Vintage Racing!

A necessary part of the Vintage Grand Prix is the Grand Prix part.  We saw the first race of the day.  I don't know what the classification was, but it's fun to see these expensive cars move fast.  We parked on "turn 13" to watch some of the action.

This is the pace lap or whatever you call it. 

This is the car that would eventually become the winner.  He was pretty hard core about this race.  Everyone was not.

This car took the turn pretty well for one of the slower models.

This is our winner again.  He almost was passed by the green car, but then the green car lost some ground.

As we left the Grand Prix this butterfly landed on the walkway in front of us.  We stopped to take some photos, then lifted him off of the path so that he doesn't get squished.



This is Flagstaff hill looking toward Oakland.  This Vintage Grand Prix thing draws a lot of boring cars too.

Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix

Hubby and I decided that it would be fun to go to the Zoo this afternoon.  We stopped for coffee on the way and saw some antique cars in the parking lot.  This made us decide that we should go to the Vintage Grand Prix instead!  Since I know a lot about cars, my commentary will be extremely educational throughout these photos.

This is a 1912 something or other.   I think it came in any color as long as you choose black.  It was pretty.

This is a red car.  It is a Rolls Royce.  It is pretty too.



This is a blue car.  It is old. 

My hubby is going to buy me one of these for my birthday next year.  It's a Thunderbird.  I have a thing for them.  If you don't understand why, ask my mom.  She gets it.

What's a fancy car show without a photo at the weiner mobile!

This car goes fast.  The bald guy was revving the engine very loudly.

Next post will be cars racing!

Flowers and Squonk Opera Roadshow at Dusk

In an effort to move on to something different, we took some photos of Oakland. 

I think the evening light made the pink on this plant really glow. I love how evening light really highlights the beauty of flowers.

Just after I took this photo of the Cathedral of Learning someone snuck up behind us to take this photo on her iPhone.  I'm not sure it worked, but I am sure that we walked through her next photo.

This is the museum as taken from the middle of Bellefield St.  Permitted?  Unlikely.  Fun?  Absolutely.

As is normal in most communities, there was a free concert just up the street today.  It was held in Schenley Plaza.  We unintentionally got there early enough to photograph this strange stage accent.

The band was named Squonk Opera.  I don't know what a Squonk is, but it was fun to find out.  Here are a few photos of the early songs in the performance.

In the end, it was a nice evening in the city.  It is always fun to see what strange things are happening just up the street from our home.

I know I take a lot of photos of birds but...

they just keep coming to our backyard!  It was a rainy Saturday in Pittsburgh.  Since the Psych Saturday marathon doesn't start until sometime in the evening, we decided to get out of the house to burn some time.  What better place to burn time than in our own backyard aka the National Aviary.  There were a few birds ready to pose this afternoon.

This little gold dude was drying off his wings on a branch right in front of me.  I like how compulsive birds are about showing every angle for photos.  Models should take note!

This is a roadrunner in the less visited Australian section of the Aviary.  While I was taking this photo there was a dad who was telling his daughter this guy was "holding a stick in his mouth".  Clearly that man was misinformed.

I was taking photos of this beautiful lady from an angle that we found in the weeds when a grandmother announced that she was "waiting her turn to take a good photo" from our spot.  I should have been flattered but that was not my first reaction to the statement.  Thankfully hubby spoke for us and only had kind things to say.

These crazy pigeons were at the Aviary again.  I don't know why I spend so much time photographing these magnificently ordinary birds.

Here's two of them looking at each other.

I try to take a photo of this colorful bird every time I visit the back yard.  He is beautiful but hard to photograph due to his awesome colors and the stupid blue background in his home.  Finally today I achieved the impossible.

Well it was an ordinary day in the backyard, but at least I got a few ordinary photos.