World War Two Veterans in the Fourth of July Parade

Poorly compositioned yet submitted with great pride to Moody Monday: Proud 

Your Healthcare Providers Will See You Now

The Good
The...uh....
These are some folks from my afterschool/summer gig at the Hospital. Tom here used to be a peer before he took over upper management but years before that he USED to be a carnie!

Rainstump

Not quite a BOW let alone a double bow like Svetlana Anything-jkirlin-can-do I-can-do-better Tazhetdinova's. Can my photos of Unicorns and Flying Ponies be far behind? I think you know the answer.

As an aside, does anyone know how long a microwave is supposed to last? I bought mine in 1991 for 80 bucks and now it seems to be on the fritz. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

Oh, one more thing. That Pot of Gold? I think it's the WalMart in Brewer. When I go to get that new microwave I'll try to get a shot from the bottom! Looking UP. Svetlana I-got-the-coolest-sounding-name-EVER Tazhetdinova doesn't have one of THOSE I bet.

'Sgonnabe cool.

Here Is Another Example

I was at the fair for 14 days taking photos like a machine gunner. ("Shoot em all, Let God sort em out.") meanwhile Gentle Viewer and Legion of Doomer S. Patrick Kaine with the skill of a highly trained sharpshooter sniped this image of his wife and daughter at the crest of a very sweet retro wheel. Another lesson learned.

Lindy - A Crossover Hit

See? This is EXACTLY what I'm talking about.

This is Lindy. She's a spot working carnie which means she's a local who works for the show while it's here. She may just think she's a spot worker but *I* think she's a carnie in the finest sense of the word. When I first started taking photos down there she was one of the first to YELL at me to take more photos. As a result, she's one of the most photographed.

She contacted me by email a week or so ago remining me that I said I'd show her all the images. Maybe 60 or 70 of them from this and the past couple of seasons. Which brings us to this photo.

There are, in the carnival business, websites which are focused on and for the industry. Matt's Carnival Warehouse is one. Carny Town is another. The "Trades" as it were. Well, the guy from Carny Town keeps finding my images when I post them to flickr or The Carnies or here. And he recently saw the images of Lindy. And posted this one as you can see HERE. And he gave me another VERY kind plug.

And underneath it, he wrote "Check out the joy of being a Carny!"

Check it out, indeed. I had never really paid much attention this this shot because it's BURIED in 70 other images of Lindy and 5450 other images of the show that year.

So thanks to Carny Town for the plugs and showing me my own photo so I can appreciate it properly.

Bangor Waterworks North Gate

Submitted to Tuesdays Photos: Favorite and chosen by Gentle Viewer torekimi because I couldn't decide. All of my photos are my favorites. You people with children must understand.

Smile, Fool.

This cloying inspirational message brought to you by the Constantly-Camera-Wielding Monkeys here at ...

The Thing of the Moment.

Some Pig

I just couldn't help myself. I'm sorry. 

Ya Gotta Admire His Spunk

If not his intelligence. 

Ever Since Mira was a Little Calf

She's wanted to run away with the carnival.

Check out The Carnies if you, too, have wanted to run away with the carnival since you were a little calf.

I KNOW you have. And so do you. You're welcome. 

Mars Hill Wind Farm

jmkirlin, my Dad and enthusiastic GE Wind Turbine supporter used to show scale of these 115 foot long blades
See complete story in the comments section.

You can see a very nice .pdf file about them here.