Words, Whims & Whatnot

Gnomes, a Squirrel Fight, & a Blue Shadow

11/30/2017

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Dog Walk Discoveries (September to November, 2017)

Gnomes I've known...

I've tried many times to get a decent picture of an albino squirrel. But this photo shoot quickly devolved into--

SQUIRREL FIGHT!

Calming down now with some September flowers...

Not your everyday window cling. Can anyone explain this to me?

Saint Francis of Assisi and some funny bunnies.

I'm guessing the horn-blowing dude is Pan, Greek god of shepherds and flocks
and all things wild. Note the nervous sidelong glance of the smaller bunny.

This statue must have been quite beautiful at one time. As was the tree.

Ha! That's all I'll say about this one.

A red hydrant casting a blue shadow.

More interesting colors here. I walk by this door frequently
and I always feel as though I've passed through a painting.

This big corner window
is just made for a giant
blow-up Frankenstein.

Approaching an auto repair shop, I was concerned about the woman kneeling by the door. Turns out it was just a car seat.

Really? I mean, really?

Now that is a detailed paint job.

I think I've discovered all the sidewalk poems in my neighborhood, but I found this one while walking with a friend in her neighborhood. I so love St. Paul's sidewalk poems project!

This hand cutout amid leaves seemed a tad creepy.

A picture that says: November.

The old greenhouse in Mountain Lake.

Early morning silhouette of Milk Specialties, Mountain Lake.

The leaves and flowers
are gone by now, but
here come the lights.

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Flowers, Acrostic Poems, & a Giant Pink Flamingo

6/30/2017

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Dog Walk Discoveries (April to June, 2017)

In early spring, glimpses of blue...

The statue and the stump have the same attitude.

Some pictures make it very tempting to play with all those filters
that are so readily available on our computers and phones.

Lucky for me it's an easy walk to get to this path in the woods.

Sidewalk acrostic poems! Danae, I totally believe that you are delightful, awesome, nice, and elegant. Destiny, I'm sure you are delightful as well and I'm hoping you will finish your poem!

Batmobile!

That is one big pink flamingo.

Finally got a shot of this monkey! (Or whatever it is!)
For almost a year, every time I've walked by there's been a tall van parked in front of it.

I know this is hard to make out, but there's a black spiky light fixture next to blackened flower pots and dead flowers. Makes me think of a Tim Burton movie.

This has got to be an optical illusion, right? Or else:

There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile.
He found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked stile.
He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse,
And they all lived together in a little crooked house.

A birthday tree! I had never seen one of these fun tree wraps before,
but my son told me he's seen them in Cedar Rapids (Iowa).

Cool shadows

Curious...

Tie some netting onto a wheel and you've got yourself a bird feeder.

A river of mulberries, flowing down to the street. One of my earliest memories is helping my mom spread a sheet beneath a mulberry tree and gently shaking the branches so the ripe mulberries would drop down.

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Reflections, Story Starters, & the Riverview Ducks

3/31/2017

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Dog Walk Discoveries (January to March, 2017)

A January thaw made for lovely walk.
That little nubbin of a Christmas tree is well placed.

The sidewalk is willing itself to bloom!

Kind of makes one think of a dystopian novel, doesn't it?

Trash or story starter?

These charming ducks live at the Rau-Strong house, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. But since the Riverview Library is right across the street (and I can remember "Riverview" much better than "Rau-Strong"), I always think of them as the Riverview ducks.

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