A Week in Pictures | Mid September 2018 in DFW
Normal Sights From My Work Week
Up? So many interpretations are opened up here. What's up? Up yours, up to you, up until, up to here, nowhere to go but up, shut up, keep up, catch up, ketchup, sit up, stand up...
That's an easy Halloween costume. Or maybe it's a soon-to-be-favorite everyday shirt for some lucky lady.
Here's a decent view of downtown Carrollton. Sure the sky is cloudy, that's no problem though. It has come a long way in the last decade or so. There's been a lot of work done to beautify and rejuvenate their square, polite applause.
One of many daily tasks on the list: organizing. This time it's Oetiker clamps. They are a kind of clamp that secures flexible tubing, like on a beer system. These are now sorted by size - yes!
What is this store's best-selling item? Stacking chairs? Clothing? Inflatable fish? Who can really say?
Has anyone ever bought a bonsai from one of these kinds of sellers? They seem to get steady business because they set up shop like this almost anywhere along a roadside where there is moderate traffic. Wonder where they get their trees.
Where does this fancy little path lead? An underground fairy kingdom? Or maybe into a toad's lair? Probably just to nowhere though.
Sometimes you're the windshield; sometimes you're the bug.
Anyone else remember that Mary Chapin Carpenter song? There's some kind of irony in the mantis standing on the bug-splattered windshield, and the sunset is a nice touch too.
I wonder if the mantis is eating bug spatter. That would be one smart bug. I love those things. Fun to mess about with. Are there many of them in Texas?
I so enjoy your series, of things you see on the way to work, etc, and your discussions. Very creative and fun. There is so much to see and laugh about in most of the world. And I think that store would have to be visited, if I lived nearby. A collection of oddments....looks to be to be a dis-inflated, inflatable Dory (sp?).
Cheers to ya, and have fun with the Oetiker's. They look like something I could put to good use in my Mr. Potatoehead BataDada Steampunk art. Hmmm. Have a most wondrous night down yonder.
He (or she) was a hefty size, whatever it eats it eats well. Yes, mantises are common here. They're fascinating to watch, aren't they?
It's good to hear you get some enjoyment from the weeks in pictures. It's fun to share, though it may not be high excitement by some standards 🙂
Those Pa'tatuhs are your legacy!
Oh, I'd call it highfalutin excitement. Or at least major entertainment. Keep on shooting away (but not as you drive, don't want to read about you in the papers...). I'm glad you are still posting on here. The site has definitely lost some fun people. I'm hoping they are just in a short hiatus, or taking the summer off for other things. Do you know what @sandrina.life is up to? I miss her. Well, I'm off to bed, have a nice day tomorrow. It's almost the WEEKEND (said with fanfarish music.) Cheers
Highfalutin', hah! Haven't heard that one in a while. Yeah steemit is surely evolving, so many people come and go through here it can be hard to keep up sometimes. I'm not sure what Sandrina has been up to either, she's definitely a lot of fun to follow. Maybe she'll be back one of these days.
Oh I definitely keep my attention on the road when I'm behind the wheel, but riding shotgun is another story! There's always something to take a picture of.
Happy Friday to you as well, and enjoy your weekend!
The world is the photographer's oyster, thanks be we have hands, unlike the bivalves. Just THINK of what they are missing out on...
I don't want to be a windshield or a bug XD Although when I was doing webdev I have often wished I was a windshield. Did you follow the mushrooms? I would have totally followed the mushrooms despite all those cautionary faerie tales (it's too late to Darwin me out though! XD)
Were you driving along with the mantis there like that or was it there when you got to the vehicle? :)
Windshield or bug is like picking between a rock and a hard place!
Oh there were sooo many mushrooms that day! They were in giant partial fairy circles all over the place, fuel for the imagination.
The mantis landed after we parked, he wanted to watch the sunset too. Thanks for stopping by :^]