5 acres. Somewhere on the other side of that road is where George Washington stood to plan the Battle of Stony Point. There is one of those "historical site" markers there. It's weird to stand where George Washington once did.

Yeah, we've got it pretty tough here too. (sarcasm)
My girlfriend and I just sold our house in Boston for a grotesque profit. We quit our jobs and moved to Cape Cod.
We now spend our days going to the beach and laying in the hammock. It'll end eventually, but for now were taking the time while we've got it.

Heres a pretty nice sunset over Cape Cod bay a couple of weeks ago. I was testing out my new Nikon Coolpix 4500.
Nifty!

Whoops... I f'd up the attachment.
Heres the pic...

So yesterday, I look out the window and there was a huge fire. Flames 700 feet high, and smoke like crazy. Look at the picture and compare to the previous shot. Ouch!


I should point out that this was a clear sunny day. . . .

Woah, that's crazy! I like how the reporter on that story kept talking like the building was going to open on time. She was like "the building is opeining in a few months..." Um, it sure don't look like it.

I live in Arizona and take a bunch of pics from my rooftop of the sunsets. As far as I can tell, they are the best in the world. This pic (and the other four I happen to have on this machine) are all two years old. Let me know if anybody is interested in seeing the other 4.

This is from my last camping trip to Lake Powell. I really need to re-scan it because our scanner had all sorts of fingerprints and smudges on it. This is one of a series of about 10 photos.

Tony, here in America we spell stars such as Jupiter and Venus with the letters p-l-a-n-e-t.


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I live in Arizona [...] the best in the world.

Do the skies have little fluffy clouds in them?

Peter

I think you're right I had relatives who lived in Tuscon, and every night we'd just go out and watch the sunsets. Beautiful.

Clouds aren't all you need. The sunsets around here aint all that pretty. It also helps if you can see as much horizon as you can

If there are enough clouds to notice them, there are usually a bunch, like around monsoon season

I drove by the ruins the other day. There used to be several floors, and all the upper levels are *melted* down onto the first level (still standing). What is amazing, is that the star attraction around here, the Winchester Mystery House, was literally across the street from the blaze and made entirely out of wood. As luck had it, the wind blew the embers the opposite direction and caught several apartment buildings and houses on fire (burning them straight to the ground). The embers were are big as my arm and red hot and flaming as seen on the news, probably quite a sight to see the sky rain fire -- and I witnessed two different neighborhoods catch on fire (caught on my camera ;-). Cars parked across from the mess were exploding from the heat...

Calvin

That looks like a UFO landing

Calvin

Oh wow! I've heard of that place! I've also wanted to visit it before. Sounds really bizarre.

It just so happens I was just by that place on my road trip. I went from San Diego to Vancouver, BC and back. Went up the 101 and the 1 the whole way, then came down the 5.

The empeg worked beautifully...

I'll post more pics later, but here's a few pics for those interested in what the house looks like.

Another...

and one more

Did you take the special hardhat "behind the scenes" tour where they take you into the basement? :-D~ !

Calvin

Nah, we just did the main tour. I think it was the last one of the day we could take. We got in there around 5pm, I think, and still had to get to Mountain View to have dinner with a friend of mine.

I have to admit, it wasn't as exciting as I hoped. Some of it was a little strange, but I thought it would be a little bit more grandiose. I guess I was spoiled after having just seen Hearst Castle the day before.

Still, that last picture you linked is really pretty. I didn't know the house was attractive as well. Everything I read about it made it seem like this huge, creepy mansion built by an insane millionare

It's actually a very beautiful house. After Sarah Winchester died her heirs stripped the place of its furniture and sold it for very little money. As a result, much of the place is bare, but even so, there's really quite a lot of detail there. The behind the scenes tour is pretty cool :-D. The standard tour takes you on a 1 mile loop through the mansion, and avoids many of the places that have not been sanitized for public consumption.

Calvin

Calvin

Yes, it's really a nice house. Like he said, they sold off all the original furniture. However, they have actually refurnished it with pieces from the era when the house was built. I think all the pieces have been donated. So, it's quite nice.

They also have a room full of all the stained glass windows that never got used. I think they were all made by Tiffany's for like $2000-3000 a piece (which was a LOT back then).

I've attached a picture of the front doors, which were only used twice...once by the contractor who put them in, and once by Mrs. Winchester.

The behind the scenes tour is pretty cool

Every time there is a Friday the 13th, they will do a nighttime tour
by flashlight. I did that. It was fun. And they let you keep the flashlight.

I think they might also do this on Halloween, but of course, it can be a bit
crowded that night.

I'll have to check into this "Winchester: Behind the Music" thing you are
talking about and see if that is interesting (sounds like it would be).

Mmmm - I sooo miss my student days
The Orb were a great influence.

Here's my pic from last night... it was a beautiful sight to say the least!



(Pic shot with a Canon S330 Digital Elph with shutter open for 15 seconds)

Cool!

Good to know that my Canon will be able to capture auroras if they ever come this far south again (they did, once, about a year and a half ago). Gotta have it held pretty still, though....

Wow. That is one thing I miss about living up north (spent 3 years in Anchorage and 9 in Minot, ND). Watching the northern lights was just awe inspiring. I personally don't have any pics from that era, but I'll have to ask my parental units if they do...

Holy nastalgia batman!

A tripod works wonders!

It was quite a beautiful sight... outside with a fire burning and having a few beers. Made the night!

Yep. Speaking of which, the next friday the 13th is coming up, this friday.

Calvin

Is that when the new Freddy/Jason movie is coming out?

Um, no.

it's set for next summer or fall.