day away at North East, Maryland

That's the name of the town; it's 42 miles away from Monterey, on the Chesapeake Bay. Go another 9 miles and enter Elk Neck State Park and walk a mile to the preserved lighthouse, which was last used in 1948, when the woman (see life-sized photo cut-out at door) retired. Step inside and look up at all 31 steps. Then climb an 8-step ladder and squeeze through the hatch to the look-out. We both made it to the top and down again. Cecil County bird club had a watch point along the trail where we sighted several eagles and ospreys. That was our Sunday sabbath.

more buggy wreck

In these four photos, the last taken at 8:24, we see the horse back on the road and the buggy uprighted. After this, three men pushed the buggy across my newly plowed field to the school house lane. In less than ten minutes Eby Road was open for traffic. This is how Americans get things done.

buggy wreck

At 8:20 a.m. I heard noises right in front of the house. A front-loader driven by an Amish neighbor, interestingly, spooked a horse bringing a few children to school. I grabbed the camera and will let the pictures tell the story, from passengers escaping, to unhitching the horse.

rubber roof

During the first hurricane this summer the flat roof started to leak. We had discoloration of the dry wall and a drip. Today R&L Siding is putting on a rubber roof, the rubber being Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer, which is an elastic polymer, is often used interchangeably with the term rubber. Two-inch insulation goes beneath it. The crew is multi-cultural.