Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Saturday, November 13, 2010

A Beautiful Day to Fly

Clear skies, great visibility, no real wind to speak of, temps in the upper fifties. It couldn't have been much nicer for a day in November.

Some of the small valleys and hollows were misty, though. At first, I thought it was too warm and dry for ground fog. Then I realized what it was: The smoke from burning leaves. I didn't know that people still did that.


The line of trees in this photo that looks as though a scalpel was drawn down the line are the trees lining an old railroad right-of-way. It was once an alternate route for the 20th Century Limited. Much hay and produce for New York City traveled down that railroad.


The tracks were probably pulled up sometime after the Second World War.

Contour plowing:


This appears to be a private boarding school. It is of the kind that a kid might regard as "some goddamn hellhole at the corner of No and Where."


It's probably a very good school, for all I know. But it still might as well be on Mars as far as the kids are concerned.

Finally, a short-wing Piper at the end of its flying day:

2 comments:

lisahgolden said...

Cool pix! I love the one that shows the contour plowing.

Nangleator said...

Fantastic stuff. It was so fun looking down at the world and trying to figure out what stuff was.