Today is 10/10/10...only happens once every 100 years (same as 01/01/01, 02/02/02, 03/03/03 and etc. up to 12/12/12). And, at that, it only happens one every year of the first twelve years of those 100 years. Kind of interesting when you think about it.


There is an interesting story behind this photograph of the Fisher Price headquarters building here in East Aurora, NY. Yes, East Aurora is the home of Fisher Price Toys. Nearly all of anyone who is "from" here has some connection to Fisher Price. Well, I stopped on the street to capture a shot of the headquarters building on this beautiful Fall morning. I parked my car on the street and had my camera and tripod set up on the sidewalk next to the street (Girard Ave) that runs by the facility. The guard in the shack next to the gate stepped into the doorway of the shack, raised a megaphone to his lips and projected something loud and, from where I was standing, undiscernable. But, I could guess, so this being East Aurora I felt comfortable in leaving my camera and walking toward the guard station. He explained I couldn't take pictures of the building. We discussed the hundreds of folks we have all seen sitting by the foutain taking pictures or positioned on the huge wooden models of toys that are often displayed on the lawn in front of the building. The guard stated that was different in that they were taking pictures of the fountain and of the toys and not the building. So I asked " then, may I move my camera down closer to the fountain to get a better shot of the fountain?" to which he replied,"sure." So here's my shot of the fountain in front of the Fisher Price building on Girard Ave in East Aurora, NY.