Late Summer/Early Fall Miscellany

This juvenile bird was clinging to a bottom branch like grim death one evening.  I got so close to take pics.  I felt bad for him cause he was there for hours and hours.  I put a plate of seeds on the ground and some water.  He was still there the next morning although something ate the seeds. We noticed later in the day he was finally gone.  I have no idea where the parents were and I really hope that they were the ones that finally came back.

This tree fungus looks like a flamenco dancer.

Hoping to beat the heat and humidity one afternoon, we headed to Town Neck Beach around 4:30 pm.  It was miserable. Even the wind was hot.  

We had a bumper crop of blackberries which I picked and cleaned.  And they were AWFUL.  Threw them all out.

No idea what these are but they're pretty.

Poke berries.

Nice walk at the Canal one day.

Liz was in town very briefly so I met her and Marsha at Shipwreck Ice Cream which is near the Sandwich Marina.  

I love this feeder.

There's a BBQ food truck there as well.

Confirmed Elvis sighting!

They have a couple of bunnehs.

And a bunch of painted turtles.

Gorgeous fall sunset after a very stormy day

Late Summer Crafties

After we had to put Sagan down, I wanted a very quick project to pass the time that first week.  This has a few glass beads on it too.

3 wooden HP models/kits

I did a couple custom necklaces for Sheila.

Metal Earth Dalek model.

Finished up the beadpoint and backing.

Hey it fits!  Yay me!

Picked up some funky pops in OH and this was one of my faves.  So good! Wish I'd gotten more.

One of my fave movies is 'Paper Moon', and my fave scene in it features the line,  'Now drink your Nehi and eat your Coney Island', which is said a few times.  I'm not a hot dog eater, but I had the Nehi from OH, so I couldn't resist. I know that this isn't a true 'Coney Island' hot dog but neither was the one in the movie.  It was just a generic term for hotdogs. 

This the hallway at the hotel we stayed at, Red Roof Inn in Middletown.

I asked my FB friends if anyone could photoshop the Shining Twins.  They did not disappoint.

"Hello Joanne.  Come and play.  Come and play with us Joanne.  Forever.  And ever.  And ever."

Back to Reality

Why do vacations have to go so fast???  We left our hotel around 7:45 and I thought we were going to stop halfway for the night but Russell wanted to try to push for home.  The truck did really well and we experienced no mechanical issues, although it was a very long trip and we didn't get home until 11:00 pm.

Wasn't much to shoot in OH so I started in PA. 

Allegheny Mtn. Tunnel

Of course I was determined to shoot this again.

And this one.

It's very pretty in West/Central PA.  Lots of mountains.  Well.....mountains for the east coast.  They're no Cascades....

 The next three tunnels come up pretty fast, one right after the other.

Susquehanna River just north of Harrisburg

This is where we hit pretty bad traffic the closer we got to the NY metro area.

Getting there....

 Not long to CT from the Tappan Zee.

It was a long drive but we had the best time on this trip and can't wait to go back!