Sign of the Times

This was one of those accidental subjects in that I was driving to the park here in town to document the gathering of the geese getting ready to fly South for the upcoming winter.   I was driving around yesterday and saw a group of them, probably three to four hundred strong, all in a field seemingly getting their "ducks in a row" for their long journey.   As I went back this morning, I passed a plain, non-descript building that I go past every day that houses our local newspaper, The Monroe Times.   Standing guard to the entrance is a very interesting sign that has an amazing nostalgic look to with with its weathered backdrop and neon lighting.   No matter when I've been past, it has never been lit up and I began to think that it was probably broken.   The paper is a daily post, with no weekend publications, so the hours that are kept are pretty much 9-5.   However, I've thought that the sign out front is the coolest feature that the building posts.

Today, the weather was pretty much a carbon copy of yesterday's: bleak, blustery, rainy, overcast, and darn chilly.   It was as if the sign of the Times stood like a beacon, reassuring travelers that the weather would soon turn for the better.   I liked the angle that the sign was at when this photo was snapped, again accidental, since I had pressed the shutter just a micro second before I was ready.   The gaggle of geese story will have to wait another day, as the red neon sign took center stage this morning.   I may not catch it on again in the future, but now I feel a bit lucky that I took that road today and saw it shining brightly.