Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: uniform

Sorry, if you happen to look at this image - really is very blurry and does unpleasant things to your eyes. I didn't realize that it was quite this bad, when I was scanning and editing it in the wee hours of this morning. I wanted to scan it to send to my oldest daughter, especially, as she is doing an online course on World War II. This image shows my Father (1907-1976) wearing his Home Guard uniform, in Birmingham, England.

Not my usual kind of photo at all, LOL, but just had to tell you about such a neat experience I had yesterday afternoon! When I reached my destination in a local park, I noticed that the River Boat Rescue vehicle was in the parking lot. I was really hoping that the boat was on the river just to check that all was safe. Then a huge Fire Rescue Truck and a Fire Truck (Fire Engine, to some of you) came along the park roadway and came to a stop. Out climbed six members of "some of our Finest". I then became a little concerned as to why this many rescue vehicles had arrived. As I started walking over to check on "my" owls, all these guys started walking in the same direction as I was going. I wondered if maybe they had had a report about someone in the area and I wasn't sure whether I should keep walking in the same direction, possibly getting in their way. As I caught up to them, I jokingly said " I guess you guys aren't here to see the owls". Well, guess what - they WERE, LOL!!! I certainly hadn't expected THAT answer : ) I was just so impressed and touched that these Firefighters had come to check out the fluffy trio and Mom and Dad Great Horned Owl! One of the guys knew all about the owls here and last year's nearby owl family and I loved that he felt they were important enough to be shared with his crew. I asked if they would mind if I took this photo, and permission was granted : )