A touch of color

This is a small section of the beautiful view I have on my way to work. My ride is short (about 7 mins), and for the most part I am traveling along the creek. This is one of many creeks leading to the Delaware river in my area.

And if you look close or enlarge the photo, you will see that we still have geese migrating south.

And the winner is......

The Scarecrow! for the "Best Look Alike" costume.
It seems a little late for the annoucement, but with three shifts running and the judging being done by all the employees, you have to expect delays.
I had some really good competition. There were four catagories all together: scariest, funniest, most creative and best look alike.

If I only had a brain.....

Wait a minute! I think, I think, I have a thought coming.....Oh, Happy Halloween Everyone!

Halloween is not my favorite day but I do like being creative.

I had allot of fun making this costume. It was pretty easy too. The kids (nieces and nephews) all made faces at me because it was not scary or bloody enough, but it works out just fine for me.

These are two of the pumpkins I did while camping. Again, I was trying to be creative and the kids were not excited about my ideas. I wanted to use some things from the outdoors to dress them up.
Now this one they liked.

End of the Season

Last weekend (10/21) was a very nice one but a sad one. We took our very last camping trip of the season which would also be our very last at the lake you see here. The Philadelphia based church has decided to close it down, do to some shananigan's. The weather was just perfect though. The two out in the boat are my husband Robert and my niece Andrea.

Around the lake there is a walking trail. So, I decided to set out on an adventure to the other side. Did I mention that the campground sits on about 265 acres, which most of it is lake. It took me about 45 minutes to get to the other side.

Along the way I snapped lots of pictures. This was such a beautiful shot, although I could not catch the suns rays like I wanted to as they were shinning through the leaves. The red color of the leaves was so vibrant.

When I finally reached the other side I found this kid, my nephew Sean. This section of the lake is normally reserved for swimming only, but they were allowing the kids to fish.
And that they did. He must have caught at least a half a dozen bass while I was resting for my long walk back to our site.
Later that day we painted pumpkins, celebrated my birthday and made smores by the fire.
Fun was had by all.

Crisp Fall Morning

We have finally gotten some rain here in the North. These shots are from the lake at our campground. It was a beautiful fall morning. We were going to go fishing but it was to breezy and a bit to cold for me to be on the water. The bottom picture is of Robert's boat, looks like a calendar shot to me. We went from 89 degree tempertures on Monday down to the 40's on Friday night. Boy o'boy the campfire was a sure thing on that night. More rain is expected this week, so I am sure to have some nice fall foliage soon.

Fall Foliage Fry

The lack of rain here has surely slowed the changing of

the leaves. Or should I say killing it. We have not had rain

in about a month, along with some pretty uncomfortable

temperatures. Heck, I still have my central air on and

it is October!

Go Phillies!

The Phillies are the National League East Champions! This has been a long time coming.

So GO TEAM GO!!!!!!

Stuffed Peppers

This was my first attempt ever to make stuffed peppers. I collected many different receipes and tips from friends, family and even a nurse at the hospital while visiting my friend. I consider myself a pretty good cook so I took all of them into consideration and this is what I got. One tip I followed was after cooking the hamburger I added the rice and the water in the same sauce pan and cooked it all together until the rice was done. I would not suggest it to anyone nor would I ever do it again. As you can see there is definately to much rice. I topped them off with sauce and cheese and baked for about 40 minutes.
The finished product was absolutely delicious.

Head'n South

A few weeks ago we heard the canadian geese flying over head for the first time of the season. They are a sure sign that the cold weather is on it's way. This morning on my way to work I spotted this bunch having breakfast. They were not to keen on me and my camera, they all just turned and start walking away slowly.
You can see the fields are ready for harvest but the trees are hanging onto their green color. But not for long like the geese nature knows when it's time for change.

A Tidbit of History...

This is a small park along the Delaware river about 2 blocks from my home. It has a couple of pavillions, a playground, restrooms and park benches facing the river. It is a nice place to come and relax, let the kids play and you can watch the planes take off and land from the Philadelphia airport. Onto the history.....

On July 5, 1776, Margarett Paul, widow of John Paul & her son Benjamin Weatherby sold 96 acres of Billingsport for 600 pounds of Pennsylvania currency to the council of Safety of Philadelphia. The land was charged to congress making this the first piece of land bought by our federal government. A fort was constructed in 1777 to prevent the British Navy from entering Philadelphia.

For more history of my town http://www.paulsboronj.org/

Home away from Home

I have been on vacation for the last week playing in the woods. This is my "home away from home". Long ago we roughed it by sleeping in a tent, but the older we get the harder it is to sleep on the ground let alone trying to move the next day. The best part of camping is sitting around the fire, listening to music and the wild life around us. The chill is in the air. Fall is just around the corner and it is my favorite time of year.

Mystery Flower

This pretty pink flower sits on my

front steps. I aquired it when grammy

moved in with us a year ago. I do not

know what kind it is and she can't remember.

Anyway, can anyone solve my mystery.

I thought I had killed it, like most of my flowers.

But just recently after all summer it started

to bloom. (I like to garden but I don't have much of a green thumb) The flower does not actually have stems, it is all vines. Any guesses?

Friendship of Gold

I consider myself blessed to have such a wonderful friend. We have laughed and cried together. We have supported and celebrated each other. Our friendship has survived life's trials and the test of time.

My mom told me early in life that friends would come and go. But to find one true friend would be like gold.

As the poem states....Make new friends, but keep the old. Some are silver, the other ones gold.

To My Friend of Gold, Penny. I love you and thank you for just being you.

Busy Bee

The top picture was one of my first photos taken with my digital camera while trying to figure it out. Which by the way, was an anniversary present from my husband right before my Alaska trip last summer to see Jamie. Since I am new at this I wanted to try my hand at munipulating pictures.

The Wanderer

This little guy was found by my husband in the street, out in front of our house. He is an Eastern Box Turtle. Maybe he should be called "Lucky" because he is not the type of the creature to be found in my neighborhood, especially alive and not as road pizza. He was a pretty cool subject. He really didn't know what to make of me snapping picutures at him, but he did pose for this one. Then he high tailed it away from me. I am not sure if he found his way home, I sure hope so.

Guiding Light

Build in 1800, this lighthouse sits along the New Jersey side of the Delaware River. Most people would say that no two lighthouses are alike, but this one has a twin. The Tinicum Rear Range lighthouse has a shining red beacon, which I can see from my back door. The other is Tinicum Front Range lighthouse which sits just down river on the Pennsylvania side. Interesting thing is they were built way before the river was consumed with oil refineries. When people first see it they think it is an old oil drill of some kind. Little do they know.