Next week: "Cupcake"

"Fall" is due tomorrow.

/rl

Mike's "Eve of all Hallows"

On the day before Halloween, my son and I went and snooped around an old farmstead that has been vacant for 50-60 years.  It is on the county line between Holt and Wheeler counties.

This is one of the few houses I have seen up there with a basement.  The water table is kind of high.

I love to take pictures of things that are in a state of decay, and this was good place for that.

Ryan's "Halloween"

Proper Halloween candy:



One of Jenny's neighbors gave that to her. Odd.

/rl

Cory's Halloween

Los Alamos holds a pumpkin glow each year for Halloween, in which people and organizations put their pumpkins on display on the lawn outside the art center. We stopped by to see them this year, and this was one of my favorites - I really liked how wide the mouth was.

Next week: "Fall"

"Halloween" is due tomorrow.

/rl

Ryan's "Thread"

1"x20, I think...




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David's "Thread"

Sonya is practicing her special effects makeup skills on me again for this week's theme. She's getting to be quite amazing.

Cory's Thread

Lis got a KFC bucket full of thread at a garage sale a while back, and some of it were on these pretty wooden spools. This particular one had never been used before, so I figured it was a good candidate for this week's topic.

Mike's "Thread"

Barbed wire is the thread on our farm.  Between 12 and 16 miles of it define the borders of it.
Probably another 15 divide the fields and pasture.

Next week: "Halloween"

"Thread" is due today.

/rl

David's "Moo"

This is one of the bulls on my father-in-law's small ranch at the end of our road.

Ryan's "Moo"

One of Omaha's old steakhouses:



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Mike's "Moo"

The South Omaha Stock Exchange Building is very different than it was even ten years ago, and the area surrounding it is nothing like it was when I was in high school.  When walking around the grounds, however, I can still hear the faint "mooing" of the cows that were in pens surrounding this building.
Even in 1980, the parking for this building was in a garage across the street where the basement level were cow pens.  It was not uncommon for a wedding party to celebrate in the lavish ballrooms on the top floors, while being surrounded by thousands of cows who were soon to meet their doom as a tasty steak!

Cory's Moo

Remember Gerber Baby? She's been growing lately and is now a full-fledged little kid, but that won't stop me from trying to use her for some easy votes. Here she is wearing her cow pajamas, and everybody knows that cows say "Mooooooooo".

Next week: "Thread"

"Moo" is due tomorrow!

/rl

Q's knob

Currently my middle finger looks like a knob. Full disclosure: an x-ray tech shot the original image and my doctor, who seemed amazed by this break, shot a picture on my phone so I could show it off.

Mike's "Knob"

I can't believe I just typed that in for a title.  Once again one of those topics that leave so many options, you can't decide which.
We passed this play ground equipment walking the dogs.  I think its supposed to be an airplane.  If you look closely at the center of the photo, some of the controls that have knobs on them are just painted in.

Yes, I am am still pretending I have a Russian camera.

Cory's Knob

This is the knob that lets me choose between any of five forward and one backward gear on my car. The car itself is a 2004 Golf, which I suppose explains why the knob looks faintly like a golf ball.

Next week: "Moo"

"Knob" is due tomorrow.

The topic bucket is due for a refill!

/rl

Mike's "Repair"

It's not hard to look around the home for things we have to repair.  I wanted to get out this weekend, but didn't get out of the yard with my camera.  This is our back porch which received new railings this summer.  Sandra bought the parts and painted, and I put in new metal balusters.
Yes, I have been a little fascinated with "lomo" lately.  I found a great plugin for Gimp.  It also hides my repair flaws!  Before we repaired the stairs they looked like  >> this <<