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Echoes of my Neighborhood

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Happy Thursday! And another installment of Echoes of my Neighborhood in response to the challenge from my friend Jacqueline of the blog, a cooking pot and twisted tales.

I have worked in Admin for my entire career (decades…though I won’t mention how many!) and for the most part my working space has been located in a dark corner cubicle…or in an office with no windows. During the winter seasons it was not uncommon for me to spend an entire day never seeing sunlight, because I would leave before sunrise and return home after sunset. I have always packed my lunch as well, so I would often eat in front of my computer screen while catching up on emails or the news of the day.

So you can imagine my delight to now have a window seat of the Blue Ridge Mountains each day. My current office setting is still a cubicle (in that I am partitioned from other staff members by temporary walls), but an entire WALL of glass flanks my left! Floor to ceiling windows! I love, love, love my new digs! (well actually not new, new…been here for almost 4 years now). It doesn’t matter to me if the sun is shining or if it is raining or snowing. I don’t even care anymore that in the winter I still leave at dawn and return home after dusk. At any time during the day I can glance to my left and see that there is a beautiful world out there with trees and clouds and a sky. It has made a huge difference in my life resulting in less stress. I suppose after decades of dedicated pecking at keyboards and answering phones I have earned this esteemed spot. 🙂 At any rate, I am quite happy in my little corner of the world and happy too, to share it with you! 🙂


Echoes of my Neighborhood Thursday

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Dr. Pepper Sign in Roanoke, Virginia – Photo by Kat Myrman – 2015

This is a new challenge from my friend Jacqueline “A Cooking Pot and Twisted Tales”. She invites us to take a photo on Thursdays from our corner of the world to share with everyone. It’s a way for us all to enjoy different places remotely. I am submitting this photo for my first entry. It was taken last summer, but I love the humor in it. One of our city’s landmarks is a huge neon Dr. Pepper bottle cap that sits atop a building downtown. For a short season, the bottle cap was visited by a trio of life-sized superhero statues. It made for a very entertaining ride through town!

If you would like to see photos from other exotic, whimsical places or join the fun by posting a photo yourself, click HERE for more info.