Friday, August 19, 2011

tall corn







Monterey corn has outgrown the Broadway musical's line: the corn is as high as an elephants's eye. An elephant stands 10-13 feet at the shoulders. Its eye is positioned below the shoulder top. Here's a stalk of corn. It measures 153 inches, 12.75 feet, as long as a Mazda Protege

Thursday, August 4, 2011

road maintenance













The township did a chip and tar on our road. Once the surface was brushed, the tar sprayer came, followed by the chip spreader and the roller. We were free to drive on it.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

corn is high




It rained and the corn jumped up, as locals say. Pipeline workers entered the fields of 11-foot stalks to do maintenance on the station behind our house.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Pittsburgh-2
















An owner of a sub shop renamed his sandwiches on Menno themes. Most buses were lavishly painted with ads.