Geographic Mapping

I installed a new mapping feature on my blog. It's over on the right hand side, down near the bottom. It's shows where people are located when they read the blog. Well, it actually shows where their IP address is registered. You can see Zel checked it out from the UK! Can anyone explain why I have that big bubble in the Midwest? Is it possible that all Comcast IPs are registered to a town out there, or something like that?

Sunday Nov 18

Yet another documented day. Beware: I have about 50 photos here!

Nov 18 2007

Jody!

Jody came home for Thanksgiving break. It's called "Thanksgiving" because we are giving thanks that Jody got a haircut! The LCHS team got beat tonight, also, so that's the end of football for us this year.

November Sunrise Over the Suburbs

This was the sunrise today looking down Nolt Road. Although not in this view, Venus is still out in glorious view for you early risers.

Autumn Veggies!

Last week we had our annual church auction, and someone was selling vegetables from their garden next summer. We bid on it, (and bid on it, and bid on it), and got it! I think we'll be the happy recipients of home grown vegetables once or twice a month. The seller, Carol, let us know she has some nice fall veggies that she would be glad to deliver to us today at church. Wow! They are amazing! Look at them!!

Overcast day

I had a nice three town run today: Landisville, Salunga and Silver Springs. I was thinking about Lamarck, Avocados, culture, tribalism, warfare and world peace. It was very productive! Here was a nice farm scene I came across:

Here's my Lancaster County version of the standard Windows XP background.

And here is Sasha on Snapper Dam Road, heading off to Saturday Dance class in town.

Sharon

I really liked this photo of Sharon at the cold, rainy football game tonight.

Friday night excitement!

We went to the LCHS district playoff football game tonight. We won! Not sure what happens next!

LCHS wins first playoff game

Sunrise in Hempfield

Football

While googling the LCHS Football game this Friday, I happened upon this photo of a legendary team on the LCHS web site! Who knew our 06/07 line was so good?!

Apples and Corn

I came across this pile of apples and corn this morning over beside Eby Chiques Road. I can't tell you much more about it!

Paul's Autum Colors

My brother Paul took this photo at Colonel Denning State Park. What a great photo of fall color! I encourage everyone to make it their computer desktop background for a few weeks!

November Jogging

The past few mornings I needed to suit up in warm sweats to go jogging. And it's dark for my whole run. I'll take warm and sunny over cold and dark any day! But there is a spectacular morning planet show going on right now that makes it worthwhile to bundle up and get out there! I'm sure I saw Mercury this morning, for the first time in my life, but it didn't show up in my photo (my sightings of Mercury typically turn out to be jet sightings!). Venus hangs up there like a diamond.

This photos is from underneath one of the pin oaks near Nolt's Ponds. If you click on this photo and make it big, look for my possible Mercury sighting just above the tree on the horizon.

Here is Venus up above the glow of the rising sun, and cars zooming along Stony Battery Road.

Even on my little farm roads, there are many cars and trucks playing "Go Speed Racer, Go" before the sun comes up. High schoolers are heading to Hempfield, commuters are shortcutting over to Rt 283, Concrete trucks are going to and from the quarry, oversize load trucks are hauling pre-built roof trusses out of the lumber yard on Nolt Road, and an occasional Milk truck lumbers through from farm to farm.

I noticed that NASA even is making special note of the morning planet show! Here is the link to that story. They are highlighting Monday morning, specifically.