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My Visit To The Pellston Fire Department

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 I got to visit our local firehouse here in Pellston, Michigan where I happen to live!  My brother was doing computer work for them, and he invited me over to have a look around!  Our firefighters are all volunteers, so there isn’t always a crew in the building!  I got a look at everything without disrupting anyone and was able to photograph everything that caught my eye!

So here we go…PHOTOBLOG time!

I took these as I was walking up to the firehouse!  I think it is a very pretty building, and one that we can be very proud of!

I thought I would get a few shots of the signs that were around the building!

I ventured into the upstairs of the building, and found that it had a rather eerie feel to it!  There was dust on the floor and my shoes left prints!  That tells me that no one else has been up there in some time!  I thought this cracking paint looked like something from a haunted house, so I took a quick shot of it!  It was dark so I had to use a flash!  There is a basement in the building, but I wasn’t brave enough to go down there!  Basements often have mice, and I just don’t do mice! (:

Now for the AMAZING fire and rescue equipment:

This fire engine looked so pretty!  Just seeing it makes me feel safe in my decision to live in the beautiful village of Pellston!

This is my favorite shot of the day!

Here are some of the brave firefighter’s lockers where they have their gear ready to go the next time a call for help goes out!

This antique toy fire truck is sitting on top of someone’s desk area in the main office!  I absolutely love it! One day I hope to actually meet the fire chief and photograph his office too!  I could see through the window that he has a collection of antique clocks!  That would mean another photoblog! (:

A photo of a photo! (:  On the bulletin board they have a group photo of our volunteer firefighters posing with the big fire engine!

Just before we headed off to lunch and shopping, Andy took my camera and got this shot of me sitting on my new favorite engine!

So what is fire and rescue like where you live?  Have you ever been inside your firehouse?  If so, what was your favorite part?

THANK YOU TO EVERY PELLSTON FIREFIGHTER FOR THEIR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY!!

A Day In Cheboygan With Dad … For Yong Yi

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It is Thursday again, so Dad and I headed to Cheboygan to shop, run errands, and go to several appointments!  What does this have to do with Yong Yi you ask?  Well, she recently went to Australia to visit her younger sister who is attending college there!  She was rather impressed with the produce and how it was arranged in their grocery stores!  So, I decided to take photos today and let her see what the stores look like up here in the Mitten!

ee the stores up here in the Mitten!

We left for town an hour earlier than normal because my dad had an appointment to get his car worked on!  We ended up getting into Cheboygan really early, so we hit the Living Spirit coffee shop!  My dad had his coffee at home, so he just got a glass of milk!  I was hungry, so I got what I thought was a blueberry muffin and a vanilla latte!  Much to my surprise, the muffin was chocolate chip!  Both the muffin and the latte were YUMMY!!!  I didn’t think to take the shot before I started eating the muffin, so you get to see the inside of it’s yummyness!

We were at the auto repair shop a bit before 10:00am which was our appointment time!  It is an interesting place!  It is very greasey and dirty as you would expect an auto repair shop to be!  It was also FREEZING in there because it isn’t heated!  I entertained myself by reading everything on the walls and taking photos of what I thought looked interesting!  I fell in love with the dog, but he wouldn’t look straight at me so that I could photograph his face!  You can tell that he is a very old dog! I thought he was really cute!  I wish I had asked his name!
As it turned out, he could not repair my dad’s car!  The noise is a right rear wheel bearing!  The owner/mechanic didn’t have the right press to do that repair, so he sent us to another repair shop where my dad got an appointment for next week!  They were pretty booked up!
However, in between auto repair shops, I had an appointment with my Chiropractor!  I sat there for about 40 minutes before it was my turn!  My neck and shoulders were really badly out of place!  Dr Willey did a great job of fixing me up!  I couldn’t take a photo in there because it is a medical office!  It could cause problems because of the other patients right to confidentiality!
Finally time to hit the grocery stores!

Yong Yi, here is all the produce! ( :  We go to Glen’s Market to buy our deli items and produce!  They have the nicest produce you could ever ask for!  I bought strawberries, blueberries, black berries, bananas, pears, and baby spinach greens!  I am making a spinach, cottage cheese, and fruit salad for dinner!  Yum!!!
Next we were on to Walmart to finish up!  I don’t enjoy Walmart at all!  They don’t pay or treat their employees fairly, and they buy products from places that are less than reputable around the planet!  However, there are some things that I can only get there!  As much as I don’t enjoy Walmart, I have to say that I am pleased with most of their prices!  They are typically the lowest!  Still, I am willing to pay more for nice fresh produce!

Time for more foodz!  Lunch was at the Big Boy restaurant!  I got the Big Boy Classic burger and it comes with french fries, and a Diet Pepsi! YUM!!!  It is my favorite lunch in the world!
We finished up there just in time to go to my eye doctor appointment!  The optomitrist that I saw was a very nice man!  He and I both graduated from the same university!  It is always nice to reminisce with other alumni!  However, the appointment itself didn’t have the nicest conclusion!  I don’t need bifocals yet, so that is good!  I don’t have any damage from diabetes, and that is good! However I am on the borderline of glaucoma, and that isn’t good! :(  I have to go back in 4 weeks to have the test repeated!  Then if my score is still high, they will send me to an ophthalmologist who specializes in glaucoma! :(  Just what I need is another diagnosis of something incurable!  I am not happy about this at all!!!
I didn’t let possible sad news about my eyes ruin a really great day!  I had a really great time hanging out and shopping with my dad!  He is a really good guy!  I am so thankful to still have him here and healthy in my daily life!

Yong Yi, I hope you liked this!