critters

They were chasing each other -- mating season maybe, and hopped onto the local trees to get away from me. This retaining wall is near the river. I hope that the river never got this tall ... I was tens (~ 20) of feet above the already high river. For Fort Wayner's this is West Swinney Park.

This little muskrat was nicely swimming in the creek off Yohne Road.
heron flying over Airport Expressway
It isn't a different or odd color, but rather it is flying toward a sunset casting a strange orange on its feathers.
fur in a tree
either a predator put it there or a very healthy jumpy rabbit met with the branches
poor shot: light and movement ruined it.
falcon in a tree
blurry shot, but shows the miserable weather Allen County has had for walking and photography
old roadkill down to just bones
some miserable day with stored nuts in tree -- birds look at a lone, cold, miserable walker with a camera
same day with heron, being dead on the road stinks
Foster Park West, dead raccoon ... no apparent trauma
maybe it drown
same raccoon from above
opossum, roadkill
they smell so bad "playing dead", I think they stay untouched for a few days after dying

something on the trail

Her pretty head?

Darn close to Mario Cart

2-D play racing

scary house and half rabbit

I traveled through a small wooded section near a racetrack and saw some, well, interesting things.
These pipes go nowhere.
half a rabbit; something was eating it.
This battery couldn't get anything started.
It isn't Halloween, nor fall, yet ... this house looks scary.

Weirld Al GTA Nerdy

maybe books aren't better

One, two, three, four ... hope they have a price war

When in Fort Wayne and you want to know the gas prices for stations ... look here , though I don't know how often it is updated. Still, it might help you make a "slightly" more informed decision.

for Mike

Wait, wait, wait ...

You mean San Francisco has protesters? I think it all started when a bunch of on-the-edge people thought the torch was signifying that they were flamers. Uh, guys (or gays) there's an Olympics going on. Tibetans are petitioning for their existence and you all are just shamefully out of the loop. It's safer, I suppose, than running through L.A. You'd need a treadmill on a pope-mobile to protect from idiot snipers.

for IU fans

If you think you have one of the largest Indiana University displays, maybe you don't. This farmer has had this display for years (decades actually).

Yahoo! Cars!

I think there is a decimal place missing, like Michael Bolton+ put this together.


+ Office Space

Oddities more visible

Why is it there is greater access to abnormalities, especially from India? I suggest that a country with a very high birth rate and more media access to regions lead to more rare occurrences being recorded. It is sad that so many people are in the spot light, nearly like YouTube sideshow freaks, but ...
on the other hand, these cases can be studied, help might be given to the afflicted and therapies, including preventative therapies may be developed.

I mention this because of the Indian girl with two faces. As of the last few years, India has also been the birth place of many parasitic twins. I don't mean to be glib with the cliche' of, "there's something in the water", but with poor filtration and a booming population, I foresee many more disorders coming from this region.

After reading some depressing things

Watching Harvey was refreshing.

Don't fear the Pooka.

though murky white

sky seems dim -- unhappy, I am better ... slightly happier. A funk, not smell, is around.

stress is crushing me

I know I used to smile. Now, I think I frown as commonly, as often as I breathe. I have much about which to be happy, but still ... my stress wears on me an anchor that ties me to the ground, painful to drag. I would so prefer that things were different, but I can't magic things to be.

Iran volunteers

for nuclear testing by allies. Iran's defiance to allied nations' position against nuclear armament clearly defines its desire to be the test site for nuclear destruction. So, Iran nicely wants to further science by determining the strength, functionality and radiation from many nations' nuclear arsenals. It was very, very nice of Iran to elect such a monumental step to people's understanding of what happens when you nuke a country out of existence. It will take a little coordination between nations, but the allied nations should be able to fire simultaneously while monitoring via satellites.

Senators' response

Look, I didn't know that when she asked for straight or 50-50 and demanded $500 up front that she was a prostitute. I mean, I knew prices were high in the area and I thought this concierge was just demanding the tip first to make sure she didn't get screwed. Oops, can I restate that?

I mean wasn't there to get screwed like she was. I mean, I could have sworn that Bambi Bosom was on the hotel's staff and was merely showing great hospitality when helping with my clothes, bed, and shower. I mean, it was a full service ...

Uh, senator ... shut up now.

happy phrase

while at the firepite:

"If you put it in, I can't stoke it." (the it, in this case, was a wooden rake handle used for stirring coals)

one small moment in the woods

water bug and more

less conventional pictures

"...ruined your watershed Wonka."
"It's chocolate."
"That's chocolate!"
I'll just hang this upside down and use the reverse side if you don't mind.
narrower tracks for a smaller train
gravel between the tracks
what a slug on the tracks might see
dead cat on the street ...

OK, it's a "dead" shoe, CAT brand.