A calm Atlantic Ocean… for now.
A happy and peaceful Sunday for all.
Chris and Carol ^.^
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American Beach – Amelia Island
No widespread flooding during Irma from storm surge but a few low lying areas did flood from the heavy rainfall during the storm.
Thanks for your visit and wishing all a speedy recovery.
Chris
The Pippi Longstocking House – Amelia Island, Florida
Located in what is known as Old Town (Fernandina Beach) overlooking the Amelia River on the northwest side of Amelia Island. Originally built around 1870 for a harbor pilot Captain Bell and the second owner was also a river captain in 1901. Located on a high bluff at 212 Estrada Street, it overlooks the former Spanish fort San Carlos (c1811).
It’s a lovely house that’s been restored and maintained throughout the decades. It stood in as Pippi Longstocking’s house in the late 1980s movie “The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking”… “The house was altered and remodeled through the years. When movie producers came calling in 1987, it was its original weathered white with hunter green shutters. The house stood in for Villa Villekulla, the fictional home of Pippi, a character in a series of books written by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. The young girl lives alone in a small Swedish village sharing the house with her monkey and horse. She befriends the two children living next door, Tommy and Annika Settergren, and they have many adventures together.”
Today it is a private residence and is not open for tours. It’s a very easy to photograph house because of the large open area in front of the house (actually Fernandina Plaza Historic State Park).
The “Pippi Longstocking House” on Amelia Island. Built c1870
If you find yourself near Amelia Island it is well worth the visit (don’t miss the 40 block Historic District of Fernandina Beach while you’re at it).
Pippi says “hi”! Actress Tami Erin
Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out my camera and photography shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com
Chris
Tropical Storm Force Winds – Irma
Here’s a small sample of what it was like here in extreme Northeast Florida on the morning of September 11, 2017 as TS Irma (downgraded from hurricane at that time) made its way northward across the north central part of the state well west of Amelia Island.
The winds were east-southeasterly at about 40 mph sustained with gusts into the 60-70 mph range when this video was taken at 8 AM. The oak in the video is about 60 feet tall and nearly 80 feet across. It held up nicely in the relentless winds. Check out the 20 foot tall flagpole – it did well too.
The flooding in the street was from the heavy rainfall and blocked storm drains and not from storm surge. Once the drains were cleared the water was gone.
A big shout out goes to the fearless linemen from Illinois that worked to restore our power… which was out for only 61 hours! Considering how much damage there was that was a remarkably short period of time. At one point in the repair work near our neighborhood, dozens of linemen were using five power company bucket trucks to string new wires and set new poles. Thank you!!!
Chris
Irma Damage
Almost everywhere in Florida was affected by Hurricane Irma – some more directly than others and of course some suffered a complete loss of their homes, businesses, cars and lives. The difficult journey of recovering from the damage and destruction will be a long one and some will just give up and go.
Our corner of Northeast Florida (our little island) for the most part did pretty well considering where we are located. Closer to home, our neighborhood had damage but the homes came through. We lost our power for 61 hours – a small time really compared to what others will see.
These pictures are from around 8 AM or so on Monday morning (9-11-2017) – the winds were still gusting into the high 60 mph range with some gusts to near 90 mph in the predawn hours.
Neighbors house avoids getting damaged from a rather large oak branch.
Directly behind our house on another street. This was about a 60 foot oak that blew down and missed the house completely.
Just outside the neighborhood at the beach. Just after the highest water was receding.
At the beach. Only a few poles came down.
Some damage along the beach road (above and below).
By the afternoon on Monday, the strongest onshore winds were past but the ocean was still very rough.
The best to all that are suffering through their recoveries from Harvey and Irma.
Chris and Carol
Our Silly Old Cat!
Zoe, our 18 year old Siamese cat decides to check out something she’s never seen before.
A rather large puddle in front of our house created by the heavy rains from the passage (well west of us) of Hurricane Irma. Zoe ran out from the garage and down the driveway (with winds around 35 mph with gusts to around 55 mph or so) to get a closer look at this “new found thing” (and a drink!).
What we don’t see is that as soon as I moved the camera away, she proceeded to JUMP into the puddle and swim around!!! I couldn’t believe what I saw and of course she was out in a flash – soaked and meowing her head off! No damage done and now she knows that she can’t walk on water.
The street flooded only because the drains were blocked by leaves that had been ripped off the oak trees by the gusty winds. As soon as a neighbor cleared the drains (shortly after this shot) the street was back to normal and Zoe’s swimming hole was gone.
An appropriate “possessed” cat pic of Zoe. Wanting me to turn on the faucet.
This was on Monday morning (9-11-2017) and she’s gone down the driveway everyday since to check on her puddle! Silly old cat!
Thanks for stopping by!
Chris
Weekly Photo Challenge – Waiting
In response to this weeks challenge.
Cats… always waiting for something. Waiting to eat, sleep, love, sleep, eat, repeat.
Pirate waiting for food or some love or something.
“Don’t you care?”
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/waiting-2017/
Thanks for your visit!
Chris
Yashica L AF – Field Test v2.0 – Can this Yashica hold its own against the T* Series?
Some updates to this very popular topic. Chris
A fun little point and shoot camera from Yashica-Kyocera (1986). This lovely camera was kindly donated to us from a blogger friend and photographer who lives in Japan. She tests cameras that strike her fancy and often processes her film at home. We think her test shots are extremely interesting – and always well composed too. You can find her at https://cameragocamera.wordpress.com/
Field test v1.0 was done in Japan.
She typically hunts around in second hand shops and picks up cameras for well under $10 (I think this one was only $3).
The Yashica gets a fresh roll of Fujicolor Superia X-TRA 400 and a new finger strap (in almost matching red).
This Yashica uses a 32mm f3.5 lens. The camera features a simple drop and go (well almost) film loading. It is a DX coded camera so it sets the ASA (sorry, old school). It produced 26 exposures from…
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Disney’s Wilderness Lodge… Whispering Canyon Cafe
One of our favorite spots to kick back at Walt Disney World. The food is always fantastic and the grounds are wonderful for strolling after dinner with its “California Lodge” look of what you’d expect Yosemite to look like.
Typical Disney attention to detail throughout – a must stay if you’re a Disney fan and a fan of that California look.
Thanks for your visit and be sure to stop by ccstudio2380 for some great examples of our fine art photography.
Chris and Carol ^.^
Fujifilm Epion RVX (APS) — Camera Go Camera… Check out this super cool Fuji!
I saw this camera on Instagram and I was smitten. Look at it, LOOK!! Can you see it? It is very well camouflaged. I searched on eBay and low, there was one, just one…and it was in Japan. But it is an APS, dwindling film supplies. Then along came Asographic and there was new hope […]
Chasing Classic Cameras with Chris 