You never know what you will see when walking through my tiny village. If you don't believe me, just ask seedsower. The evening she and Mildoo arrived for a visit last June, we walked to the village park. In an unbelievable turn of events, neither Beth nor I had our cameras with us when we came upon two men pushing a wheelbarrow loaded with a toilet through the streets of the village. It will just have to remain one of those glorious memories that causes snorts and giggles at odd times.

Yesterday I took Boo to the park. I enjoy standing on the footbridge over the creek, admiring the scenery. Usually, I look in this direction:


As we were headed across the bridge, I turned and looked the other direction:




Yes, it's an egg just sitting at the water's edge. No nest, no ducks to be seen. Just an egg sitting atop the mud. I've seen a horse tied outside the biker bar, a man driving a homemade vehicle while seated in a pink reclining chair, a traveling toilet... a lone egg on the ground didn't faze me. At least this time I had a camera with me.

Boo and I sat on the creek bank admiring the egg for a while, then trekked back across the bridge. Boo briefly explored the remnants of the cornfield that abuts the park.


For a dog who attempts to eat anything, including potato peelings, dried leaves and slugs (which, happily, he changed his mind about after one lick), Boo was remarkably uninterested in the corn. Maybe the stubble left by the harvester was too uncomfortable.

Next we headed across the village to the woods on the other side of the fireworks field. Along the way, we saw an old garage with peeling paint. It looked sad and neglected until we got near enough to see the cheerful flowers adorning the front.


The house behind which the garage sits featured a very contented cat.





Haha - not really! But it was close. Here in The 'Duh we have The Leaf Blower On the Roof.


He was cleaning his gutters with a leaf blower. I tried to be sneaky about taking his photo, but as you can see he turned his head and saw me just as I snapped the picture. Then he smiled and waved at me. So I smiled and waved back and continued my walk singing...


I'm sure the Leaf Blower on the Roof paused in his work to look down at the crazy woman walking her scruffy dog and warbling show tunes and marveled at the strange and wonderful things he sees in The 'Duh.

I was pretty lenient with the answers and ended up with a three-way tie.