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Blimps At Rest

On a windy, cloudy, Sunday morning (2.19.2012) on my way to work, I spotted this serendipitous arraignment of birds parked at the New Smyrna Beach Airport. These two blimps are parked here as part of the hoopla associated with the Daytona 500 NASCAR Race coming this Sunday. Actually, last years race I spotted 6 of the blimps circling the racetrack, but not two parked side by side like this.

Recollections From the Montauk Manor

In 1978, my friend and brother-in-law, Kenny, and my long gone ex-girlfriend, chipped in and bought me a 35mm camera. It was a Miranda, I think a Sensorex. Anyway, I eventually destroyed that poor camera, not once, but twice! More about that another time... These two photos are of the famed Montauk Manor, out on the eastern tip of Long Island, N.Y. I took my soon to be ex-girl friend who bought me this great camera that I would destroy twice, out to see this place that I worked at to show her how magnificent it was. A little about the Montauk Manor.  Apparently, this place had quite the history. You can look it up on several sites on the net. But... Way back in the early 70's, the place was empty. It had gone through some major renovations, and it was finished in many areas, but was still unused. My dad, Ed Sr., was out of work (construction worker-crane operator) and so to make some money for a family of 9, he got a truck, some oxy-acetelene cutting torch equipment, and