September 2010

wire panther

30 September 2010
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Nothing says, “Welcome to our home” quite like a wire-sculpture panther, pacing the yard.

by the river

28 September 2010
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At the park by the Allegheny river in Oil City.  Photo by my dad!

hulu girl loves the steelers

24 September 2010
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Seems the hulu girl loves black and gold. Photo by my mom… using her cell phone!  Way to rock the technology!

weird

23 September 2010
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is the hand reaching for the band-aid above it on the bumper? curious.

lamp tree

22 September 2010
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My dad pointed this out, it’s on Bouquin Circle in Oil City.  Kind of reminds me of the lamp post in the Chronicles of Narnia.

baby in a tree

21 September 2010
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I hate it when you climb a tree and can’t get back down.  I’m sure this baby doll was glad to see them.  Thank you Ben and Katie for sharing this!

baby in a tree 2

21 September 2010
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GUEST PHOTO by Ben and Katie. We used to take our dolls up in a fabulous tree near our house.  My brother and his friends — the tree dogs — would dutifully fetch whatever fell out of the tree, climbing back up with the dropped item hanging from their teeth. Favorite thing to fetch? A [...]

inflatable award

17 September 2010
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I was in Clarion, PA with my parents, and as we drove past this bank I noticed the bizarre, inflatable award from J.D. Power  and Associates.  Imagine my delight when my dad pulled into the bank, giving me time to document the utter randomness of it all.   The actual award looks fairly classy, but the [...]

inflatable award 2

17 September 2010
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Here’s what you see when you drive past it.

dead toy

16 September 2010
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One of Oliver’s toys.  I think it looks like road kill, but he seems to like it.

pressed shirt

15 September 2010
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When I was in Oil City, PA this summer I took to walking up and down the hills on the south side: Cowell, Moran, Innis… it was an INSANE interval workout because the hills are so steep and it was a billion degrees. One morning while I was staggering up a hill I saw this [...]

hula scarecrow?

14 September 2010
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My mom spotted this on our way home from Clarion.  We turned around and couldn’t find it again, so we finally went home.  A week later we went back to Clarion and carefully kept a look out for this hula girl-scarecrow insanity.  So bizarre!

hula scarecrow 2

14 September 2010
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Here she is, just standing at the edge of the driveway.

norbert

10 September 2010
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I don’t think Norbert knows he’s a dog.

baby bunny

9 September 2010
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GUEST PHOTO by my dad.  While visiting my parents  I happened upon a “nest” of bunnies in their garden.   I actually screamed when I lifted the straw, wasn’t really expecting to see a bunch of writhing fur underneath it.  anyhow, Oliver (the dog) found them and chased this little one up to the garage.  my [...]

stowaway

7 September 2010
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When this truck passed me I noticed the shoes hiding out on the passenger side step.  Excellent!  I had no choice but to drive 1,000 mph to catch up to him so I could take this picture.

reptilian agenda

3 September 2010
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I just don’t keep up with the reptilian agenda the way I should.  It’s hard to stay informed about domestic polictics, let alone galactic foreign policy…

no smoking pets

2 September 2010
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GUEST PHOTO: Cara took this at a car rental place in Connecticut. Excellent!  I’m enamored with this sign!

reasonable request

1 September 2010
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At a road side stop on 90W in New York.  Saw it out of the corner of my eye and at first I thought it said  “hands and FEET washing not permitted.”  That would have been awesome!  But it’s still strange because the drinking fountain is right next to the bathroom.  Why would I wash [...]