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You may have seen this on the news (as I just saw it on the Today Show). We had a fire in town yesterday that burned 11 homes and a barn to the ground. Today’s pic was my view from home. Helicopters were flying water in from Emigrant Lake for hours.
More details on the fire can be found here.
A few days ago I took a friend to the Medford airport at 4:30 a.m. On my way home I took a bunch of pictures of Ashland just before the sun began to make its appearance. Today is the first of those images. I took it from Oak Street. This is the Ashland Railroad District. The building to the left is the A Street Marketplace which is 100 years old this year (built in 1910). For most of that time it was home to Oak Street Tank And Steel. In 2000 it was remodeled and turned into the current A Street Marketplace which has restaurants, a theater, and more.
This little, single-parent family has been living in my backyard recently. They aren’t very nervous around me either. I was only about 15 feet away when I took this.
At last year’s 4th of July parade the Ashland Springs Hotel had a “Then and Now” wedding theme for their parade entry.
Every July 3rd there is a fireworks display at Lake of the Woods to the east of Ashland. This photograph is from a couple of years ago. I have very fond memories of this evening.
This group leads the Halloween parade and brings up the rear in the Fourth of July parade each year. Only one more week until this year’s big parade.
A photograph from last year’s fireworks display… Not bad considering I didn’t have a tripod.
Most people don’t know that back in 1912, Hellmann’s mayonnaise was manufactured in England. In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be the next port of call for the great ship after its stop in New York.
This would have been the largest single shipment of mayonnaise ever delivered to Mexico. But as we know, the great ship did not make it to New York. The ship hit an iceberg and sank, and the cargo was forever lost.
The people of Mexico, who were crazy about mayonnaise, and were eagerly awaiting its delivery, were disconsolate at the loss. Their anguish was so great, that they declared a National Day of Mourning, which they still observe to this day.
The National Day of Mourning occurs each year on May 5th and is known, of course, as Sinko de Mayo.
