Coming your way December 19, 2007

Here the little pond has just about dried up.

It broke my heart to see this turtle trying to find water elsewhere but had to keep coming back to the this tiny spot of water.

And then it finally came a good rain a few days ago, first good one in ages, and the pond has a chance of life again.

Sometimes traffic jams can be hair raising to say the least!

We had ice on our van yesterday morning.

And the pickup was not spared.

Nor the birdbath.

Here is our Christmas Card to all you out there. We wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

This is in the median of Broad Street in downtown Augusta. You can see the Confederate Monument in the background.

I saw this yesterday in the parking lot of the grocery store. This area is part of the Bible Belt and more so than any other place we have been to.

A Little of Everything

I am forever telling Linda that she needs to park between the lines, not on the line!!

This is a cabinet that reminds Linda of her grandmother. Yes, that is Bad Boy sleeping on the bottom shelf.

And this is SweetCat sleeping by the fireplace. She is our oldest cat, been with us 18 years.

And this is Miss Lucy, who really thinks she is a person. She is the one we adopted when she was one day old. And she thinks she is just as sweet as the candies on the table.

A typical sidewalk in downtown Augusta on Broad Street. People sit out on the sidewalk. Notice the big crack across my windshield. In fact you can see the dot where a rock hit it.

Here I am approaching the tall (tallest) Lamar Building which is next to the News Building where I pick up a gentleman almost every day. He will be retiring end of this month and I will not have the frequent opportunity to drive downtown on my job. Notice the tops of the cars parked almost below street level in the median area. And as the sign says, it is free. There is not one iota parking meter in the county.

Here is one of several unique railroad crossings in the county. Got this shot of the train approaching the street. One thing for sure, if the train is very close and you are driving down this street approaching the tracks, you might see a big fricking train moving along side your car and getting friendlier and friendlier!

Here is Mr. Puffy. Needless to say, we think the name fits the bill.

A shot of Augusta skyline as I was driving on the bypass.

Yes, they have beautiful sunsets here. Remember I took so many sunset pictures in North Carolina?

We have been in Augusta over a year now and this is the first rainbow I have seen. In fact I can not recall when was the last time I saw a rainbow. It has been so dry not only here but was dry in North Carolina the two years we were there.

This rain was one of only about three that I can recall since being in Augusta.

We got this at a thrift store.

Here it is showing the colors.

Another sleeping cat. Mr. Puffy.

Here is Paul at a place where they sell firewood. He and Abby and April came up for Thanksgiving.

Here is another view of the firewood place.

This is Cappy, who came up with the family from Florida. He thought he was in absolute heaven with 20 cats to tease and play with. At first he always bowed up his back and puff out his hairs and walk sideways when meeting a new cat for the first time. Then he hopped on them to play. This shocked quite a few of our older cats as no one has ever done that to them before.

Abby and Paul got these flowers for Mom.

Here is April, our baby granddaughter.

Mr. Puffy again.

Here is that pond again just about dried up. I was able to stand on the bottom to take this shot.

One of the boulevards in town that I frequent on my job. Colors were beautiful here.

Here is a shot of a tree covered in yellow gold leaves.

I thought someone did an excellent job on this painting of the American Flag upon a fence.

Another sunset.

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Clause way up there in that bucket with the linemen.

The Colors Are Here

Here is a view of the colors from the parking lot where I pick up my van to drive for the day. All the pictures in today's entry were taken yesterday.

This is down a driveway of one of my riders.

The colors are showing on this favorite highway location.

This is a view I see almost everyday. I am actually parked at a rider's house and have just dropped him off.

This is a view from the grounds of the Veteran's Administration where I pick up two riders. Needless to say, this view still takes my breath away as it has done now for nearly a year of driving.

Same view showing the drive around the grounds of the VA.

My job of driving is never boring. I get to see some of the most interesting trucks.

This truck is hauling a big road machinery and the helper has to use a long pole to lift the lines crossine the road. This road had numerous lines as you can see more just ahead that has to be lifted. Lot of curves on hillsides in the country cause lines to criss cross like this.

This bucket has two line workers and it is unusual to me to see such height that they are working at.

Sometimes I see my reflection in the back of semi trucks and I thought I would take this one to let you see there is never a dull moment on the job.

I am actually parked on the highway by this field after dropping off a rider and this cloud of black birds was an awesome sight. They seem not to bump into each other and seem to keep the same equal distance from each other.

Here they have landed in the field that had been recently harvested. They make an image that look like a dried up muddy pond.

These next tow pictures of flowers were taken last Sunday in the garden at the Sacred Heart Cultural Center next to our church.

This sundial in the garden is showing the shadow of the metal road falling at 11AM which was the exact time the picture was taken.

Thought you might like to see one of our recent purchases at an antique shop in town. Those are Mama's plates and dishes. They have made it to Georgia now.