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The challenge beginning September 24, 2010 is:

“Delivery Man or Woman”
suggested by:   PhotoGraphics

 

I was impressed with what I learned in a previous challenge about rubber and how many products are made from it.  I am equally impressed with delivery capabilities all over the world and what they do for the economy besides the fact timely delivery of goods makes for happy receivers.  So a few photos not necessarily of the people who make a delivery but of how they go about it and some of the companies involved. 

Photos

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As you look at the above photo and recall what is usually sitting inside, you know how important the delivery being made in these busses are.  We are always in hopes the driver is well trained and competent as well as concerned about the safe delivery of all contents.

 

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This is the truck that comes to my door often as well as millions of others.  UPS is worldwide and takes its responsibilities very seriously.  UPS, FedX and the Postal Service plus small delivery operations deliver packages to homes, companies, medical facilities including hospitals so their jobs are important.

 

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The ice cream man loves to stop on your street making deliveries of cold goodies in the summer.  Kids love him and parents have mixed emotions.

 

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The Emergency Squad runs operations all over the USA in large and small cities.  Many who work in these capacities are volunteer and their cargo runs from expectant mothers to medical emergencies from falls to heart attack and more.  We all hope his deliveries are timely and safe.  To help him in the safety department, he has the plus factor of flashing lights and sirens.

 

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This is a load of fresh tomatoes.  I was really surprised at seeing it and have to wonder how many tomatoes are flattened under the load.  None the less, truckers deliver and pick up all sorts of cargo and are responsible for the safe delivery of billions of tons of food stuffs right off the farm as well as from the canneries to the doors of the grocer in your city and mine.

 

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Greyhound, the poor man’s way to travel the country but some say it is the only way to travel.  The cargo is always precious as the insides of the bus is filled with people of all ages who may be going one stop down the road or all around the country in a pace that allows them to see the sights.

 

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If you are stuck in a traffic jam, you get a good view of how many and varied are the cars, trucks, busses that have deliveries to make.  Some of the small vehicles deliver to private homes but the biggies are headed to factories and warehouses, other shipping yards, and even government facilities.

 

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A smaller plane whose pilot has to log many hours before he is considered for the job of piloting the plane and taking on the responsibilities of the deliveries he makes at every airport around the world..  A job many may covet and that I would never want. 

 

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There was a time the train carried most of the goods across our country.  Many of its responsibilities were lost with the building of roads and manufacture of trucks.  I love trains and would love to see them come back to their former greatness, making deliveries like they used to from city to city and state to state filled with people, cattle and other foodstuffs, new cars and anything else that has a destination.  All of the above play a part in the delivery of important items and are seen in your cities as well as mine.  Nothing we use or see made it to us for use without being delivered at some point in time to ??? and in fact some items are passed from one delivery type to another before it ever makes it to the user.  It’s amazing to think about.

Have a super week and thanks for visits and comments. 

 

 

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The challenge beginning September 17, 2010 is:

“My Street”
suggested by:   WhatAWonderfulNewWorld

 

I grew up in a small town and lived on a non descript little street.  After getting married, my husband and I bought a little house on another small street in another small town not so far from where I grew up.  There is nothing fancy or exceptional here, just small, one floor plan, brick homes with hard working families raising children.  We are about 15 miles from the center of Cincinnati proper, and within walking distance for groceries, the library, the post office, the dentist, a fair amout of fast food places, auto repair and gasoline and very close to some recreational parks for fishing, picnics, and people watching.  I would call our location central to anything needed for daily living. 

PHOTOS

1-  We decided on our house not because of the McDonalds at the entrance to the street but

 

2-  because of the school situated within a stone’s throw to our house.  We liked the fact our kids could walk and be there within a few minutes.

 

3-  Our street has maybe 20 houses with McD bordering the street on its right at street entrance.  In this photo, McD’s is just behind its entrance drive peeking out from the left front of the photo and right beside the schools bus exit with the school situated on the grounds just at the left of the McD’s lot.

 

4-  This view is the dead end where our house sits and you can see the distance and length of the street if you see the red and gold roof of McD’s clear at the end on the left.  That pretty much indicates how big the street is.

 

5-  The homes are pretty much alike with color and plantings setting them off and of course numbers so visitors can find you when coming to visit.  In the fall, if the colors are nice, there are trees on the street that draw out the cameras and this home and trees are nearly in the McDonald lot as they sit next to it.

 

6-  In the spring, this Flowering Crabtree sets off another home that without it and some flower beds there would be nothing to distinguish it as anything special.  It’s good to have beautiful trees and flowers on little streets that have no other distinguishing features.

 

7-  There are children who come and go with sales of the houses which happens fairly often. 

 

8-  This little Dogwood tree is in my yard and blooms beautifully in April of each year.  As it planted itself perfectly, I have watched it grow from a seedling to a tree filled with beautiful blooms each year.  It along with a few other plants makes our home more homey and a desirable spot for us to spend time.

I know there are more exciting spots in the world but it’s all relative to each of our own needs and though this street, this house / home isn’t exactly what I would have considered perfect, overall its been a good spot for the past forty years. 

 

 

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The challenge beginning September 10, 2010 is:

“the Marketplace”
suggested by:   Cybernene

 

We love markets and marketing.  We used to sell at markets a lot. The sad thing, you finally get worn down with the work so you give in and do your marketing elsewhere in bits and pieces. 

So, a few of my photos.

 

1-  We loved selling at markets, it felt as if you lived at a carnival it was really fun.  The market in this photo is Friendship, Indiana.  We took part every season for quite a few years.  It was loads of work but entertaining work.

 

 

  

2-   When you give up selling at markets you have lived at off and on for extended periods of time, you re-discover many of your purchases have to be made at individual stores.  Shopping this way is still marketing but not nearly as amusing.  You visit clothes stores for clothes,

 

 

3-  the garden shops for plants etc.

 

 

4-  lumber gets loaded up from the lumber yard

 

 

5-   Pumpkins come from the grower or a festival you wish you were set up at

 

6-   lawn chairs come from the hardware store

 

7-   and when your day of shopping is done with, you wonder just how all of your purchases will fit in the car.  No difference really, it just takes mapping out your day of drive by marketing.

To those of you fortunate enough to have really good markets to shop in, have fun, enjoy, I’ll be always thinking of how much fun I had in the past.

Thanks for your visits and comments.

 

 

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The challenge beginning September 03, 2010 is:

“Anything made of Rubber”
suggested by me:   Styx_Site

 

This was an interesting challenge.  I don’t often think about what many things are made of.  Here are a couple of links for rubber information I found interesting:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_rubber and http://www.iisrp.com/synthetic-rubber.html.  The second link has links on the right side of the page for more info.

 

Some Photos

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With the number of cars here in the states running on every highway it’s good to know rubber is a pretty dependable product.

 

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From bicycles to wheelbarrows to baby buggys, tires are made of rubber.  From the narrow bicycle wheel to

 

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the small wheels on small tractors

 

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to the standard size wheels on cars (all dependent on the size of the car)

 

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To the giant tires on giant machinery, rubber is the product of choice to make tires/tyres.  Rubber is in myriad products we use every day and I had no idea how much until I read the info on the links I put in above.  Take a minute to follow the links for reading and see for yourself.

 

Have a great week and Thanks for any visits or comments.  They are appreciated.

 

 

  

 

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The challenge beginning August 27, 2010 is:

“Keepsakes”
suggested by me:   PhotoGraphics

 

I’ve had a terrible time with my own challenge.  I want to like my own entries.  This particular challenge was meant to be meaningful for anyone playing.  I fixed more than a few photos I thought I would use but they turned me cold when I looked them over.

Keepsake, the definition includes:  emblem, favor, memento, memorial, relic, remembrance, reminder, souvenir, symbol, token.  What I had in mind originally was keepsake/memento/memorabilia.  And, I do have a ton of stuff, old, new, inherited that fit the definition.  I decided I would display images that might strike a cord with anyone looking at my entry, things everyone might be familiar with having seen similar in their past, maybe even making a collection of their own such as prized jewelry, toys or dolls from childhood, a book with stories your mom read to you as a child.  There really are so many things a keepsake can be.  Another but, as I said I was left cold and scraped my work into an extra images folder and started over.  So, the long delay for my entry even though I’ve been sitting here trying to work it out since the day it began. 

Anyway, I finally came to the conclusion that photos of friends and family are my very favorite keepsakes reminding me once again to be upset because I have lost many of my digital photos that are indelibly traced on my brain.  Their loss is monumental.  So, I will give keepsake another definition:  mementos, items so valued their loss causes near physical pain. 

 

My photos, I have used all of these before.

 

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We all have grandchildren.  They grow up and move away.  Their loss is nearly devastating when you dwell on it.  This is my one and only grandchild in an apple tree at my sister’s home.  She was nearing 11 years of age in this photo.

 

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My grandchild in many stages of growing up and my daughter also in the collage’.  All of my family except for my husband are miles away.  Halie, Eden and Mitch are 600 plus miles away.  Others are not so far (100 miles) and others as far as 3000.  Some friends are even farther away.  The internet is a plus for keeping in touch even if it is a far down the line help.

 

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Tim is one of my most recent good friends, a relationship of 5 years now.  He lives in the UK so I know him through chat and photos he takes and sends.

 

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This photo is filled with people who mean a lot to me, most are family but some are Xanga friends I have been fortunate to meet.

 

Going through my photos to make decisions for this challenge refreshed many memories.  It has been a reminder that things are just things but family and friends and the time we have to spend with them are what the best of keepsakes are made up of.  Photos are the next best thing to the people as all the good times come flooding back as memories/keepsakes.

Thanks for your visits and comments.  They are appreciated.
aka Becca