It’s been a while since I’ve had a chance to take a look at the College St. bridge and the progress is astounding. The entire deck is finished and I was able to walk all the way across. Here is a picture looking east from the middle of the bridge. The road bed is completely finished on the west side with just a bit of railing to do along the ravine. On the east side the road bed is nearly complete except for a few sections between the road and the end of the bridge. The retention pond and roundabout are finished and John Street traffic is allowed to pass through to Newberry. The railing is being cast and it has a nice field stone pattern cast into the surface to match the retaining wall design. See the pictures here

We had a great visit to Canada to visit family and I took a few photos of downtown Toronto and the Toronto Islands. The view of downtown Toronto from the islands is really spectacular and the clouds were very dramatic. There are a few houses still remaining on the islands which are mainly parks. The ferry is the same as the ones that I took when we moved to Canada in 1963!

I went to Savannah, Georgia for the day and took a few photos of the moss-covered trees and the buildings in the center of town. The town is very charming, but it’s hot in August…

We have always gone to Menasha’s Jefferson Park to watch the fireworks. Menasha puts on a great show every year and it’s appreciated. Here are some fireworks pictures from the show in Menasha on July 4^th, 2009. With some preparation and basic settings on your camera, firework pictures are not very difficult to take. Interested in taking your own fireworks photos next year? Here is how I do it.