A less than inspiring day to dip thru Kentucky to get back to Ohio.
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Oops ... one of the desserts:
Friday, November 26, 2010
Lust for Living?
Close ... it's Thanksgiving!
A less than inspiring day to dip thru Kentucky to get back to Ohio.
Before:
During:
After:
Oops ... one of the desserts:
A less than inspiring day to dip thru Kentucky to get back to Ohio.
Before:
During:
After:
Oops ... one of the desserts:
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
Is it rocket science?
No, it's not rocket science. Place the filet (or fillet, if one prefers) in the center of the bun, slap on a piece of cheese, squirt some tartar sauce on it, and replace the top bun. That's not hard is it? Noooooo ~~~~
This example of lopsided cuisine is courtesy McDonalds, Beechmont Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. No matter how simple things are, somebody can screw it up. It is, perhaps, too much to expect for this sandwich to look like this!
This example of lopsided cuisine is courtesy McDonalds, Beechmont Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. No matter how simple things are, somebody can screw it up. It is, perhaps, too much to expect for this sandwich to look like this!
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Pond_at_39.045391,-84.126631
From the pond in the post below, I continued on, not without some meandering caused by profuse thickets and spending more time looking down, to avoid tripping, than looking where i am going. (Map of how I got there - 1.9 miles) Eventually, I found the remnants of this pond. This pond looks kidney shaped on Google's map. In fact, it probably is/was. However, it's unlikely that this pond has more than a foot or so of water in the wet season. Consider that this is a drought year so, perhaps, with rainfall, this area might at least be damp.
There is a concrete dam that is broken and the breach is about the same height as the base of the pond.
The pond from a different vantage point.
... and from a 3rd vantage point.
On the way back, watching for animal signs - this is probably raccoon scat. The seeds are similar in shape to the red berries shown earlier:
Some droppings - probably rabbit, on the way back to the car.
Right in here, something caught my foot and down I went!
Droppings from heaven ...
... heaven! Must be something magical about this tree.
About a hundred or so yards from the road, i saw this group of bare areas where something (see info on next image) had brushed away the leaves.
This spot, in the bare areas, had claw marks. My compass is 4" long and the black ring is about 2 1/4 inches. Thus the claw marks are about 1 1/2 - 1 3/4 inches apart. I sent the image to the wldinfo folks at the ODNR Division of Wildlife and, again in life, learned something - these claw marks are probably made from a wild turkey!
There is a concrete dam that is broken and the breach is about the same height as the base of the pond.
The pond from a different vantage point.
... and from a 3rd vantage point.
On the way back, watching for animal signs - this is probably raccoon scat. The seeds are similar in shape to the red berries shown earlier:
Some droppings - probably rabbit, on the way back to the car.
Right in here, something caught my foot and down I went!
Droppings from heaven ...
... heaven! Must be something magical about this tree.
About a hundred or so yards from the road, i saw this group of bare areas where something (see info on next image) had brushed away the leaves.
This spot, in the bare areas, had claw marks. My compass is 4" long and the black ring is about 2 1/4 inches. Thus the claw marks are about 1 1/2 - 1 3/4 inches apart. I sent the image to the wldinfo folks at the ODNR Division of Wildlife and, again in life, learned something - these claw marks are probably made from a wild turkey!
Pond_at_39.045674,-84.122747
East Fork State Park, near Afton, Ohio, my 1.9 mile excursion to a pond at GPS coordinates 39.045674,-84.122747. Going in from the main park road, Afton Entrance, was easy.
But then I began to see lots of deadfall.
There were a number of these low plants with small red, flat, boat-shaped berries.
Behold the pond in this rather pitiful stitched pano:
... and a not-stitched not-pitiful, not-pano:
The runoff erosion from the spillway contained abandoned treasure. Note the various stems of tough wild roses and honeysuckle that made walking through this area very difficult.
En route to its neighboring pond (above), I found some fence posts the residents had cut and stacked back in the early 1970's. There were also some others resting nearby.
But then I began to see lots of deadfall.
There were a number of these low plants with small red, flat, boat-shaped berries.
Behold the pond in this rather pitiful stitched pano:
... and a not-stitched not-pitiful, not-pano:
The runoff erosion from the spillway contained abandoned treasure. Note the various stems of tough wild roses and honeysuckle that made walking through this area very difficult.
En route to its neighboring pond (above), I found some fence posts the residents had cut and stacked back in the early 1970's. There were also some others resting nearby.
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