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A fire truck came to our neighborhood. (Original Post) alfredo Jan 2012 OP
Excellent composition. Thanks for memoralizing the day. freshwest Jan 2012 #1
Thanks. alfredo Jan 2012 #3
These are great alfredo! Callalily Jan 2012 #2
I'm a sucker for textures. That dog is tied up out side alfredo Jan 2012 #4
could you call the SPCA or someone on those people who abuse their dog? BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2012 #6
I called some time ago, but nothing has changed. alfredo Jan 2012 #9
:( BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2012 #15
I will keep an eye on it. alfredo Jan 2012 #20
Sometimes they'll adopt dogs. I hope you enjoy my story about that: freshwest Jan 2012 #8
Great story. alfredo Jan 2012 #10
:O BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2012 #13
Very enjoyable! Especially the B/Ws. 66 dmhlt Jan 2012 #5
Did you sit up in the fire engine for the first shot? Celebration Jan 2012 #7
That was on the driver's side of the body. It demanded to alfredo Jan 2012 #11
I love the first one. Solly Mack Jan 2012 #12
I love machinery of all types. alfredo Jan 2012 #14
i like the first one rdking647 Jan 2012 #16
Thanks. Fire trucks have always been among the alfredo Jan 2012 #19
Is anyone else concerned by the "rear discharge" valves? laconicsax Jan 2012 #17
That's why I stay back 500 feet. alfredo Jan 2012 #18

Callalily

(14,885 posts)
2. These are great alfredo!
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 10:13 AM
Jan 2012

I especially like photo #2 because of all the textures, shadows, lighting, contrasts.

Additionally, I did not know that fluffy dogs were firehouse dogs! Must be something new!

alfredo

(60,065 posts)
4. I'm a sucker for textures. That dog is tied up out side
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 11:10 AM
Jan 2012

All day and night. He'd live a better life if he was a fire dog.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
6. could you call the SPCA or someone on those people who abuse their dog?
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 11:47 AM
Jan 2012

I don't know where you are, if there are animal cruelty laws or anything?

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
8. Sometimes they'll adopt dogs. I hope you enjoy my story about that:
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 12:40 PM
Jan 2012

A long time ago, an adult dalmatian came and parked itself in my front yard out of the blue, right by the wall of the house under a tree. Large, healthy, as if waiting for something. No one in the neighborhood, including us, had ever seen the dog before. Its quiet presence and demeanor was a mystery.

The dog didn't want to come inside and didn't pay attention to anyone. This went on a few days. Clearly, the dog wasn't going anywhere, just waiting. It didn't move from the spot where it was laying, but we gave it food and water. I say 'it' because I don't remember the gender.

It showed no interest in us at all, so we figured it needed a real home to be happy. In those days, there weren't any known no-kill shelters, and calling the city dogcatcher was death sentence. A childhood memory of seeing dalmatians with fire trucks sprang into our minds, so we called the main city fire department dispatcher and asked if they had lost a dog, perhaps. That was in the seventies, long before 911 was set up.

The fire department put us on a party line with several stations talking at once to relay our question. None of the fire station crews reported to having lost a dog, but we could hear the excitement of the men as they talked. It was decided they would come get the dog and have it live with them at the station house on the far west side of the city.

When the fire truck arrived, the dog simply got up and walked to them without looking back, as if it was the most natural thing in the world to go off with these strangers. I always wondered about that incident, and what we are communicating to each other without words being said in these peaceful and loving moments. But it is no longer a mystery to me how a soul within spotted fur with light blue eyes, knew where it belonged.

I saw deep in the eyes of the animals the human soul look out upon me. I saw where it was born deep down under feathers and fur, or condemned for a while to roam four-footed among the brambles I caught the clinging mute glance of the prisoner and swore that I would be faithful.

(Henry David Thoreau)

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