About this blog title

I cannot tell you how many times I have shown up at events with a couple of cameras around my neck, a gadget bag full of odds & ends and a lighting kit and have been asked that question. If it happened once every few years, that would be one thing. But it happens a LOT. It's like getting pulled over by the police and he's standing there with uniform, gun, flashing lights and asking him "Are you a cop?" I would love to come back with a witty reply, such as "No, I am Jesus. Don't you recognize my beard?" However, I cannot be that rude.


Showing posts with label roof view. Show all posts
Showing posts with label roof view. Show all posts

Monday, February 2, 2026

Moon Rise, View From Roof, Ice Dam

Sunday February 1, 2026 

Moon rising behind a house on Washington St., Chaumont, NY  photo copyright Gary Walts 
 

Moon rises at 5:40 behind a house a few doors down from me on Washington St., Chaumont, NY. Dave S. called me and said there was a nice moon rising, I should check it out. So I did. This was after a pleasant day of sunshine that found me shoveling snow and carefully chopping away at an ice dam tht formed on an almost flat section of our roof. It's a metal roof and very slippery. Beneath the heavy snow there was water, perfectly liquidy. It dawned upon me that I should have removed this snow a couple of times during the days it was accumulating. I snapped a view of a neighbors yard while I was up there. 

Today, Feb 2nd, awoke to see the temperature went to 13 below zero overnight. 

My neighbors yard as seen from my roof.

I think the high temp yesterday was 9 degrees. iPhone claims I walked 5,883 steps yesterday. today at 2:40 afternoon phone shows Ive taken 2,230 steps.