The Land Where Dreams Are Made

I was invited to a house warming party by a colleague who joined the company a few years ago in the UK and decided to transfer to the US.

All I can say is WOW! My colleague has moved from originally sharing a flat in Egham to an 8 1/2 acre plot with a double garage, sit on mower, tractor and stables which house 2 horses. Only in America!

Had a wonderful time around the camp fire. A perfect evening.

Country Applefest

I decided to return to Lebanon Ohio (after passing my driving test a couple of days ago) to have a look round the historic town.

The town is named after the Biblical Lebanon because of the many juniper (or Eastern Redcedar) trees that are similar to the Lebanon Cedar. It’s known today as “The Cedar City”.

I didn’t realise that today the town had an Applefest, where the streets are filled with homemade crafts, food and entertainment. It’s a very relaxed and country-style town.

The Annual Fireworks Were Cool

This year's Cincinnati Bell/WEBN Fireworks was the finale of the Riverfest 2010 in Cincinnati, Ohio & Newport, Kentucky.

The annual fireworks display occurs on the Riverfront on Labour Day weekend with the Rozzi family supplying the famous fireworks.

The show is set to music broadcast by the WEBN radio station. There were quite a lot of older people who had to put up with quite a bit of rock / heaving metal!

Apparently the first WEBN fireworks show happened in 1977 as a one-time celebration of the station's tenth birthday, but it was so well-received that it has been repeated every year since. The event draws over 500,000 people to the Cincinnati Riverfront.

Getting Ready for the Fireworks

I was invited to a 'Scouts of America' fund raising gathering at Mount Adams on Sunday evening.

The view over downtown Cincinnati was superb (note that I've put together 3 photographs, so the view may appear wonky!).

The marquee was 2nd to none and I got into the swing of things: bidding for a signed Amercian football - I was pipped to the post after offering $175 for a minimum $75 bid - entering a raffle which I didn't win either.

I couldn't resist taking a picture of the Sunny D camper van. The seats were cream leather with the Sunny D logos stiched in. Crazy!!