Here's a random group of pictures that don't tell any kind of story except maybe what I find interesting. Not all are great pictures, but they remind me of things I've seen. My father-in-law once said he didn't care much about a picture's quality if it was good enough to remind him of something.
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| This was the first time I had seen a little free art gallery. |
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| A mural advertising Sykesville Days. |
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| We're harvesting a few pears these days. It's always a race against the critters and rot. |
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| A new fence around a church we saw on our outing the other day. A bird has made quick work on one of the posts. |
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| A restored steam engine tractor in Parkersburg, WV. Of course, Ward was very interested in figuring out how it worked. |
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| The town where my father was born and the cemetery where we found the graves of my great-grandparents and great-uncles. My sister supplied some interesting stories about them. It is true that there have been moonshiners in WV. :) |
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| These giant metal roosters seem to be a trend in the Parkersburg area. |
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| When we visit somewhere, we usually collect magnets as our souvenirs. Thanks to Hannah at Squishy Tulips for the idea of displaying them. (Frames from a thrift store.) |
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| This is a weevil that we found attached to the end of a roll of toilet paper. Somehow, we didn't get a picture for scale, but the actual insect was quite small, about 1/4" long. I took it outside, and it eventually disappeared. I can tell you I look more closely at the toilet paper before I use it now. :) |
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| This is another of those things that's hard to discern in the picture. The trunk of this tree was little more than bark, yet it supported growth on top of it. |
That's 10 things, so I guess that's a good time to wind up today's gallery.
Until next time...
