,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432341764176700194" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2OOC0OVJEI/AAAAAAAADIE/kykcJDHgAbY/s1600-h/2010_0129Homecoming0149,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2OOC0OVJEI/AAAAAAAADIE/kykcJDHgAbY/s400/2010_0129Homecoming0149,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432341754568582210" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2OOCRgEsEI/AAAAAAAADH8/RjKjePvuyKg/s1600-h/2010_0129Homecoming0153,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2OOCRgEsEI/AAAAAAAADH8/RjKjePvuyKg/s400/2010_0129Homecoming0153,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432341745247760450" /></a>Camera Totin' Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599318364360067905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590002423401310209.post-87628383820008723822010-01-28T12:21:00.003-05:002010-01-28T13:01:17.907-05:00The Only Civilized Way To TravelGreat Northern's Empire Builder.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2HOnfKvLCI/AAAAAAAADHU/E5JJFI3qgSc/s1600-h/353-A-Empire+Builder,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 314px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2HOnfKvLCI/AAAAAAAADHU/E5JJFI3qgSc/s400/353-A-Empire+Builder,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431849803362282530" /></a><br />The B&O's Capitol Limited.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2HOnhukNXI/AAAAAAAADHc/UXXBaXlonfo/s1600-h/1455-Chicago-1963,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 310px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2HOnhukNXI/AAAAAAAADHc/UXXBaXlonfo/s400/1455-Chicago-1963,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431849804049429874" /></a><br />On the Erie<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2HQJ5P0HuI/AAAAAAAADHk/Vam4th0UTjs/s1600-h/Salamanca,+NY,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 275px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S2HQJ5P0HuI/AAAAAAAADHk/Vam4th0UTjs/s400/Salamanca,+NY,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431851493990080226" /></a><br /><br />The grandeur of passenger travel is such that little written word is needed.Camera Totin' Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599318364360067905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590002423401310209.post-728032825479097242010-01-26T10:59:00.001-05:002010-01-26T11:06:10.625-05:00Little This, Little That<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S18Sy_S29KI/AAAAAAAADHM/Sir3dYxbLD0/s1600-h/Chestnut+Beauty-2,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 338px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S18Sy_S29KI/AAAAAAAADHM/Sir3dYxbLD0/s400/Chestnut+Beauty-2,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431080342825399458" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S18SyqkLw4I/AAAAAAAADHE/TzHLjecM_8M/s1600-h/2010_0101Homecoming0044.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S18SyqkLw4I/AAAAAAAADHE/TzHLjecM_8M/s400/2010_0101Homecoming0044.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431080337260921730" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S18SyeyotWI/AAAAAAAADG8/i5Urr0J7vEU/s1600-h/2009_0613Homecoming0005BW,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S18SyeyotWI/AAAAAAAADG8/i5Urr0J7vEU/s400/2009_0613Homecoming0005BW,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431080334100313442" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S18Sx0sbZLI/AAAAAAAADG0/Mg6wbUrcM-k/s1600-h/2008_1005Homecoming0161,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S18Sx0sbZLI/AAAAAAAADG0/Mg6wbUrcM-k/s400/2008_1005Homecoming0161,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431080322799985842" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S18SxfNDJ_I/AAAAAAAADGs/3nH313kioTI/s1600-h/2010_0124Homecoming0122.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S18SxfNDJ_I/AAAAAAAADGs/3nH313kioTI/s400/2010_0124Homecoming0122.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431080317031229426" /></a>Camera Totin' Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599318364360067905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590002423401310209.post-23634152433768999592010-01-13T10:15:00.005-05:002010-01-13T10:33:37.518-05:00My Favorite PhotoI got tagged by <a href="http://oflemonsandhoney.blogspot.com/">LemonyRenee'</a> to post my favorite photo. Hahahahaha! If she knew how many photos I have and then ask me to post my favorite. I had biology tests in college that were easier. Anyway, after three days of rummaging around and scratching my head, I pulled this one out. <br /><br />This is my son back in 1987 at a family reunion. I was lying under a tree in the front yard at my wife's Aunt Mib's place. It was that point of the festivities when the grown ups were off in their little clusters catching up on things, the big kids had wondered off, and the little kids were napping. My son was just playing around, by himself, when he grabbed a volleyball and started batting it around. I grabbed my camera and fired once. And this is it. Hope you like it.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S03kCe1uk8I/AAAAAAAADGk/UTZxvFz9gi4/s1600-h/04-26-2007+12%3B47%3B07PM.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 313px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/S03kCe1uk8I/AAAAAAAADGk/UTZxvFz9gi4/s400/04-26-2007+12%3B47%3B07PM.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426243857340601282" /></a><br /><br />Uh, I'm not quite sure how this tagging thing works, but I'm tagging my better half over at <a href="http://amothersminute.blogspot.com/">A Mother's Minute</a>.<br /><br />Tag . . . you're it! <br /><br />Post your favorite photo and tell us about it. Then post a comment <a href="http://stickyfingers1.blogspot.com/2010/01/your-favourite-photo-new-meme.html">here</a> at Tara Cain's blog to be part of the photo display.Camera Totin' Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599318364360067905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590002423401310209.post-23501466697073467072009-12-20T22:12:00.002-05:002009-12-20T22:17:10.643-05:00Last Run of the Season734 made its last run for 2009. Wanting to capture my favorite subject in the snow I grabbed my trusty camera and headed out. I wasn't disappointed. The first four photos were taken at the east end of the narrows. The last photo was taken at the Helmstetter farm.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy7oC9IsuQI/AAAAAAAADGU/IERAp3v6Wb0/s1600-h/2009_1220Homecoming0009,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy7oC9IsuQI/AAAAAAAADGU/IERAp3v6Wb0/s400/2009_1220Homecoming0009,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417522539241715970" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy7oCaZ6MnI/AAAAAAAADGM/G5x6HXJCXRE/s1600-h/2009_1220Homecoming0016a,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 340px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy7oCaZ6MnI/AAAAAAAADGM/G5x6HXJCXRE/s400/2009_1220Homecoming0016a,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417522529918661234" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy7oCD7v4sI/AAAAAAAADGE/szf37jPYc3U/s1600-h/2009_1220Homecoming0026a,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy7oCD7v4sI/AAAAAAAADGE/szf37jPYc3U/s400/2009_1220Homecoming0026a,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417522523886576322" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy7oBpjWhvI/AAAAAAAADF8/0gt2QNG-Cfg/s1600-h/2009_1220Homecoming0027a,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy7oBpjWhvI/AAAAAAAADF8/0gt2QNG-Cfg/s400/2009_1220Homecoming0027a,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417522516804929266" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy7oBETLuGI/AAAAAAAADF0/OpC_ihvjJIw/s1600-h/2009_1220Homecoming0039,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy7oBETLuGI/AAAAAAAADF0/OpC_ihvjJIw/s400/2009_1220Homecoming0039,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417522506805000290" /></a>Camera Totin' Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599318364360067905noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590002423401310209.post-35508006353369892682009-12-20T09:17:00.006-05:002009-12-20T09:30:30.078-05:00Winter WonderlandScenes from yesterdays big snowfall.<br /><br />Looking up Rt. 40--the National Highway<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy4z0SAh2BI/AAAAAAAADFs/cgMPMFXkdQg/s1600-h/2009_1219Homecoming0007,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy4z0SAh2BI/AAAAAAAADFs/cgMPMFXkdQg/s400/2009_1219Homecoming0007,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417324375053555730" /></a><br />Mailbox Along National Highway<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy4zo4IHNzI/AAAAAAAADFk/Jzhh7-FXnYw/s1600-h/2009_1219Homecoming0008,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy4zo4IHNzI/AAAAAAAADFk/Jzhh7-FXnYw/s400/2009_1219Homecoming0008,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417324179127482162" /></a><br />LaVale United Methodist Church<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy4zol3d4SI/AAAAAAAADFc/qf4PW1ga7mY/s1600-h/2009_1219Homecoming0013,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy4zol3d4SI/AAAAAAAADFc/qf4PW1ga7mY/s400/2009_1219Homecoming0013,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417324174225826082" /></a><br />No Train Today<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy4zoM9KZOI/AAAAAAAADFU/L4gLrFvwXmY/s1600-h/2009_1219Homecoming0017,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy4zoM9KZOI/AAAAAAAADFU/L4gLrFvwXmY/s400/2009_1219Homecoming0017,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417324167538828514" /></a><br />George Washington Slept Here<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy4zn4wOZwI/AAAAAAAADFM/CBWWx3Clw38/s1600-h/2009_1219Homecoming0028,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy4zn4wOZwI/AAAAAAAADFM/CBWWx3Clw38/s400/2009_1219Homecoming0028,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417324162115856130" /></a><br />Emmanuel Episcopal Church<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy4zne7o1WI/AAAAAAAADFE/ZLrzMqyVvmc/s1600-h/2009_1219Homecoming0039,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy4zne7o1WI/AAAAAAAADFE/ZLrzMqyVvmc/s400/2009_1219Homecoming0039,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417324155184403810" /></a><br />Walking the Downtown Mall<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy4ykbXziLI/AAAAAAAADE8/QSZxrT3idKY/s1600-h/2009_1219Homecoming0045,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy4ykbXziLI/AAAAAAAADE8/QSZxrT3idKY/s400/2009_1219Homecoming0045,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417323003177568434" /></a><br />O Christmas Tree<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy4yjynl_1I/AAAAAAAADE0/c4_Xf9JUL3c/s1600-h/2009_1219Homecoming0047,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy4yjynl_1I/AAAAAAAADE0/c4_Xf9JUL3c/s400/2009_1219Homecoming0047,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417322992237936466" /></a><br />Merchants Alley<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy4yjcDLimI/AAAAAAAADEs/7AmIPUwlucE/s1600-h/2009_1219Homecoming0053,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 257px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy4yjcDLimI/AAAAAAAADEs/7AmIPUwlucE/s400/2009_1219Homecoming0053,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417322986179627618" /></a><br />Liberty Street<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy4yjCKnm8I/AAAAAAAADEk/Wpv2_XnHMvo/s1600-h/2009_1219Homecoming0054,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 260px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy4yjCKnm8I/AAAAAAAADEk/Wpv2_XnHMvo/s400/2009_1219Homecoming0054,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417322979231505346" /></a><br />Goody Two Shoes<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy4yi2vculI/AAAAAAAADEc/ZOd-vychhlY/s1600-h/2009_1219Homecoming0057,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sy4yi2vculI/AAAAAAAADEc/ZOd-vychhlY/s400/2009_1219Homecoming0057,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417322976164756050" /></a>Camera Totin' Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599318364360067905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590002423401310209.post-7504852384368620842009-12-05T12:42:00.003-05:002009-12-05T12:45:07.899-05:00It's That Time of Year<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sxqbx4M-KXI/AAAAAAAADEU/6AloWEssaK8/s1600-h/2009_1205Homecoming0090,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sxqbx4M-KXI/AAAAAAAADEU/6AloWEssaK8/s400/2009_1205Homecoming0090,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411809183441758578" /></a>Camera Totin' Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599318364360067905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590002423401310209.post-64803954029957655412009-11-23T12:25:00.001-05:002009-11-23T12:39:25.519-05:00A Movie Everyone Should Watch<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MtmiLdzzgGE&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MtmiLdzzgGE&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tiNLFRjwqFE&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tiNLFRjwqFE&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>Camera Totin' Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599318364360067905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590002423401310209.post-17396319497658086902009-11-19T10:08:00.007-05:002009-11-19T11:00:58.647-05:00Back Home Again<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVf0BCv_PI/AAAAAAAADCE/LmkDxWp5RA8/s1600/2009_1114Homecoming0090.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVf0BCv_PI/AAAAAAAADCE/LmkDxWp5RA8/s400/2009_1114Homecoming0090.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405832274965953778" /></a><br />There's a storm across the valley, clouds are rolling in.<br />The afternoon is heavy on his shoulders<br />There's a truck out on a four lane, a mile or more away<br />The whining of his wheels just makes him colder.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVjESZq_JI/AAAAAAAADDs/jIYaIzW2tIk/s1600/The+Farm-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 275px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVjESZq_JI/AAAAAAAADDs/jIYaIzW2tIk/s400/The+Farm-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405835853038288018" /></a><br />He's an hour away from riding on your prayers up in the sky, <br />Ten days on the road are barely gone, <br />There's a fire softly burning,<br />Supper's on the stove its the light in your eyes that makes him warm <br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVjEhSbWFI/AAAAAAAADD0/tPPr4193JBA/s1600/Paul+on+the+farm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 393px; height: 396px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVjEhSbWFI/AAAAAAAADD0/tPPr4193JBA/s400/Paul+on+the+farm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405835857034434642" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVhvsp2PwI/AAAAAAAADC0/06ElLAbooXo/s1600/Me+%26+Pappy-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 232px; height: 353px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVhvsp2PwI/AAAAAAAADC0/06ElLAbooXo/s400/Me+%26+Pappy-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405834399796576002" /></a><br />Hey its good to be back home again <br />Aometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend...yes <br />And hey its good to be back home again.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVhwvdmf9I/AAAAAAAADDU/19XMREV_-Dg/s1600/Smith+Farmhouse.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVhwvdmf9I/AAAAAAAADDU/19XMREV_-Dg/s400/Smith+Farmhouse.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405834417730387922" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVjEPl1qII/AAAAAAAADDk/LqbaaCB_V_A/s1600/Smith+Barn.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVjEPl1qII/AAAAAAAADDk/LqbaaCB_V_A/s400/Smith+Barn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405835852284012674" /></a><br />There's all the news to tell him, <br />How'd you spend your time <br />What's the latest thing the neighbors say <br />And your mother called last Friday, <br />Sunshine made her cry <br />And you felt the baby move just yesterday <br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVqo59zYmI/AAAAAAAADEM/NGJDPfthi8E/s1600/The+Farm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 384px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVqo59zYmI/AAAAAAAADEM/NGJDPfthi8E/s400/The+Farm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405844178715501154" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVljE0TEMI/AAAAAAAADD8/6rwlGfy_yow/s1600/Mom+%26+Uncle+Bill.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVljE0TEMI/AAAAAAAADD8/6rwlGfy_yow/s400/Mom+%26+Uncle+Bill.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405838580991070402" /></a><br />Hey its good to be back home again ...yes it is<br />Sometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend...yes <br />And hey its good to be back home again.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVjDzUAhjI/AAAAAAAADDc/h5dDVzf3UYY/s1600/Paul+on+the+farm-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 398px; height: 396px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVjDzUAhjI/AAAAAAAADDc/h5dDVzf3UYY/s400/Paul+on+the+farm-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405835844693034546" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVg_IHx8YI/AAAAAAAADCc/yqCZiYKMVSo/s1600/2009_1114Homecoming0076.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVg_IHx8YI/AAAAAAAADCc/yqCZiYKMVSo/s400/2009_1114Homecoming0076.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405833565356290434" /></a><br />All the time that I can lay this tired old body down <br />Feel your fingers feather soft upon me <br />The kisses that I live for <br />The love that lights my way <br />The happiness that living with you brings me <br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVg-9bvp3I/AAAAAAAADCU/M9EtICGUjIo/s1600/2009_1114Homecoming0081.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVg-9bvp3I/AAAAAAAADCU/M9EtICGUjIo/s400/2009_1114Homecoming0081.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405833562487236466" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVhwcZoLwI/AAAAAAAADDM/1pip_XHYpk8/s1600/Paul-1963.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 382px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVhwcZoLwI/AAAAAAAADDM/1pip_XHYpk8/s400/Paul-1963.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405834412613447426" /></a><br />Its the sweetest thing I know of, just spending time with you <br />Its the little things that make a house a home <br />Like a fire softly burning, <br />Supper on the stove <br />The light in your eyes that makes me warm<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVhwBfhZGI/AAAAAAAADDE/xcTgBEACV3s/s1600/Pappy-1954.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 349px; height: 363px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVhwBfhZGI/AAAAAAAADDE/xcTgBEACV3s/s400/Pappy-1954.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405834405390410850" /></a><br />Hey, it's good to be back home again<br />Sometimes this old farm<br />Feels like a long lost friend<br />Yes, hey it's good to be back home again<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVhv07s_MI/AAAAAAAADC8/RdcPB1Y4sv8/s1600/Me+%26+Pappy-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 396px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVhv07s_MI/AAAAAAAADC8/RdcPB1Y4sv8/s400/Me+%26+Pappy-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405834402018950338" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVg_wfcdjI/AAAAAAAADCs/GhQ1Y9g4kfE/s1600/2009_1114Homecoming0089.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVg_wfcdjI/AAAAAAAADCs/GhQ1Y9g4kfE/s400/2009_1114Homecoming0089.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405833576192964146" /></a><br />Hey, it's good to be back home again<br />Sometimes this old farm<br />Feels like a long lost friend<br />Hey it's good to be back home again<br />Said hey it's good to be back home again <br /><br /><br /><em>Lyrics by John Denver</em><br /><br />Last Saturday, Goody Two Shoes and me took Mom up to the farm. She hadn't been there in 30 years. She enjoyed herself and gave my cousin, who's fixing up the old home place, a history lesson. I guess you really can go home.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVg-jHLiuI/AAAAAAAADCM/GgrMYNH_RNM/s1600/2009_1114Homecoming0103.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVg-jHLiuI/AAAAAAAADCM/GgrMYNH_RNM/s400/2009_1114Homecoming0103.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405833555421661922" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVljb1HdBI/AAAAAAAADEE/s29d-P7vDxo/s1600/2009_1114Homecoming0065.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SwVljb1HdBI/AAAAAAAADEE/s29d-P7vDxo/s400/2009_1114Homecoming0065.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405838587168519186" /></a>Camera Totin' Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599318364360067905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590002423401310209.post-18681139288671016182009-11-02T12:06:00.014-05:002009-11-02T12:52:32.383-05:00The Innocent YearsI need to go down and wash my face<br />Deep in the river of my old homeplace<br />I need to walk in the waters that once gave me life<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su8ShdcupKI/AAAAAAAADA0/4PyHQrh3sTg/s1600-h/Beach+Boy+Skippy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su8ShdcupKI/AAAAAAAADA0/4PyHQrh3sTg/s400/Beach+Boy+Skippy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399554844290622626" /></a><br />Go over and walk the old railroad tracks<br />See if I can follow it all the way back<br />Back to where my vision is clear<br />Back to the days of the innocent years<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su8SRZJB8MI/AAAAAAAADAs/qoL-oKYZeWI/s1600-h/scan0001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su8SRZJB8MI/AAAAAAAADAs/qoL-oKYZeWI/s400/scan0001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399554568256352450" /></a><br />You know I'd trade it all back in<br />For just one day like it was back then<br />Back before just living my life got in the way<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su8S2eQ6E3I/AAAAAAAADA8/kyeSgJK_kVQ/s1600-h/Paul-1973.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 340px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su8S2eQ6E3I/AAAAAAAADA8/kyeSgJK_kVQ/s400/Paul-1973.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399555205286728562" /></a><br />To see my face at sixteen again<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su8bKT57VxI/AAAAAAAADB0/9G14M6dq3PM/s1600-h/Paul-1977-01.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 288px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su8bKT57VxI/AAAAAAAADB0/9G14M6dq3PM/s400/Paul-1977-01.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399564342196393746" /></a><br />When the girl down the street was my best friend<br />When her smile took away my fears<br />Back in the days of the innocent years.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su8TIgHb3xI/AAAAAAAADBE/pdEGmpQ1oq8/s1600-h/09-13-~3+(2).JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 249px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su8TIgHb3xI/AAAAAAAADBE/pdEGmpQ1oq8/s400/09-13-~3+(2).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399555515021516562" /></a><br />You might grow wiser every day<br />But there's a price you have to pay<br />The boy I was just disappeared<br />I left him behind in the innocent years<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su8TxLoNpHI/AAAAAAAADBM/IYt9Js-VYAQ/s1600-h/P1010112.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su8TxLoNpHI/AAAAAAAADBM/IYt9Js-VYAQ/s400/P1010112.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399556213896488050" /></a><br />Now and then when the sun goes down<br />I can see the moon over my hometown<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su8ZtIzZ3ZI/AAAAAAAADBc/vAmE7ju_fvM/s1600-h/Moon-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su8ZtIzZ3ZI/AAAAAAAADBc/vAmE7ju_fvM/s400/Moon-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399562741488410002" /></a><br />I can almost hear the train rushing by<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su8VD41hSYI/AAAAAAAADBU/wUGPlPFdyIk/s1600-h/07-11-2007+12%3B19%3B48PM.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su8VD41hSYI/AAAAAAAADBU/wUGPlPFdyIk/s400/07-11-2007+12%3B19%3B48PM.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399557634781170050" /></a><br />I close my eyes and say a prayer<br />To the wide-eyed boy that I lost somewhere<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su8aJEKgsjI/AAAAAAAADBk/2EJ0EGIDkhs/s1600-h/P+%26+A-1978-03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 312px; height: 377px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su8aJEKgsjI/AAAAAAAADBk/2EJ0EGIDkhs/s400/P+%26+A-1978-03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399563221279486514" /></a><br />Maybe someday he'll find me here<br />And lead me back to the innocent years<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su8afayirFI/AAAAAAAADBs/kUoxNJEV_WA/s1600-h/2008_0810Homecoming0069.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su8afayirFI/AAAAAAAADBs/kUoxNJEV_WA/s400/2008_0810Homecoming0069.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399563605310090322" /></a><br />When I get lost along the way<br />And I can't see the light of day<br />I can almost feel him near<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su8bs-hg-xI/AAAAAAAADB8/xfkAxnEYCBE/s1600-h/06-10-2007+04%3B04%3B15PM.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 155px; height: 244px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su8bs-hg-xI/AAAAAAAADB8/xfkAxnEYCBE/s400/06-10-2007+04%3B04%3B15PM.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399564937752279826" /></a><br />Calling me back to the innocent years<br />The innocent years.<br /><br /><em>Lyrics by Kathy Mattea<br />Revised by the Camera Totin' Idiot </em>Camera Totin' Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599318364360067905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590002423401310209.post-68046015580162471952009-11-01T21:33:00.009-05:002009-11-01T21:56:59.157-05:00A Great WeekendWhere the Road Takes Me<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su5FQF1jYNI/AAAAAAAAC_k/RBrd4H20ZX8/s1600-h/2009_1031Homecoming0054,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su5FQF1jYNI/AAAAAAAAC_k/RBrd4H20ZX8/s400/2009_1031Homecoming0054,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399329146010820818" /></a><br />Thunder Road<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su5FnI0NRII/AAAAAAAAC_s/LQ8lZTr1cuk/s1600-h/2009_1031Homecoming0022,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su5FnI0NRII/AAAAAAAAC_s/LQ8lZTr1cuk/s400/2009_1031Homecoming0022,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399329541947475074" /></a><br />Must...Pedal...Faster<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su5F8DCmpfI/AAAAAAAAC_0/5luYScURVok/s1600-h/2009_1101Homecoming0006,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su5F8DCmpfI/AAAAAAAAC_0/5luYScURVok/s400/2009_1101Homecoming0006,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399329901174498802" /></a><br />Woodcock Hollow II<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su5GPvfn1vI/AAAAAAAAC_8/g9VwtxxH64Q/s1600-h/2009_1101Homecoming0018,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su5GPvfn1vI/AAAAAAAAC_8/g9VwtxxH64Q/s400/2009_1101Homecoming0018,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399330239524886258" /></a><br />Woodcock Hollow III<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su5IwY-T1yI/AAAAAAAADAE/mov2HdaQwQA/s1600-h/2009_1101Homecoming0025,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su5IwY-T1yI/AAAAAAAADAE/mov2HdaQwQA/s400/2009_1101Homecoming0025,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399332999438522146" /></a><br />Lap Water Station I<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su5Iwm6Xg2I/AAAAAAAADAM/DkhPrjB0w8w/s1600-h/2009_1101Homecoming0048,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su5Iwm6Xg2I/AAAAAAAADAM/DkhPrjB0w8w/s400/2009_1101Homecoming0048,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399333003180082018" /></a><br />Lap Water Station II<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su5Iw2ZvrQI/AAAAAAAADAU/Fbmc_S2k5g4/s1600-h/2009_1101Homecoming0050,+logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su5Iw2ZvrQI/AAAAAAAADAU/Fbmc_S2k5g4/s400/2009_1101Homecoming0050,+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399333007338220802" /></a><br />Goody Two Shoes...my partner in crime.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su5Jju1JZuI/AAAAAAAADAc/Mlmgt8zV_Lw/s1600-h/2009_1101Homecoming0062.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Su5Jju1JZuI/AAAAAAAADAc/Mlmgt8zV_Lw/s400/2009_1101Homecoming0062.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399333881478997730" /></a>Camera Totin' Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599318364360067905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590002423401310209.post-27313471555173875712009-10-30T12:06:00.003-04:002009-10-30T12:10:48.096-04:00The Best of TimesIt's not my high school, but that's okay, the time period is right and the images and lyrics take me back to a simpler time before just living my life got in the way.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/v-4qE4dsjz4&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/v-4qE4dsjz4&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Camera Totin' Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599318364360067905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590002423401310209.post-65843095013623198002009-10-10T19:48:00.008-04:002009-10-12T10:07:37.927-04:00#58 DA MAN!<span style="color:#ffcc33;">Last month Goody Two Shoes asked what I wanted for my birthday. At the time I had no idea. Three days later I found out Jack Lambert, my favorite Steeler, and the biggest badass of all time would be signing autographs today up in Butler, PA.<br /></span><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/StEeOui8QYI/AAAAAAAAC-0/4YVp9r1wb8I/s1600-h/2009_1010Homecoming0011.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391123467300782466" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/StEeOui8QYI/AAAAAAAAC-0/4YVp9r1wb8I/s400/2009_1010Homecoming0011.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/StEeoTJkUOI/AAAAAAAAC_E/BGgKYPOSJrk/s1600-h/2009_1010Homecoming0016.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391123906623197410" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/StEeoTJkUOI/AAAAAAAAC_E/BGgKYPOSJrk/s400/2009_1010Homecoming0016.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/StEen_pRTjI/AAAAAAAAC-8/YFKl0gFziBY/s1600-h/2009_1010Homecoming0021.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391123901387460146" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/StEen_pRTjI/AAAAAAAAC-8/YFKl0gFziBY/s400/2009_1010Homecoming0021.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/StEfGE1IhNI/AAAAAAAAC_U/tfXPj7b70vs/s1600-h/2009_1010Homecoming0024.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391124418175468754" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/StEfGE1IhNI/AAAAAAAAC_U/tfXPj7b70vs/s400/2009_1010Homecoming0024.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/StEfFerIZZI/AAAAAAAAC_M/eCfG1b2f0j0/s1600-h/2009_1010Homecoming0026-retouched.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391124407932970386" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/StEfFerIZZI/AAAAAAAAC_M/eCfG1b2f0j0/s400/2009_1010Homecoming0026-retouched.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="color:#ffcc33;">I waited 30 years for this day...and it was worth it.</span>Camera Totin' Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599318364360067905noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590002423401310209.post-20798064736633629322009-09-26T22:58:00.009-04:002009-09-27T00:20:37.514-04:00A Pretty Good Weekend...So Far.Me 'n Goody Two Shoes went to the Buckwheat Festival in Kingwood, WV on Friday. Mainly to hear Kathy Mattea sing. Had some time to check out the exhibits before the show. NASCAR driver Clint Bowyer's car.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sr7X4zpPxDI/AAAAAAAAC88/7JP3C5Aj-s8/s1600-h/2009_0925Homecoming0027.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sr7X4zpPxDI/AAAAAAAAC88/7JP3C5Aj-s8/s400/2009_0925Homecoming0027.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385979575317546034" /></a><br />Some award winning maters.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sr7X6PJQA8I/AAAAAAAAC9U/tIF0b0cIg9I/s1600-h/2009_0925Homecoming0048.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sr7X6PJQA8I/AAAAAAAAC9U/tIF0b0cIg9I/s400/2009_0925Homecoming0048.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385979599879406530" /></a><br />Some sort of animal judging was going on but we couldn't get in.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sr7X5Ba3Q_I/AAAAAAAAC9E/hia978O_m3U/s1600-h/2009_0925Homecoming0035.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sr7X5Ba3Q_I/AAAAAAAAC9E/hia978O_m3U/s400/2009_0925Homecoming0035.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385979579015316466" /></a><br />Checked out the fun on the rides. Look at their faces.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sr7ZsPbB7kI/AAAAAAAAC9k/2ABZvAh--Yk/s1600-h/2009_0925Homecoming0045a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 355px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sr7ZsPbB7kI/AAAAAAAAC9k/2ABZvAh--Yk/s400/2009_0925Homecoming0045a.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385981558459067970" /></a><br />Then it was time for the show. She travels with a three piece band and used no opening act Friday night. Here she's singing, 'You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive,' a song about coal mining in Harlan County, Kentucky.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sr7V_ns-XYI/AAAAAAAAC8k/ejfXwcPmYVI/s1600-h/2009_0925Homecoming0089a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 365px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sr7V_ns-XYI/AAAAAAAAC8k/ejfXwcPmYVI/s400/2009_0925Homecoming0089a.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385977493347786114" /></a><br />Kathy singing, 'The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore,' another coal mining song.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sr7V_Y-y2CI/AAAAAAAAC8c/txfsVDJb-I4/s1600-h/2009_0925Homecoming0065a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 343px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sr7V_Y-y2CI/AAAAAAAAC8c/txfsVDJb-I4/s400/2009_0925Homecoming0065a.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385977489395996706" /></a><br />Me with Kathy after the show. She signed autographs for anyone that wanted one. She couldn't have been more pleasant. A real class act. I've made no secret that Lee Ann Womack is my favorite country singer, and while I've been a fan of Kathy and her music I was paying attention to Ms. Womack a lot more. Um...with the release of Coal, which speaks volumes to me, and seeing Kathy in concert I find myself making a change at the top pf my list. Kathy has a lot more class, puts on a better show, and she sings from the heart. She's also a West Virginia girl, so that automatically scores big points with me.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sr7WAP_72fI/AAAAAAAAC8s/1Y3BVl1z8RM/s1600-h/2009_0925Homecoming0102.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sr7WAP_72fI/AAAAAAAAC8s/1Y3BVl1z8RM/s400/2009_0925Homecoming0102.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385977504164731378" /></a><br />Um, passed this on the way back to our car. Not quite sure what this is, but there was a parade earlier in the day, so I'll call it a redneck reviewing stand.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sr7WAlkxKlI/AAAAAAAAC80/qSBWktiYTc0/s1600-h/2009_0925Homecoming0105.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sr7WAlkxKlI/AAAAAAAAC80/qSBWktiYTc0/s400/2009_0925Homecoming0105.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385977509956364882" /></a><br />And now for Saturday. I got to go to the mall and meet former Pittsburgh Steeler running back, four-time Super Bowl champion, and Vietnam vetern, Rocky Bleier.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sr7hrgc1FPI/AAAAAAAAC90/lqvgijIMWOQ/s1600-h/2009_0926Homecoming0006.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sr7hrgc1FPI/AAAAAAAAC90/lqvgijIMWOQ/s400/2009_0926Homecoming0006.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385990341943170290" /></a><br />Me waiting in line.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sr7jru1aqnI/AAAAAAAAC98/jX30KckAdrY/s1600-h/2009_0926Homecoming0008.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sr7jru1aqnI/AAAAAAAAC98/jX30KckAdrY/s400/2009_0926Homecoming0008.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385992544827648626" /></a><br />Rocky signing my book.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sr7jsJpmT_I/AAAAAAAAC-E/2ro6RTKrGsM/s1600-h/2009_0926Homecoming0016.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sr7jsJpmT_I/AAAAAAAAC-E/2ro6RTKrGsM/s400/2009_0926Homecoming0016.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385992552025837554" /></a><br />A handshake from the Rock.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sr7jsZgOaMI/AAAAAAAAC-M/l6STfoLll08/s1600-h/2009_0926Homecoming0018.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sr7jsZgOaMI/AAAAAAAAC-M/l6STfoLll08/s400/2009_0926Homecoming0018.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385992556281489602" /></a><br />The fruits of his labor. Four Super Bowl Rings.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sr7js94-hWI/AAAAAAAAC-U/yIYTt0kKyfQ/s1600-h/2009_0926Homecoming0019.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sr7js94-hWI/AAAAAAAAC-U/yIYTt0kKyfQ/s400/2009_0926Homecoming0019.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385992566048982370" /></a><br />A big thumbs up from the Rock.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sr7jtByWzhI/AAAAAAAAC-c/8H5Y8peQCSQ/s1600-h/2009_0926Homecoming0020.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sr7jtByWzhI/AAAAAAAAC-c/8H5Y8peQCSQ/s400/2009_0926Homecoming0020.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385992567094955538" /></a><br />It's good to be a member of Steeler Nation!Camera Totin' Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599318364360067905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590002423401310209.post-36545128538374402262009-09-14T08:38:00.007-04:002009-09-14T10:52:11.913-04:00Sunday at ShanksvilleSkipped church yesterday and went to Shanksville instead. I know, I know, church should come first. But since I worked Saturday, Sunday was the only day available to me.<br /><br />The temporary memorial is a quiet place where people come to see and ponder and to leave something behind. Here's a few snaps from our fourth visit to Shanksville.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sq5RysHLAbI/AAAAAAAAC6s/GuqdeZTaMDI/s1600-h/2009_0913Homecoming0002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sq5RysHLAbI/AAAAAAAAC6s/GuqdeZTaMDI/s400/2009_0913Homecoming0002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381328536030871986" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sq5SYn3MwHI/AAAAAAAAC7M/y9N47ZowBjg/s1600-h/2009_0913Homecoming0013.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sq5SYn3MwHI/AAAAAAAAC7M/y9N47ZowBjg/s400/2009_0913Homecoming0013.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381329187725164658" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sq5SYIFLRDI/AAAAAAAAC7E/_0mi0F-hlEM/s1600-h/2009_0913Homecoming0008.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sq5SYIFLRDI/AAAAAAAAC7E/_0mi0F-hlEM/s400/2009_0913Homecoming0008.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381329179193852978" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sq5SXuPMV1I/AAAAAAAAC68/LBR-SioRgng/s1600-h/2009_0913Homecoming0016.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sq5SXuPMV1I/AAAAAAAAC68/LBR-SioRgng/s400/2009_0913Homecoming0016.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381329172256544594" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sq5SXN_cVWI/AAAAAAAAC60/VWCD7wlHxHI/s1600-h/2009_0913Homecoming0018.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sq5SXN_cVWI/AAAAAAAAC60/VWCD7wlHxHI/s400/2009_0913Homecoming0018.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381329163600549218" /></a><br />People leave all sorts of things.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sq5XtqsNfnI/AAAAAAAAC8U/70MCqbYBa3A/s1600-h/2009_0913Homecoming0060.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sq5XtqsNfnI/AAAAAAAAC8U/70MCqbYBa3A/s400/2009_0913Homecoming0060.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381335046819774066" /></a><br />A young boy trying to understand what happened that awful day.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sq5XtYTJTCI/AAAAAAAAC8M/ZGQuopMxImk/s1600-h/2009_0913Homecoming0055.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sq5XtYTJTCI/AAAAAAAAC8M/ZGQuopMxImk/s400/2009_0913Homecoming0055.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381335041882803234" /></a><br />They come from far and wide.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sq5XszjTtaI/AAAAAAAAC8E/9o-yVpnYAu4/s1600-h/2009_0913Homecoming0011.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sq5XszjTtaI/AAAAAAAAC8E/9o-yVpnYAu4/s400/2009_0913Homecoming0011.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381335032018482594" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sq5XsYJCChI/AAAAAAAAC78/uhyBD5UZmsU/s1600-h/2009_0913Homecoming0017.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sq5XsYJCChI/AAAAAAAAC78/uhyBD5UZmsU/s400/2009_0913Homecoming0017.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381335024660515346" /></a><br />The Camera Totin Idiot looking into the field where Flight 93 came down.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sq5TfSXMkeI/AAAAAAAAC7k/Kkzr4FPUIf8/s1600-h/2009_0913Homecoming0143.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sq5TfSXMkeI/AAAAAAAAC7k/Kkzr4FPUIf8/s400/2009_0913Homecoming0143.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381330401724502498" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sq5Te5nsCQI/AAAAAAAAC7c/zIFj4zO0jH0/s1600-h/2009_0913Homecoming0035.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sq5Te5nsCQI/AAAAAAAAC7c/zIFj4zO0jH0/s400/2009_0913Homecoming0035.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381330395082787074" /></a><br />Goody Two Shoes adding something to the memorial.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sq5TeWJibCI/AAAAAAAAC7U/eOD-I8UDhP4/s1600-h/2009_0913Homecoming0021.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sq5TeWJibCI/AAAAAAAAC7U/eOD-I8UDhP4/s400/2009_0913Homecoming0021.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381330385561087010" /></a><br />The real reason for going to Shanksville. The final resting place of Flight 93.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sq5Tfg4W2-I/AAAAAAAAC7s/Lyw6XIKIqv8/s1600-h/2009_0913Homecoming0057.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sq5Tfg4W2-I/AAAAAAAAC7s/Lyw6XIKIqv8/s400/2009_0913Homecoming0057.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381330405621685218" /></a><br />God Bless America<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sq5VKP05O8I/AAAAAAAAC70/mvJz5LCEFwI/s1600-h/2009_0913Homecoming0077a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/Sq5VKP05O8I/AAAAAAAAC70/mvJz5LCEFwI/s400/2009_0913Homecoming0077a.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381332239289760706" /></a>Camera Totin' Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599318364360067905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590002423401310209.post-8969730732042693982009-09-11T09:13:00.007-04:002009-09-11T13:19:31.620-04:00September 11<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SqpNcGZKcrI/AAAAAAAAC6M/4jVgPjXD11E/s1600-h/Never+Forget.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SqpNcGZKcrI/AAAAAAAAC6M/4jVgPjXD11E/s400/Never+Forget.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380197849995309746" /></a><br />And at the moment I ain't real big on forgiving either.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SqpNcaMM66I/AAAAAAAAC6U/P-4hgm7VUdw/s1600-h/Flight+93.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SqpNcaMM66I/AAAAAAAAC6U/P-4hgm7VUdw/s400/Flight+93.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380197855309654946" /></a><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TTKmjhJ1__o&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TTKmjhJ1__o&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Yes, America, there are still heroes.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SqpOCbE7tCI/AAAAAAAAC6k/bjYSMBGRu5k/s1600-h/FDNY_Flag+copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 344px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SqpOCbE7tCI/AAAAAAAAC6k/bjYSMBGRu5k/s400/FDNY_Flag+copy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380198508382630946" /></a><br />As long as Old Glory flies we win...they lose.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SqpOCKop-tI/AAAAAAAAC6c/otss-JJjmPo/s1600-h/FlagSept12LasVegasVigil3YrOldGirl.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SqpOCKop-tI/AAAAAAAAC6c/otss-JJjmPo/s400/FlagSept12LasVegasVigil3YrOldGirl.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380198503969061586" /></a><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/b1fml-YZo0g&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/b1fml-YZo0g&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Camera Totin' Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599318364360067905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590002423401310209.post-8526285167092527572009-09-10T10:30:00.002-04:002009-09-10T10:33:32.202-04:00Snake DanceWent cycling on the Highlands Trail over Labor Day and Goody Two Shoes went and found herself a new pet.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SqkOFj1boAI/AAAAAAAAC6E/rHStBFpDCZ8/s1600-h/Snake+Dance-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SqkOFj1boAI/AAAAAAAAC6E/rHStBFpDCZ8/s400/Snake+Dance-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379846718552252418" /></a>Camera Totin' Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599318364360067905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590002423401310209.post-3649277746682511572009-09-09T09:06:00.003-04:002009-09-09T09:47:04.993-04:00They're Back!<div align="left"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">9-9-09</span> </strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></div></span><div align="left">Remember this date. The Beatles Rockband comes out today. And if that isn't enough, all 12 of their studio albums and Past Masters I and II, have been digitally remastered and are being released to the public today. The greatest rock 'n roll band in the world is back...not that they ever really went away.<br /></div><div align="left"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SqepDITXd2I/AAAAAAAAC58/na7iR9kH480/s1600-h/2009_0812Homecoming0314.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379454151150761826" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SqepDITXd2I/AAAAAAAAC58/na7iR9kH480/s400/2009_0812Homecoming0314.JPG" /></a><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JlWFpdPX45g&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JlWFpdPX45g&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/h6TIEkB4_F8&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/h6TIEkB4_F8&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div><br />Oh, and for you sad misguided folks out there who think the Rolling Stones are better than the Beatles, guess what? The Beatles have sold 170,000,000 albums and Cd's and sit at the top of the list when it comes to sales. Garth Brooks is second, Elvis is third. The Rolling Stones have sold 66,000,000 and rank thirteenth on the all-time list behind Zepplin, the Eagles, Billy Joel, Pink Floyd, Barbara Streisand, AC/DC, Elton John, George Straight, and Aerosmith.<br /><br />One last Beatles video for those of you that haven't had enough.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UaRz-3DYV7c&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UaRz-3DYV7c&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Camera Totin' Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599318364360067905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590002423401310209.post-79913419169383380632009-08-26T09:11:00.007-04:002009-08-27T10:24:17.757-04:00Pittsburgh MathThe NFL season is about to get underway and my Steelers are looking to defend their 6th world championship. So, in the spirit of good fun...and a whole lot of bias I offer this simple mathematical equation.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ffcc33;">What it is...</span></strong><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SpU1mnbIUMI/AAAAAAAAC5M/07kehDGRzyA/s1600-h/six.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 210px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374260667870630082" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SpU1mnbIUMI/AAAAAAAAC5M/07kehDGRzyA/s400/six.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ffcc33;">What it was...<br /></span></strong><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SpU1nA0vGRI/AAAAAAAAC5c/wEwRDnWKv1s/s1600-h/five.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 103px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 197px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374260674688915730" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SpU1nA0vGRI/AAAAAAAAC5c/wEwRDnWKv1s/s400/five.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#ffcc66;"><span style="color:#ffcc33;"><strong>What it shall be!</strong></span><br /></span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SpU1m0sDiNI/AAAAAAAAC5U/MIvhUPAr7h8/s1600-h/seven.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 229px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 340px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374260671431280850" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SpU1m0sDiNI/AAAAAAAAC5U/MIvhUPAr7h8/s400/seven.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="color:#ffcc33;"><strong>Where did I get the numbers? Training camp...where else.</strong></span><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SpU2sn09YUI/AAAAAAAAC5k/hBfYCjsRltw/s1600-h/2009_0802Homecoming0165.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374261870569808194" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SpU2sn09YUI/AAAAAAAAC5k/hBfYCjsRltw/s400/2009_0802Homecoming0165.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SpU3fgwpZ-I/AAAAAAAAC50/uaXKBUBrgRk/s1600-h/2009_0802Homecoming0057.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374262744846002146" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SpU3fgwpZ-I/AAAAAAAAC50/uaXKBUBrgRk/s400/2009_0802Homecoming0057.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SpU3FFjfkoI/AAAAAAAAC5s/Sr86hbsfYBE/s1600-h/2009_0802Homecoming0163.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374262290866475650" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SpU3FFjfkoI/AAAAAAAAC5s/Sr86hbsfYBE/s400/2009_0802Homecoming0163.JPG" /></a>Camera Totin' Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599318364360067905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590002423401310209.post-10488066000379786722009-08-22T14:30:00.004-04:002009-08-22T14:51:20.995-04:00Been A Long WeekThree days after getting home from our Tennessee vacation my step-father passed away. Bill had been sick for quite sometime, and while his passing was expected, it was still a shock. <br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SpA7apK2JXI/AAAAAAAAC4s/1FADHGWa37Y/s1600-h/P1010041.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SpA7apK2JXI/AAAAAAAAC4s/1FADHGWa37Y/s400/P1010041.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372859684366984562" /></a><br />He and my mother were married for almost twenty years and until this past February he'd never had anything worse than a cold.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SpA887jSDnI/AAAAAAAAC40/ZA95X4Wk5Iw/s1600-h/2008_1226Homecoming0049.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SpA887jSDnI/AAAAAAAAC40/ZA95X4Wk5Iw/s400/2008_1226Homecoming0049.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372861372928495218" /></a><br />He was a great guy, a christian gentleman, and he was good to Mom. He was also a grandfather to my kids when most men wouldn't have wanted to fool with them. We miss him already.<br /><br />His obituary from the Times-News<br /><br />RIDGELEY, W.Va.— William F. “Bill” Morgan, of Ridgeley, W.Va., went to be with his Lord and deceased family members on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009, at the age of 90, at his home with family members by his side.<br /><br />Born on Dec. 5, 1918, in Cumberland, he was the son of the late Merten Isaac Morgan and Julia Pleasant (Hymes) Morgan. He was also preceded in death by his first wife, Elizabeth (Stewart) in 1988; one sister, Mary Rice, and three brothers Melvin, Harold and Homer Morgan. He was the last member of his immediate family.<br /><br />After Bill attended Allegany High School, he worked as a charge hand at the Cumberland Celanese Fibers Plant, before joining the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. He graduated from radar school at Boca Raton, Fla., and served in Europe as a radar technician with the 306th Bomb Group. He was always ready to talk about how he was on the cutting edge of the new radar technology, and had many war stories to tell. He finished his service to his country as a sergeant in 1946.<br /><br />Returning to Cumberland after the war, Bill graduated from Catherman’s Business School. He began working at Super Concrete (on Henderson Avenue, now Cumberland Concrete in LaVale), and retired from there in 1981 as the President and part owner of the company. He also was a bookkeeper and tax preparer for a number of contractors and business individuals over the years.<br /><br />Bill belonged to a variety of business, community, and church organiza?tions over his lifetime, including the LaVale Methodist Church, LaVale Fire Department, Cumberland Chamber of Commerce and Western Maryland Contractor’s Association. Bill was very active for a number of years at Holy Cross UM Church in Carpendale, and became a Certified Lay Speaker in 1990. He was treasurer of the Union Grove Camp Meeting Association, and member of the September Singers. Recently, he had been attending Grace Brethren Church, Cumberland. Bill’s love of playing the guitar and singing gave him and others pleasure throughout his life. He played at many worship events and local nursing homes. He could play by note or “ear” on the banjo, violin, mandolin and harmonica. In his younger years, Bill enjoyed hunting, especially turkey. <br /><br />Bill was very blessed to have two special women in his life, Elizabeth and Marian, and he enjoyed 90 years of good health.<br /><br />Survivors include his second wife, Marian (Smith) Hutter; a daughter, JoAnn Brotemarkle and husband David, of Bel Air; a grandson, Aaron Morgan Brotemarkle and wife Natalie, of Bel Air; great-granddaughters, Kayla Elizabeth and Megan Rose Brotemarkle; a granddaughter, Kristi Lyn Perkins and husband Kip, of Nashville, Tenn.; stepgreat-grandsons Jacob Hartman, USAF, Texas, Jesse Hartman, of Keyser, and Chris and Chase Perkins, of Nashville, Tenn.; stepgreat-granddaughter Lacey Hartman, of Keyser; one stepson, Paul Hutter and wife Ann, of Cumberland; stepgrandson John Hutter, of Clarksville, Tenn; stepgranddaughters Lori Hutter and Sara Hutter and fiance Aaron Clark; stepgreat-grandson Jackson Clark, of Cumberland; sister-in-law Gerda Morgan, of Victorville, Calif., and a number of nieces and nephews.<br /><br />Friends will be received at the Scarpelli Funeral Home, P.A., 108 Virginia Ave., Cumberland, scarpellifuneralhomes.com on Monday from 4 to 7 p.m. <br /><br />Funeral services will be conducted in the funeral home on Tuesday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Fred Iser officiating. <br /><br />Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Park. <br /><br />Military honors will be accorded by the Post 13 Veterans Honor Guard.<br /><br />In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations may be made to Hospice of Potomac Valley Hospital, 167 S. Mineral St., Keyser, WV 26726. <br /><br />The family would like to especially thank the Hospice workers from Potomac Valley Hospital for the loving care and support given to Bill and his family, and for his caring sitters, Ethel Durst, Matilda Wilhelm, Doris Tomlinson, and Kathy Friend.Camera Totin' Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599318364360067905noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590002423401310209.post-14767553154283417692009-08-13T09:41:00.012-04:002009-08-13T12:12:15.520-04:00Vacation's OverWhere to begin? Well, first of all, we never got to see Cheap Trick. The concert was cancelled. Seems one of the guys from Def Leppard had a death in the family. While I'm sorry for his loss, I wish Cheap Trick and Poison would have still played. I guess the old saying, "The show must go on," doesn't apply anymore. And while visiting with our son was the most important thing, we still paid out a lot of money for hotel rooms and food and gas and other things. <br /><br />The other down note from our trip was that whoever inspected our new(er) vehicle before we signed the papers and drove it home, didn't get all the lug nuts tight on the right rear wheel. We felt the vibration and heard the 'whump, whump, whump sound and got stopped before any real damage had been done. Here, you can see the results for yourself.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQa7XBmIzI/AAAAAAAAC2A/Yr0e-njfXjU/s1600-h/2009_0812Homecoming0115.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQa7XBmIzI/AAAAAAAAC2A/Yr0e-njfXjU/s400/2009_0812Homecoming0115.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369446262827787058" /></a><br />One lug nut was gone and it's stem was sheared off. All four remaining lug nuts were so loose I could turn them with my fingers. If something like this doesn't take the wind from your sails, nothing will.<br /><br />Other than that we had a good time. Ate at a lot of nice places, went to Nashville and spent the day just poking around. Since the concert was cancelled we ended up with more time to visit with our son and Goody Two Shoes brother and his family.<br />Down on Broadway. Legends with the Ryman behind it.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQd_SXO-EI/AAAAAAAAC2I/AWsC6IyK7F0/s1600-h/2009_0812Homecoming0038.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQd_SXO-EI/AAAAAAAAC2I/AWsC6IyK7F0/s400/2009_0812Homecoming0038.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369449628830726210" /></a><br />Tootsie's Orchid Lounge<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQeADxogfI/AAAAAAAAC2Q/kqnos6R4Pso/s1600-h/2009_0812Homecoming0037.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQeADxogfI/AAAAAAAAC2Q/kqnos6R4Pso/s400/2009_0812Homecoming0037.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369449642094789106" /></a><br />A street performer down at the corner of Second and Broadway.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQhaRQgkYI/AAAAAAAAC2k/7NUr2zQy9RM/s1600-h/2009_0812Homecoming0048.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQhaRQgkYI/AAAAAAAAC2k/7NUr2zQy9RM/s400/2009_0812Homecoming0048.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369453390925435266" /></a><br />The latest fashion trend?<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQhZmOaNEI/AAAAAAAAC2c/iKztEfcLsBY/s1600-h/2009_0812Homecoming0046.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQhZmOaNEI/AAAAAAAAC2c/iKztEfcLsBY/s400/2009_0812Homecoming0046.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369453379373904962" /></a><br />Goody Two Shoes, the Camera Totin' Idiot, and Deputy Dawg down by the Cumberland River.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQj1GmPS1I/AAAAAAAAC20/0_CNA6bzmm0/s1600-h/2009_0812Homecoming0297.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQj1GmPS1I/AAAAAAAAC20/0_CNA6bzmm0/s400/2009_0812Homecoming0297.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369456050943511378" /></a><br />Skippy and his girlfriend.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQj0Zv0cNI/AAAAAAAAC2s/UnP9vFzpKcY/s1600-h/2009_0812Homecoming0295.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQj0Zv0cNI/AAAAAAAAC2s/UnP9vFzpKcY/s400/2009_0812Homecoming0295.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369456038904099026" /></a><br />Custom Harley's<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQmN3C7bPI/AAAAAAAAC3E/fA6H4FmZ4AU/s1600-h/2009_0812Homecoming0105.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQmN3C7bPI/AAAAAAAAC3E/fA6H4FmZ4AU/s400/2009_0812Homecoming0105.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369458675288861938" /></a><br />Hot country music at Legends<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQmNKTq3pI/AAAAAAAAC28/miSri0cH9oc/s1600-h/2009_0812Homecoming0099.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQmNKTq3pI/AAAAAAAAC28/miSri0cH9oc/s400/2009_0812Homecoming0099.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369458663279484562" /></a><br />Ran into the Fab Four in Legends.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQrcMrT5oI/AAAAAAAAC3M/nEU32K-GnUo/s1600-h/2009_0812Homecoming0069.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQrcMrT5oI/AAAAAAAAC3M/nEU32K-GnUo/s400/2009_0812Homecoming0069.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369464419171690114" /></a><br />Ever see a toilet seat guitar?<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQrclYdB4I/AAAAAAAAC3U/dCi3HMBjYZQ/s1600-h/2009_0812Homecoming0086.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQrclYdB4I/AAAAAAAAC3U/dCi3HMBjYZQ/s400/2009_0812Homecoming0086.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369464425803483010" /></a><br />Jonesboro, Tennessee, on the way home.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQrdD3-ZkI/AAAAAAAAC3c/RCsunVTulO8/s1600-h/2009_0812Homecoming0137.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQrdD3-ZkI/AAAAAAAAC3c/RCsunVTulO8/s400/2009_0812Homecoming0137.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369464433988757058" /></a><br />A B&B in Jonesboro.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQ3Bf3sojI/AAAAAAAAC30/JtMjt50i7kk/s1600-h/2009_0812Homecoming0149.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQ3Bf3sojI/AAAAAAAAC30/JtMjt50i7kk/s400/2009_0812Homecoming0149.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369477154606981682" /></a><br />Main Street in Erwin, Tennessee.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQ3AhXIxQI/AAAAAAAAC3s/Ub8zQU0s16g/s1600-h/2009_0812Homecoming0177.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQ3AhXIxQI/AAAAAAAAC3s/Ub8zQU0s16g/s400/2009_0812Homecoming0177.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369477137827415298" /></a><br />In the Beatles booth at the Fuddruckers in Johnson City, Tennessee.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQ3sV_7ekI/AAAAAAAAC38/-lZhRK0jkMY/s1600-h/2009_0812Homecoming0371.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQ3sV_7ekI/AAAAAAAAC38/-lZhRK0jkMY/s400/2009_0812Homecoming0371.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369477890691529282" /></a><br />Bristol Motor Speedway....or Thunder Valley, as they call it.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQ3APrZ7gI/AAAAAAAAC3k/DPGptKv08O0/s1600-h/2009_0812Homecoming0212.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQ3APrZ7gI/AAAAAAAAC3k/DPGptKv08O0/s400/2009_0812Homecoming0212.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369477133080587778" /></a><br />Last stop on the way home. Thurmond, West Virginia. Had to drive over this bridge.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQ6XLZ4o5I/AAAAAAAAC4E/pLt8FLNszFM/s1600-h/2009_0812Homecoming0215.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQ6XLZ4o5I/AAAAAAAAC4E/pLt8FLNszFM/s400/2009_0812Homecoming0215.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369480825605235602" /></a><br />The Thurmond Depot. The whole town is now run by the National Park Service.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQ6YOgqiVI/AAAAAAAAC4U/wUwFmzCogDM/s1600-h/2009_0812Homecoming0231.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQ6YOgqiVI/AAAAAAAAC4U/wUwFmzCogDM/s400/2009_0812Homecoming0231.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369480843618847058" /></a><br />What's left of Thurmond's business district. The movie Matewan was filmed here.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQ6XjVzlXI/AAAAAAAAC4M/oGXVg1R30Ig/s1600-h/2009_0812Homecoming0218.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQ6XjVzlXI/AAAAAAAAC4M/oGXVg1R30Ig/s400/2009_0812Homecoming0218.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369480832030578034" /></a><br />The window of the National Bank.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQ6Yh0y7CI/AAAAAAAAC4c/t6bWGclZZNE/s1600-h/2009_0812Homecoming0233.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQ6Yh0y7CI/AAAAAAAAC4c/t6bWGclZZNE/s400/2009_0812Homecoming0233.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369480848803556386" /></a><br />Miner's homes on the hillside.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQ6ZqkhqyI/AAAAAAAAC4k/AH-ePRtVw9M/s1600-h/2009_0812Homecoming0244.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SoQ6ZqkhqyI/AAAAAAAAC4k/AH-ePRtVw9M/s400/2009_0812Homecoming0244.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369480868331105058" /></a>Camera Totin' Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599318364360067905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590002423401310209.post-22131101740610991782009-08-03T11:44:00.008-04:002009-08-04T11:41:42.218-04:00Training CampGoody Two Shoes & me drove over to Latrobe to watch the <span style="color:#ffcc33;"><strong>World Champion Pittsburgh Steelers</strong></span> practice. At the moment they have 82 players on the roster, which will have to be weeded down to 52 or 53 by the end of camp in three weeks. Here's a few snaps of yesterday's fun.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SncJ5t03SyI/AAAAAAAAC0w/9_EtV_k4oxk/s1600-h/2009_0802Homecoming0283.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SncJ5t03SyI/AAAAAAAAC0w/9_EtV_k4oxk/s400/2009_0802Homecoming0283.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365768368193751842" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SncJ5fwVrFI/AAAAAAAAC0o/A0l2YLtzpec/s1600-h/2009_0802Homecoming0027.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SncJ5fwVrFI/AAAAAAAAC0o/A0l2YLtzpec/s400/2009_0802Homecoming0027.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365768364416674898" /></a><br />Big Ben and the 1st unit offense<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SncHrjR37hI/AAAAAAAAC0Y/AyGNnD1_z3c/s1600-h/2009_0802Homecoming0094.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365765925821214226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SncHrjR37hI/AAAAAAAAC0Y/AyGNnD1_z3c/s400/2009_0802Homecoming0094.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Big Ben, Matt Spaeth, and Hines Ward.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SncHq7ROozI/AAAAAAAAC0I/kZwsBo8ugeg/s1600-h/2009_0802Homecoming0067a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365765915081089842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 319px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SncHq7ROozI/AAAAAAAAC0I/kZwsBo8ugeg/s400/2009_0802Homecoming0067a.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Pitch and catch.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SncHr3D4apI/AAAAAAAAC0g/0phyCvqMYZU/s1600-h/2009_0802Homecoming0087a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365765931131234962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 373px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SncHr3D4apI/AAAAAAAAC0g/0phyCvqMYZU/s400/2009_0802Homecoming0087a.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SncHrTBFd6I/AAAAAAAAC0Q/Z0hWgzZPHkU/s1600-h/2009_0802Homecoming0081.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365765921455830946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SncHrTBFd6I/AAAAAAAAC0Q/Z0hWgzZPHkU/s400/2009_0802Homecoming0081.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SncJ6WHnbbI/AAAAAAAAC1A/B0JQDg8_Iqg/s1600-h/2009_0802Homecoming0167.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SncJ6WHnbbI/AAAAAAAAC1A/B0JQDg8_Iqg/s400/2009_0802Homecoming0167.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365768379009822130" /></a><br />Big Ben<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SncJ6GU3dNI/AAAAAAAAC04/ZcFm-U9jin4/s1600-h/2009_0802Homecoming0143.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SncJ6GU3dNI/AAAAAAAAC04/ZcFm-U9jin4/s400/2009_0802Homecoming0143.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365768374770431186" /></a><br />Coach Mike Tomlin<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SncJ65il5-I/AAAAAAAAC1I/fjPoZMuwcrM/s1600-h/2009_0802Homecoming0191.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SncJ65il5-I/AAAAAAAAC1I/fjPoZMuwcrM/s400/2009_0802Homecoming0191.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365768388518209506" /></a><br />A.Q. Shipley from Penn State<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SncLvBPkCCI/AAAAAAAAC1g/QLe597Hscy8/s1600-h/Shipley,+A.+Q.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 285px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SncLvBPkCCI/AAAAAAAAC1g/QLe597Hscy8/s400/Shipley,+A.+Q.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365770383450703906" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SncLwEpj49I/AAAAAAAAC1w/XC-H-RiByBc/s1600-h/2009_0802Homecoming0066.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SncLwEpj49I/AAAAAAAAC1w/XC-H-RiByBc/s400/2009_0802Homecoming0066.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365770401544922066" /></a><br />#1 draft choice Ziggy Hood<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SncLuwRTC_I/AAAAAAAAC1Y/Dcmm_Dkos00/s1600-h/Hood,+Ziggy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 236px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SncLuwRTC_I/AAAAAAAAC1Y/Dcmm_Dkos00/s400/Hood,+Ziggy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365770378894576626" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SncLujh7MxI/AAAAAAAAC1Q/0f9zDoGs0x4/s1600-h/2009_0802Homecoming0215.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SncLujh7MxI/AAAAAAAAC1Q/0f9zDoGs0x4/s400/2009_0802Homecoming0215.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365770375474656018" /></a><br />The back of my shirt kinda says it all.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SncQKte0Q_I/AAAAAAAAC14/FZ93vDZqTQA/s1600-h/Truth+in+Advertising.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 317px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SncQKte0Q_I/AAAAAAAAC14/FZ93vDZqTQA/s400/Truth+in+Advertising.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365775257228821490" /></a><br />It's gonna be a fun year!Camera Totin' Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599318364360067905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590002423401310209.post-76398884654843345842009-08-02T09:20:00.002-04:002009-08-02T09:27:20.434-04:00I'm Quoted!Someone actually reads my blog and used something I said in an article. Back on July 13 I wrote a post titled 'Old Faithful' about the lost of the Helmstetter barn along the tracks of the scenic railroad. Two days ago, the Cumberland Times News published an article on the loss of the barn and a number of efforts underway to help the owner. The article is posted below and the opening lines (in yellow)are from my original post. I happily, but humbly say thank you to Mr. Spradlin and the Times-News for using my words.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Train ride to aid Helmstetter, a farmer and railroad friend</strong><br /><br />Kevin Spradlin<br />Cumberland Times-News<br /><br />LAVALE — <span style="color:#ffcc33;">“It’s very sad, as a landmark I’ve known since I was a boy is now gone,”</span> wrote a man lamenting on the devastating July 9 barn fire on the property of a well-known farmer.<br /><br />But as the writer later pointed out, <span style="color:#ffcc00;">“life goes on,”</span> and now members of the community are gathering to aid John Helmstetter, of Helmstetter’s Curve along what is now Western Maryland Scenic Railroad’s path from Cumberland to Frostburg. Helmstetter, 67, lost a dozen cattle, some equipment and his best friend and employee, a border collie named Teddy.<br /><br />“He was an extremely good working dog,” said friend turned fundraiser Carl Franz, who formed the John Helmstetter Farm Fund Committee with Bill Larduskey and Steve Barry, of Railfan and Railroad Magazine.<br /><br />“He helped John take cows out to pasture in the morning and helped bring them in at night.”<br /><br />Helmstetter was injured in the blaze while trying to save some of his animals. The barn, of classic Mid-Atlantic design, featured a bank in front and a cantilever overhang in the back with a silo.<br /><br />Farming, Franz said, “is John’s life. Frankly, I don’t know how he supports himself. Today, you need a big farm and be highly automated. Still, 10 good years can be wiped out in a single (bad) year. He doesn’t know anything else. He doesn’t want to know anything else.”<br /><br />And at his age, Helmstetter’s friends don’t think he should have to. So railroad fans who stop along Helmstetter’s Curve along the Great Allegheny Passage trail — railroad fans from across the country — are organizing a Western Maryland Scenic Railroad train ride Nov. 9. The benefit ride will feature a stop at Helmstetter’s Curve, where camera-toting passengers can get off and photograph a freight train blowing smoke followed by vintage freight cars rounding the famously scenic point. With multiple passes, photographers will have several opportunities to capture on camera what the scene looked like more than 60 years ago.<br /><br />The area was made famous by former Times-News photographer William P. Price, who began taking train photographs in the 1930s. Price died in 2002 but his photos of the area continue to be widely circulated.<br /><br />Efforts to aid Helmstetter also include selling limited-edition prints of a 10-inch by 14-inch photo of Helmstetter waving to a passing train. The prints will be signed by Helmstetter. A local running group also is coordinating a benefit run and walk for Nov. 8. Proceeds from the event, to be run partially along the trail and on the Helmstetter farm, will benefit Helmstetter directly.<br /><br />Supporters also can make a separate donation or purchase a copy of the video “Photo Freight,” featuring Western Maryland 734.<br /><br />The curve is one of the most famous pieces of railroad in the eastern United States, according to a Web site established for the John Helmstetter Farm Fund at www.helmstetterfarm.org. And Helmstetter has been a friend to rail fans, friends and strangers alike, for decades. He’s allowed access to his land and buildings for photography and allowed the removal of large trees and brush from his hillside near the tracks for better viewing opportunities and to return the scene to how it looked in the 1940s. Helmstetter also has used his time to mow and brush-hog the railroad’s right of way and adjacent fields.<br /><br />“There are so many people who have rallied around John,” Franz said. “People from all over the U.S. are contributing to this fund. John is a true gentleman farmer.”<br /><br />A John Helmstetter Farm Fund has been established at M&T Bank in Cumberland. Donations can be dropped off there or donors can go online to www.helmstetterfarm.org. Funds raised will not be used to rebuild the big red barn, nearly 110 years old at the time of the fire. Instead, it’s to help Helmstetter maintain what many feel is his rightful and deserved place along the scenic route.<br /><br />“He wants to wake up every morning and see that sun rise on Cash Valley Road,” Franz said.Camera Totin' Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599318364360067905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590002423401310209.post-86591206238385895272009-07-30T13:16:00.005-04:002009-07-30T13:20:21.831-04:00I Got New WheelsYes, the Camera Totin' Idiot has a new CTI-mobile. Yes, it's yellow, so make all the jokes you want. It's newer than my old Sport-trac, way fewer miles, and Goody Two Shoes liked the color.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SnHViGzdFWI/AAAAAAAAC0A/CBTHHHsrSnc/s1600-h/26f4f4d43a8de62323963e9b6c64d540.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FKvbIONN4CA/SnHViGzdFWI/AAAAAAAAC0A/CBTHHHsrSnc/s400/26f4f4d43a8de62323963e9b6c64d540.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364303413093668194" /></a><br />It's already been called a school bus, a bumble bee, a banana boat, the Yellow Submarine, and the Steeler Mobile. Got any more good ones? Drop me a comment.Camera Totin' Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599318364360067905noreply@blogger.com0