joannerenae

Friday, June 12, 2009

14 Hours Without Power

At about noon on Tuesday 6/9/09 my power went out and stayed out until about 2am. We found out during the day of the outage it was due to a broken power pole on Third East. Of course I had to get pictures of it.

Here is a bit of the broken pole still connected to the power wires just dangling after they cut the rest away.

Power guys working on the pole.

Here is the pile of the power pole pieces after they took it down.

This was taken at about 5pm. The pieces of the power pole are still smoldering. I guess it was on fire at one point.

You can see that piece of the old power pole hanging in midair still connected to the power wires while the power guys are getting the new power pole ready to accept the power wires.

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Sometimes when we take a walk, we go down to state street then through the bowling alley parking lot to second east and back home. It is a nice short walk that clears the cobwebs out of the brain. Here are some interesting pictures of things we see on this walk.

One cool thing about this walk is to walk under the big bowling pin sign. You dont realize how big that thing is until you are right under it. Here is a video that will give you an idea.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

5/17/09 Brads B-day Dinner

My Dad, the BBQ chef!

Sorry you CANT see my sister, Bonnie's face very well in this picture, but she is beautiful!

My niece Ellie and my sister Jennifer enjoying some yummy birthday cake.

Ellie is an adorable character.

My niece Teresa and her friend Scott are adorable characters too.

Wyatt, my nephew is such a cute and sweet little guy!

My neices, Reanna and Ellie. Both are so sweet.

My neice, Allison is so full of energy and what a crafty little cutie pie.

My Dad and my step mom, Mike & Cris, they are wonderful and generous people, I love them.

We cant forget my sister in law, Susan, what a fabulous person. Pictured here with Scott, otherwise known as Fluffy.

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Caught In the Act...

This is video of the robin caught in the act. He pecks at the mirror on both sides of the car and leaves his little gifts as he goes.

Friday, May 15, 2009

Karens Graduation Gift from a robin...

While Karen has been in Mexico she left her car at my house in the driveway, but my little birdie friends either like it and are leaving "gifts" on the car or they dont like it and are trying to destroy it with poop.

The following pictures and videos show what is going on.

By Friday, the Robin had made a huge mess on Karens car. Now it sure doesnt seem like a "gift" anymore.

I was able to get video of the robin pecking at the mirror, but I was not able to get it uploaded to the blog. So check back and I should have it uploaded in the next couple of days.