Archive for September, 2009

Something to Remember Next Time Someone Talks About Obama and the Democrats “Collapse” in the Polls

By From http://fred2blue.com • Sep 26th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Think these Research 2000 numbers listed below are off? The favorability numbers for Obama right now, according to Pollster.com’s cumulative average of every poll, are 54.7-37.5.

UPDATE:
In The Washington Post, Chris Cillizza proclaims ‘A GOP-Friendly Environment’ in 2010 based on a new CBS poll. The numbers:
Regardless of how you usually vote, who do you think is […]



Falling Off the Wagon

By From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Sep 26th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

“If you would attain to what you are not yet, you must always be displeased by what you are. For where you are pleased with yourself there you have remained. Keep adding, keep walking, keep advancing.”Saint AugustineFar be it for me to buck a saint. Es…



Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, 2009-09-27 00:11:00

By From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Sep 26th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

A Learning MomentI’m sneaking in another dilapidated building in under the guise of education. Note that the wall framing goes straight up to the top without the usual break between floors. This is known as balloon construction:”Balloon framing, as he…



By From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Sep 26th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

Just Liked the ShotLignum, Culpeper County. Nothing special here folks just liked the shot. An old unused grazing field and farm building in the background. Just got to love rural Virginia.



Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, 2009-09-26 23:55:00

By From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Sep 26th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

A Mystery to be SolvedLignum, Culpeper County. This structure is down a back road leading out of the “town.” What is intriguing about this building is that the few windows on the first floor are shuttered and barred and the only two windows on the sec…



Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, 2009-09-26 23:45:00

By From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Sep 26th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local


Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, 2009-09-26 23:35:00

By From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Sep 26th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

Rose HillAs you drive into old town Fredericksburg you will pass this house. By the way, one block over and you will pass my house. The main section of the house was built prior to the Civil War. The family who owns it are a bit reclusive but I have…



Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, 2009-09-26 23:23:00

By From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Sep 26th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

Not Quite “The Field of Dreams”On a back road in the Northern Neck. No baseball diamond here but there is an electrical post for some lighting. My guess is that, while abandoned, no one wanted to tear down a perfectly good house. It’s like that wierd …



Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, 2009-09-26 23:14:00

By From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Sep 26th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

Stephen King Are You in There?On a back road in King William County. This reminds me of the Crypt Keeper episode (Old TV show for the youngsters in the audience. Could only watch it when my parents were not home) where Stephen King plays a farmer who …



Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, 2009-09-26 23:07:00

By From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Sep 26th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

Off the Beaten PathTravel all the way to the end of Lee Drive in Fredericksburg you will see Meade’s Pyramid. And see is all you can do–Big NO NO to cross the train tracks. CSX doesn’t like you playing on their tracks.?”The 30-foot square, 23-foot …