Home & Garden Show . . .

This PM, The Cooper and I traveled to Ft. Wayne for the annual Home & Garden Show. Every year it seems a lot different. This year seemed to be the year of the chiropractor. There must have been 5 or 6 booths giving free massages, etc. Even the US Census had a booth. They were giving away cloth bags and some other goodies. No wonder the census costs costs several billion dollars. Saw a lady walking around with a parrot on her shoulder. Thought that was pretty strange. I mean, this is Ft. Wayne, Indiana . . . not Cleveland or San Francisco or New York City or . . . gettin the idea yet ?? When I got to the flower section I noticed a booth of exoctic birds. So she probably didn't wander in off the streets. For some strange reason there weren't many of those little blue-haired ladies that live to block aisles no matter how wide they are and get in everyone's way. Maybe they stayed home to watch the hockey game . . .

Took the scenic route back to Ohio. Noticed a cluster of cell phone antennas mounted on a electricity transmission tower. First time I noticed that in these parts. I've seen them in the Cleveland area. Saw four deer near the road in a field. When they saw me they started running toward me. Probably havin some fun with me. Saw a hawk on a phone cable. I stopped to shoot a photo, but he decided to leave. Tried to tell him I had a mouse for him if I could take a picture, but apparently he didn't believe me. Saw a couple more a few miles later flying around. Saw a few wild turkeys here and there. They come out of the woods a lot this time of year.

Spotted a flock of pheasants in a field next to the road. Can't remember when I've seen pheasants in the 'wild.' By the time I got stopped and the camera ready to go, there were only a couple hanging around. Mentioned that I had shelled corn for a group photo, but they didn't believe me either. No one was in the mood for handouts today.

Spotted this scene closer to home. Someone is shelling out some bucks to drain their field. I haven't seen this many roll of drainage 'tile' in one field for a long time.