Way Down South. Just Not in New Orleans.
While half the world population seems to be in New Orleans today and football fans are making bets (San Francisco by 3 in the 4th quarter, no OT), we’re home under a new blanket of snow. Less than 2″ but the Town plow boys must be in need of overtime because they loudly scraped by at least twice overnight, if not more. I was sure I was going to wake to a foot of snow, given their frenzy. I laughed when I saw how little, then I cried at realizing my taxes paid for that! Sigh.
Two regular readers, Little Rock and EarthImage are lucky enough to be in the sunny south and sent some dandy photos for my Super Bowl Sunday Super EOS- Weekend, Round Two.
First up, from Regular Little Rock Reader, real estate humor with a capital R for gotta love Arkansas Rednecks!
One photo, Two paragraphs
Have I got a property for you!
Click photo to enlarge and see all the “amenities”!
Outdoorsman’s paradise! Enjoy 360-degree views and savor every breeze at this rustic retreat. Amenities include a/c compressor, dish TV, laundry facilities, hot tub, extra towel, and much more. Wooded acreage ensures that toilet will not be needed and meth lab will not be discovered. Country living at its finest!
P.S. The joke’s on us; this lovely scene is about a tenth of a mile from our weekend house. (Fortunately, we don’t have to look at it.) The people just up and moved their trailer, and left all these goodies behind. Rural life should not be romanticized!
And from Florida, EarthImage sends this:
We took an afternoon excursion to the old fort guarding the access to Tampa Bay.
In 1849, Brevet Col. Robert E. Lee (the famous American Civil War commander) and three other US Army Engineers surveyed the area and recommended Mullet and Egmont Keys become fortified. Both keys could only be reached by boat, since they were islands off the mainland. Union troops were stationed on the two keys during the Civil War (1861–1865) to aid in the Union blockade of Tampa Bay.
The invasion of Cuba in the Spanish-American war was launched from Tampa, which is just 330 miles due north from Havana.
As a defensive measure to protect Tampa from naval reprisals, these 6″ rapid-fire rifle guns (20 ft long) were purchased from the British in 1898.
Likewise, in preparation for the first world war, four revolving 12″ mortars were set in place, but never fired at an enemy.
Today the entrance to Tampa Bay is crossed by the cable stayed Sunshine Skyway Bridge.
RLRR: Place looks darn tootin’ fine to me – looks like I can drive up my trailer and move on up to the east side.
Home Sweet Home. Have I got property photo resembles some of the backwood areas of North Idaho. Usually not places a person is comfortable visiting.
Our area has had several days without snow. Yipee! Luckily they keep the dirt road in front of my place well plowed and sanded. A neighbor keeps my driveway plowed.
Mrs. IDAHO. Do you know that when I saw these photos, I thought of your husband! Honestly. I know he would have LOVED this good stuff and would have thought the person who left it all behind crazy! Mr. EOS was doing his own salivating too, calculating how long it would take him to drive down there to get a few of those handy-dandy items! Great men think alike!!
PS: Please tell your daughter how much I LOVED the photos from Indonesia she emailed me. I would love it if she would post a few here one Friday. She’s an extraordinary photographer.
Phooey on your prediction. Ravens by 14.
EOS, I’m glad my daughter emailed you her Indonesia pictures. It took them some time to decide which ones to post. I’ll pass your message on.
Two wonderful submissions from your faithful. LOL at the Arkansas redneck.
EI: always great Florida photos. The bridge is a beauty. Thanks.
Go Ravens!
I love palm trees (especially coconut palms). I think they may well be the earth’s most common tree in the temperate zones between the two tropics.
About ten years ago, the media organ of the church of global warming published a story about how in twenty to fifty years we would have palm trees in Connecticut. Yeah, RIGHT! Apparently Al Gore now blames talk radio and Fox News for the failure of his predictions to come true. Oh, yeah, he also said that Obama is a post turtle.
Thank you, EOS readers, for letting me know you enjoyed my submission! I may have less time to follow this blog in the near future, because my new career writing real estate advertising blather is poised for takeoff. If you have a marginal property that you’d like to completely misrepresent, please get in touch :<)
LA: I hate to disagree with you but there ARE palm trees here. Take a look at the photo Mr. EOS shot last night as we lounged around our new pool. Right in Bedford. Honest!