Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day for November 19, 2014

Watching more snow falling outside has me wishing for warmer days and watching something else fall, like water falling over a cliff. Even during a dry fall, the Upper Falls on the Baptism River is quite impressive and you can see the rock bed behind the water which is impossible in the springtime when a thick wall of water rushes over the edge covering the full river bed channel. Sure would be nice to sit on a rock on a sunny day listening to the falling water dropping sixty feet, enjoying the scenery and watching the white foam forming at the base of the waterfall rather than seeing white snow blowing by.

Falling Water

Falling Water

Picture of the Day for November 17, 2014

You might want to close the window if you were driving this old vehicle today, otherwise you could get a wee bit chilly with below zero wind chills and blowing snow.  The back end seems like it might be a little low to the ground to get over the snow drifts but I imagine, what appears to be a 1951 Ford Panel van, was quite the vehicle its glory days.

Old Ford Van

Old Ford Panel Van

Picture of the Day for November 11, 2014

Today in the United States, Veterans Day is celebrated to honor all those who have served in the Armed Forces.  The origins of the holiday dates back to Armistice Day, when President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 proclaimed November 11 as a remembrance of the armistice calling for a ceasefire for World War I the year before.

Since the ‘war to end all wars’ didn’t end all war, President Eisenhower signed a bill into law in 1954 to change the name from Armistice Day to Veterans Day to honor all the veterans, not just from WWI. And while Memorial Day celebrates men and women who died while serving, Veterans Day celebrates the service of all military veterans.

But for me on this Veterans Day, a special remembrance to all the veterans who did not died in service but who are no longer with us and whose family have heard the playing of taps for their loved one this past year.

Veterans Day

Veterans Day