Derailing

December 7th 2008

Here in Tutwiler, Ms things happen substantially slower than in other more progressive communities. Only today I learned of a train derailing less than two miles from my home. The incident occurred Friday I am told! In the center of Tutwiler. The only evidence that authorities have investigated the scene is a single police tape stretching between two telephone poles. Also I suspect that the train cars have been moved out of the road. Still, seeing as how there were many curious onlookers stopping by,I thought I should make sure that the company listed on the side of the tanker knew about this incident. I felt sure they did, but you can never be too safe. I called the 800 # for emergencies and reported the incident,inquiring as to whether or not there were hazardous materials being transported(One of the tankers is in the bayou here (which no one can remember the name of). I just received a callback that the company does indeed know about the accident, and that there are no hazmats running in this area. Nice to know that they are on the ball. Still I wonder why it took so long for this news to reach us. I am not able to find any local news coverage on the net.

So here are a few photos with footnotes:

Where the tankers derailed and plunged toward our bayou.

The other side of the track where (as you can see) some of the railing has been snapped into and the crossties unearthed. It would appear that the train encountered something in its path that it drug for a ways until it came to a stop.

My mom and I just returned from a trip to my Uncle's place. While there we visited Tombigbee National Park. It was a beautiful day and I took a lot of photos. The foliage there was so beautiful! We all had a lot of fun.

In case you're wondering, we voted through absentee ballot. : )

There was a wonderful suspension bridge at the park. It provided some really terrific vistas. Enjoy and feel free to comment.

Two months ago...

SO. Yeah, my last blog was two months ago, and I felt the need to blog again here, since that was my original plan. And of course that's one of the things blogging is all about.=D

For those who don't know, a friend let's me post movie reviews on his blog, and I have written several. So go and have a read and tell me what ya think! My reviews are labled : by SEBASTIAN.

This month began in a wonderful fashion, with my mom and I attending The Pink Palace Crafts Fair. That is such a fun time! We saw all of our best friends, who in my book are more like family than friends. We displayed and saw alot of excellent artwork and artists and had a terrific time. That week always passes too quickly. Some good friends helped me celebrate my birthday early. HAWAIIAN HANDICRAFTER gave me a very elegant picture frame and brought some delicious cake that we all enjoyed. It was a great time. We went out for dinner a couple of times and that was tooo fun!!

This year I am trying to stay in touch with friends and family. So I have been looking foward to having some time to spend with some fellow crafters and good friends whom I will lovingly refer to (in group form) as : SUPER FAMILY. Unfortunately, SUPER FAMILY has been very busy since the craftshow, and we have not yet been able to get together for a group event.

I have been able to spend some time with SUPER STUDENT J( a member of SUPER FAMILY who is very busy right now with college). She very kindly offered up a little bit of her free time on my actual birthday (OK OK it was the day before), and we ate some sushi. I took a picture of her that I thought looked really great and I'm posting it here. It was a really great birthday! Everyone was really nice to me. And I had a great time during my birthday month.



All for now friends.

Sunflowers and Storms

Hello all.

Its been an interesting couple of days here.

Yesterday there was rain. Not alot mind you, but the small amount that fell proves how amazing (and terrifying) nature can be. Hard rain and straight line winds downed two of our biggest pecan branches, with one landing on the house. We lost electrical for about two and a half hours or so. Massive amounts of sticks fell to the earth. Fortunately the damage was not too bad, and nobody was hurt(thank God).
So after spending one very hot afternoon clearing things around the yard, mom and I decided to go take some pictures. We had seen a field of beautiful sunflowers the other day and decide to hop over there before dinner and take a few shots. I have posted a B&W for your viewing pleasure. Pretty isn't it? I love the vortex in the center of the flower.