Wow -- God IS good!

If ever there existed proof of Divine Intelligence, it is this magnificent and sacredly Orange Vehicle driven by Robert Morris of Jacksonville. And surely Morris, the pastor of an historic downtown church, must be thinking the same thing because he got this Beauty for Christmas!

The entire BOVB staff started salivating when Robert posted this pic on Facebook Dec. 26. So we asked him about the car.

"Jeff it's called hugger orange. I am still in shock, Not often a minister is without words."

Amen to that and congrats, pastor!

the BOVB staff

PS -- don't be shy about offering a ride.

Difference makers

Yeah OK so there are those people to strive to make a difference in the world. And the best in that group strives to make it onto the BOVB. Everyone please welcome the latest member of the elite of the elite, i.e., those who have submitted photos of Orange vehicles, Mr. John M. Wright. (Applause, cheering, hats flying in the air, etc).

He spotted this beauty at a Jacksonville-area fish camp on Feb. 9 and had the presence of mind and, dare I say, courage to snap a pic and send it in. Hats off to you, sir!

Dreaming in Orange

So, like, wow, I had a totally Freudian/Jungian Orange experience during sleep this morning.

In the dream, I was driving behind an Orange sedan when a bunch of money and documents fell out of it somehow without the driver knowing. So I pulled over to gather the stuff and was about to take it to the police station (for real) when the car pulled up.

The dude was grateful and offered me a cash reward, but instead I asked if I could take pictures of his car for my blog, instead. He sure sure. But when I started photographing I noticed that he had parked beside some Orange construction equipment, effectively camouflaging the sedan. I then became frustrated that I couldn't get a usable photo of the car.

OK, so my question for Lauren in Colorado is: what does THAT mean?

While we're waiting for her answer, let's gaze upon these Orange trucks, which I photographed in January and February in Jacksonville. Just as the Vols' Orange does in college athletics, these trucks add a bright spot in on otherwise gray setting.

Jeff

Rattlers: Decently Orange, very cool

You just gotta love Florida A & M University. Check it out:

* My friend Tia Mitchell went to school there

* They've got a great football tradition and cool unis

* Their marching band (The Marching 100) ROCKS

* The university has partnered with Victoria Secret to create PINK wear for its female students and grads (who can argue with that?)

* They're called the Rattlers. How cool is that?

* And just as the vehicle pictured here does, they sport school colors of green and a cheerful shade of dark Orangeness, a cool combo in my book

BTW I spotted this Ford sedan (I think it's a Crown Vic) outside the Riverside YMCA in Jacksonville earlier this month. It sports FAMU tags and I see it there all the time. It always cheers me up to see it.

Jeff

Be Thou of Orange Cheer

It's well-established by science that Orange is one of nature's best cheer-me-ups. Heck, they might not admit it, but any Bulldog, Tiger or Commodore would be upflited a little Orange therapy.

Volunteer fans have something extra to be elated about: the fact that Lane Kiffin is PO'ing just about every other SEC school by stealing their best recruiters.

Now, whether all this off-season good news translates into a winning formula on the gridiron in 2009 is a different issue altogether.

But why focus on that when we can gaze upon this cheerfully-Orange Stella made by the Genuine Scooter Co. of Chicago?

I spotted it in front of the Riverside YMCA in Jacksonville on Sunday, Jan. 18. A few blocks later I found it parked beside a couple other scooters in the Brooklyn area. It's driver, Russ, was a great sport and a man of clearly good tastes.

Russ and his scooter-riding friends were a great bunch. And while I don't know much about scooters, I can only conclude that the Genuine Scooter Co. must be A-OK since it produced a vehicle in such gorgeous Orange.

Jeff

The United States of Orange

Unity. It's a word we heard a lot during the presidential election and we're bound to hear it a lot more in the coming years. Hopefully, political rhetoric will become social reality in our nation.

Fortunately, we the people of the Orange Nation know what being united means. We came together as UT's greatest quarterback ever, Tee Martin, led the Vols to a 13-0 and undisputed, unchallengeable national championship in 1998. Today we are united in hope and enthusiasm as Lane Kiffin builds a football team worthy of leading these United States of Orange.

Let us dwell in unity by gazing up on this totally badass van operated by United Electric Company of Jacksonville. I spotted it this month (January, 2009) in the San Marco area of Jacksonville. It's high-vibrating hue cut through the mist of a gray, rainy day and drew me right to it. Seeing it brought cheer to an otherwise gloomy day.

Jeff

PS -- if you're wondering why the bottom image looks more like the light red of Florida, it's because I shot that image through the tinted window of my SUV. Rest assured the top image, with its mood-enhancing Volunteer Orange, is what it really looked like.