I thought I’d share some photos from our walk on the morning after the storm we had on Saturday. The rain was most welcome. I’m not complaining. I hope you enjoy the photos. They are explained in the captions.
An interesting pattern of shadows on my car door early in the morning.
One of the single rose of sharon blossoms up bright and early. Hoping to dry off in the sun.
It rained pretty hard Saturday. Everything was pretty wet Sunday morning.
This poor double rose of sharon blossom took quite a beating.
Maddie decided she wanted to be on the right side today.
Long shadows in the park.
The Veterans Memorial – calm after the storm.
Close up of the calm flag.
Disagreement about the value of distancing.
A beautiful day after a stormy one.
Where I grew up, we call this a fire plug. People around here don’t know what that phrase means.
Looking through some of the debris brought down by the storm.
Sitting with Maddie. We’re still not getting much air traffic, so it’s interesting when we hear a plane.
Maddie got out of her cot to lay here.
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Extraordinary photos, Dan. The detail and color are amazing. Thanks for the journey!
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I’m glad you enjoyed them, Gwen.
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Great collection of photos. We called them fire hydrants. Now we live in the land of septic tanks. When we first moved here, our male dog was at a loss where to pee on our walks!😂
Maddie has so many choices now of where to sit and where to stretch out. She’s a happy puppy. Love how your flowers keep hanging on and looking beautiful.
Ginger
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Yeah, they call them fire hydrants around here as well. I’ve lost some of the local words, in the nearly 40 years that I’ve been here, but they are still fire plugs.
I hope you enjoy what looks to be a very nice day, Ginger.
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I’m glad the damage was minimal for your area. The dew-drenched flowers are lovely. I chuckled at the social distancing photo. I look forward to seeing what you’ll have up your creative sleeves for September!!
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We needed the rain so badly, Shelley. We still are close to 10″ behind year-to-date rainfall.
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Wow – I sure hope that doesn’t mean the snow fall will make up for the difference?
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You are so inventive with your photo captions. Love the one of Maddie today!
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I’m glad you enjoyed these, GP.
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I remember fire plugs. That first shot. When I first saw it my brain screamed “ghost”. it took a moment to see it clearly. Love your photos!
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It startled me, Pam. I had just put something in the trash can and I turned and saw that.
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Maddie looks ‘plumb tuckered’, as they say down here. The macros of the flowers with raindrops are beautiful!
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She slept there for about 45 minutes.
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Funny, when I was little I really didn’t know what those things were but I figured they were just doggie port o potties. We didn’t have many fires in my neighborhood. 😏 You and Maddie make nice silhouettes. Poor Sharon, but like all beautiful things she will shake it off and look up!
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I was impressed that the double rose of Sharons are even blooming again. They were ravaged by the heat and the drought, but they are blooming again.
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Nature finds a way…
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Love the picture of the sun shining through a pile of branches. I laughed at your caption of disagreement of social distancing with birds. That Rose of Sharon is beautiful!
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Thanks. Maddie often drags me to the leaves on the ground. She loves to go and check them out. I’m glad you enjoyed these.
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Dan, you know I’m fascinated by local and regional language. “Fire plug” is something I had forgotten. I grew up calling them fire hydrants… but as soon as I read “fire plug” I remembered it from long ago. It sounds like a word my dad would have used — his words were a little different from the rest of the neighborhood — language from a rural area I guess… Anyhow, I’m sure there were several people in my area, who used that word too, or it wouldn’t have been such a “duh!” moment for me.
Thanks for taking us all for a lovely stroll, even when you needed a day off. Beautiful photos too. The one of the car door is particularly interesting. It could make a great background for something. Have a peaceful day. Hugs on the wing.
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I ‘m glad you like this little tour, Teagan. And say yes to Fire Plugs 😊
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Your photos today are particular “artsy,” Dan–I love them. I love the discussion of fireplugs. I think that when I was growing up I heard them referred to as both fireplugs and fire hydrants. There is one case, though, where the terms are not interchangeable–I remember hearing of stocky guys described as “built like a fireplug,” but have never heard of anyone “built like a fire hydrant.” :)
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I’m glad you enjoyed these, Mike. I do remember people being described like that. You’re right, plug works, hydrant doesn’t.
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We call them fire hydrants here. We also call Rose of Sharons “Hibiscus.” I never heard of the other name. Interesting how different terms/names are found in different areas.
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There are so many things that are called different names here in New England from what they were in Pittsburgh. It is interesting.
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I always called them fire hydrants. Mary calls them pumps. It’s a neighborhood thing.
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I’ve never heard pumps. It’s interesting.
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Interesting the distortions in the shadows. Just looking at the first shadow one might think you have a two legged walking companion. In the second one Maddie could almost be a brontosaurus with some guy on really tall stilts.
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Maddie does have a dinosaur look to her in the photo at the park. I was going to crop us out and just have the chain, but I was too tired.
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Good answer. It was a tired morning here too. Almost a tired afternoon.
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That pattern on your car window was interesting and creepy. I enjoyed seeing Maddie laying on the deck. She looks very happy. No MiMi or MuMu shots today?
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MiMi and MuMu were hiding from me, John. The shadows on my car startled me. It was early, and I needed to put something in the trash. I didn’t expect to see that.
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Love those long and distorted shadows. Glad you got some rain. We still have lots of smoke but the fog is providing some moisture to help the firefighters.
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Anything that would help the firefighters is a good thing. I can’t imagine working as hard as they do.
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I like the photos, but just the word “rain” sound exotic and delightful, Dan. :-) I love that last shot of Maddie where she appears to be lying on her back with everything in the air (even though I know she isn’t.)
janet
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The rain seemed exotic here, too. It’s been a long time since we’ve had normal rainfall. Every time it rains, it seems special.
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Hi Dan – Loisa says it right about Maddie … ‘plumb tuckered’ – I was like that in our heat … now it’s cooler – thank goodness I think! Wonderful range of day-off photos … take care – Hilary
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I’ve been that way too in the heat. It gets to you quickly.
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Great photos Dan and yes you guys did get the rain…..so needed out west here. We have a lot of the smoke in the air in Southern Cal from the Northern Cal fires. We flew up to Seattle yesterday and couldn’t believe the smoke haze in the air all the way up California. Have a great week!
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Wow. That must be awful for the folks up north.
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It’s not been pretty, for sure.
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A snoozing Maddie is a delight to behold. Also love, love the color of the rose of Sharon. So refreshing.
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She puts a lot of effort into getting comfortable.
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Thanks for the photos, Dan. They’re a wonderful way to start the day. The sun through the flag is really nice. Well, they all are.
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I’m glad you like the pictures of the flag, Jennie. I feel like I overdo it sometimes, but it’s different each time, and I like stopping at the memorial for a few minutes.
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Yes, it is different each time. That’s why it’s so nice to see. It feels good to stop at a flag. Yours is at a memorial, which is wonderful.
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I love rain, Dan. We had our first spring rain this week. It was only about 10 minutes but it was better than nothing.
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Oh, what beautiful photos! I especially like your flowers and your sunshine. And, of course, The Redhead!
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Haha, she has a way of stealing the show.
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great photos from the walk… and
dan – right on- a fire plug huh?
we call them hydrants
and I especially like this because I have about fifty fire hydrant photos right now – and the mood of this one – from a shadowy walk – so nice
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In Pittsburgh, you would be recognized as being new to the area if you said ‘hydrant’ – it’s Fire Plug.
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well dan, I just might have to add this to the interview post I have in the works. Can I use this “fire plug” photo?
Also, speaking of the interview – I was wondering if you could send me three to five images to use – – can be anything – but ones that you think connect to the Q&A
(and may I pick one or two from your blog if needed) and by the way – I am so glad that I did not RUSH the interview post out there last month – it feels good to slow down and enjoy this post –
I might try and do a few more interviews as 2020 closes out – but it really all started with you because I wanted to know more about PA and your take –
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You can certainly use the fireplug. I think there’s also one on my blog from the strip district. I’ll either send you some photos, or point you to them. Most of the good ones have been posted at some point.
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okay – if you point me to them I can grab a screen shot – or send them – whatever is easier
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