Tell us about the place you live

[Suze]

Well Ray I am stuck here in the "heart of it all" (tourist slogan) that is Ohio

Johanna and I live about 5 miles apart in tiny little towns of under 3000 people - German heritage, baby. There were several towns that all settled about 1833 from about the same area of Germany.

a few miles down the road is the birth town of Neil Armstrong (and a museum)

life is slow around here - Get married (optional first step) raise babies - work hard - play loose. NEVER question the fans of the high school "whatever" team.

your "little place of 10,000 people" isn't so little to me.

add me to the list of come visit and you will have a room. (Don't stay with Johanna -- her house is "infested" with kids and dogs and cats and a husband) I just have cats......

(I'm still wondering if going to Pennsic War is a smart idea - 10,000 people camping in about 200 acres of land.....But the classes - 972 at last count - how am I going to choose which ones to take????? -- look up www.pennsicwar.org for a sample)

[TomSwede]

Just a few snaps from what I call home in a nature aspect, be glad I didn't dive into my abstract photos;-)

Tom

Edited June 26, 2009 by TomSwede

[Schno]

Wow, Tom! Those are some great shots. Although, any pastime that includes sitting in camping chairs in the middle of a blizzard I have to reject on grounds of insanity.

For my part, I'm in the middle of The Valley in Los Angeles. (Like, totally fer sure.) It's a sprawl of strip malls and corner carnicerias, massage parlors and newstands, Foster's Tasty Freeze and all night bowling alleys, the 101 and the 405 and the 170 and the 118 and 210 all buzzing and roaring and swoooooooshing as cars go by twenty-four seven on their way to God knows where to do God knows what with God knows who, burger stands and fried chicken and taco bells and bbq and pizza and beer and 7-11 on every corner (sometimes twice), and overpriced gas stations and body shops and EZ money discount auto trade in - family owned and operated since 1974, airports and carports and bustops and helipads, strip clubs and doughnut shops where cop cars stand an all night vigil, parks and recreation, miniature golf and ski-ball arcades, bums, pimps, gangstas, cops, and me. And a Tandy Leather on Sherman Oaks by Sepulveda, just a mile or so away. It ain't heaven, but I like it well enough.

[TomSwede]

Wow, Tom! Those are some great shots. Although, any pastime that includes sitting in camping chairs in the middle of a blizzard I have to reject on grounds of insanity.

For my part, I'm in the middle of The Valley in Los Angeles. (Like, totally fer sure.) It's a sprawl of strip malls and corner carnicerias, massage parlors and newstands, Foster's Tasty Freeze and all night bowling alleys, the 101 and the 405 and the 170 and the 118 and 210 all buzzing and roaring and swoooooooshing as cars go by twenty-four seven on their way to God knows where to do God knows what with God knows who, burger stands and fried chicken and taco bells and bbq and pizza and beer and 7-11 on every corner (sometimes twice), and overpriced gas stations and body shops and EZ money discount auto trade in - family owned and operated since 1974, airports and carports and bustops and helipads, strip clubs and doughnut shops where cop cars stand an all night vigil, parks and recreation, miniature golf and ski-ball arcades, bums, pimps, gangstas, cops, and me. And a Tandy Leather on Sherman Oaks by Sepulveda, just a mile or so away. It ain't heaven, but I like it well enough.

Aww Schno, you allready know the key to endure this....whisky!!!

Thanks man!!

Anywho, I just popped into this thread to display with pics again. Just took theese on my son. 5 images grabbed over one second. Clock is half past eleven in the evening and it's still bright enough for me to do whatever I like with the camera in regards of shutter speeds and aperture. Shutter speed 1/30s F4 ISO400 and handheld camera here.

Happy son but soon he'll be happier, I'm gonna treat him with that smoked reindeer heart we bought today. Reindeers are further north than I am so it's not every day we eat it. HE loves odditys in food so very excited about it!!!

Tom

[jana]

I have lived in 7 different states and can tell you about California sunsets off the beach and the Colorado aspens turning gold after the first frost. There is the bustle of business in the Pike Place Market of Seattle during the summer and the Bravo of Texans year round. The history and laid back atmosphere of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the amazing site of seeing the Mississippi River flow past you. Now I find myself in the high desert of Southern Arizona and watch sunsets with colors that pictures don't do justice. Tombstone is 20 minutes away, the City of Bisbee shows off its 1800's heritage and then there is Ft. Huachuca (waa-chew-ka), home of the Buffalo Soldiers.

[Johanna]

ryano- we're almost neighbors. I live near St Marys.

My village has 900 people in it. We have two churches, a Post Office, bank, market, pizza place and a gun store. I have been researching the Miami Erie Canal and Susie's town with my mother, and we have written a couple of books about New Bremen. The Interstate, trains and canal all missed my village.

Here are pics I have taken from all over- but a lot of the ME Canal series is in there. I have lived in Ohio, PA (south of Pgh.), NH (near Lake Winnipesaukee), MA, NY (NYC), Charleston, SC, Norfolk,VA, MD, Macon, GA and back to Ohio. I like West Virginia, too- and I would love to live there, somewhere near the New River by Beckley, if I could. I also would go back to New England or Charleston, SC to live. I'm done with city life, though- and I know Wade would hate it. Good topic!

Johanna

[Suze]

not to mention that Johanna told all of us that she was never moving again

If she wants to live somewhere else they are going to have to move the house with her.....

HI CUZ!

[TTcustom]

I have lived a few places but I am a native Arizonan. I lived in Rome, NY for a year and a half. The Hudson River valley is beautiful and visiting NYC was a highlight. For three years I lived near Munich Germany in a smallish farming community. The view of the far off Alps and the wonderful warm people make this a fond spot in my heart. Check out the hops fields when you visit and have an Erdinger Weissbeir, The BEST weiss in the world!

I am back in my homeland and it is familiar and...well home. The traces of the old Butterfield stage line run through the desert not too far away and in a short drive I can be in the mess that is the metropolis of Phoenix. We do have four seasons here too but you have to drive to see them! seriously the seasons here are hot, not so hot, warm and oh my god it is 122~!

Ray if you are ever in the area feel free to say howdy and there is beverages, conversation and a place with us.

Edited August 24, 2009 by TTcustom

[hiloboy]

well i live in a small town on the island of Hawaii. i live about 15 miles from the volcano. we have rain forests,and deserts,we also have two mountains one is the longest in the world and the other is the tallest mountain below sea level.in our winter months they have snow on them.so you can go snow skiing. and then go to the beach for a swim in less than a hour..

Edited September 6, 2009 by hiloboy

[somewhereinusa]

Home is where my wife is. She is in NE Indiana 4 miles from a stop sign that when two people show up at the same time, that's a traffic jam. I live in a truck, cross country driver. I only get home four to six days a month(not all at once) I have lived in three corners of the US. Key West,FL, Imperial Beach,CA and Bremerton,WA

If you want to see pics out the "office" window they can be seen here.

Traveling with Kate and Molly

Ray they aren't hunting dogs, but I trained these for a living for 10 years,but in your part of the world I'm sure they are quite common.

Another web site with lots of dog pictures.

Edited September 6, 2009 by somewhereinusa