The Blizzard of '10

Some images from the Big Blow...

The official snowfall total for Somerset, PA was 26 inches.  I measured between 29 and 30.

Those are flakes, not orbs from the cemetary across the street.

Apologies to Jason and Grant.

The deck

What it usually looks like.

"Where do I pee???

The fence is almost covered.

Instant canyon.

No church today.

Stonewall Manor

Taking a walk.

Can you dig it?  We sure did.

"Nice coat.  Ralph Lauren?"

"Nah.  Armani."

Murphy and Tweeter exchange a few words.

Well, at least it doesn't need mowing.

And there's three more storms on the way.

Tweeter-tin-tin

...in an heroic pose.

(Mt. Davis again)

The Roof of Pennsylvania

The view from Mt. Davis, at 3,215 feet, the highest point in the Keystone State

Autumn Lane

Even on a gloomy day, nature's fall glory provides it's own luminescence.

Jacksonville Waterfront

Mojave Desert Mountain

Angel

Manhattan Dusk

Times Square

There's never been a sailor born who doesn't pause at sunset, gaze towards the setting star, and dream of those he's left behind.

Pondering

"In the murmur of the sea will we find our answers."

Magnolia Street

Sun Clock

Sundial in St. Augustine

Gametime!

To the lights and sound, to the thrill and passion

were we drawn as supplicants to a temple...

Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, PA

Evening

"Oh God, thy sea is so large;

And my boat is so small."

Battlefield Sunset

The day ends at Gettysburg.

The Pyramid of Kukulcan

Mayan Dusk

The ancient observatory at Chichén Itzá.

Autumn Glory

This has been a spectacular autumn here in the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania. Here's just a few examples...

Nah, nobody wants to come here.

Inbound lanes at the San Ysidro border crossing.

Autumn Skyscapes.

"Take me home on a country road..."

A Pennsylvania farm on an autumn day.

Can there be no more peaceful a time than to walk a garden path on a carpet of fallen Cherry Blossoms?

In LIne Abreast

USS Brewton (FF-1083), USS McClusky (FFG-41), USS John Young (DDG-973), and the legendary USS Long Beach (CGN-9) in the Western Pacific. Scanned from a Photograph.

Berbera, Somalia

It is a sad truth that Americans who complain about being poor

have no clue what real poverty is.

The Canyons of Gotham

New York City...and a touch of Paris.

"I want to wake up in a City that never sleeps..."

Manhatten after dark.

Sacred Ground: The Impact Site of Flight 93

"Heroism is latent in every human soul, however humble or unknown.
In great deeds, something abides.
In great fields, something stays.
Spirits linger to consecrate the ground.
And reverent men and women from afar, and generations that know us not,
shall come to this field to ponder and to dream.
And the power of the vision will pass into their souls."

--Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain