About Town - January 28, 2024

 Photos of Columbia from the past few weeks

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Fog rolled in on Friday morning and hung around into evening . . .

This heron was at its station on the pier.

So was this one, on the next pier over.

The recent rain and snow yielded a lot of water.

Speaking of snow, we got hit twice in one week this month.

This man spread icemelt in a parking lot on Manor Street after the first snow.

A lot of debris drifted down the river recently.

Not everyone cleared their sidewalk, even days after the second snow...

Here's a look at Shawnee Run as seen from 4th Street.

And here's a study in basic perspective.

Don't eat the yellow snow, but what about fuchsia?

Before every plowable snow, the borough spreads brine on the streets to make plowing easier.

The remnant of a snowman

Some night clouds illuminated by the moon

The winter weather creates some interesting skies, including this one above the former home of Columbia's General Shannon.

Some random shots around town . . .

New rails arriving . . . via rail.

Jesse does good work!

Oil slick rainbow emanating from a Mondrianesque meeting of sidewalk seams

Moss around a water shutoff, with gravel "donated" by PennDOT

Front doors of the former General Edward C. Shannon Armory

Colored lights

Bridge lights

Not a hotline to Wrightsville, just sunlight reflecting off a wire

Nutcracker at Front & Locust

Medical Dept. at former Grinnell/Anvil

Vulture on Elks

Cargo plane with landing gear deployed

This biker keeps cool with a back vent.

Cat caught in the act of rummaging through unattended trash bags.

Morning DAC

Todd Stahl sent the following photos showing how swollen the river has become recently . .  .