Windmill

I've always wondered what the story is behind the building of this private home on Gary Avenue in Wheaton, IL.

Airfield

Today I discovered that they fly remote control airplanes at Manville Oaks Park in West Chicago. This plane is a bit unique. They told me it was from Virginia and they are passing it from club to club across the US from the East coast to the West coast. Today it was is West Chicago. 

 This is a WWII model plane.

Did you see that?

It's not every day you see a bigger-than-life-size cow at the supermarket!

Carving

Some years back I went to a Wood Carver's Show and couldn't resist buying this duffer.

Long Way From Home

Today I saw this bumper sticker on the back window of an older pickup truck with Illinois plates. 

Motorcycle Week

82nd Laconia, NH

June 11-19, 2005

Bird

My friends Cindy & Libby got me this carved Quetzal bird for Christmas. The Quetzal is the national bird of Guatemala. They have an extremely long tail.

 Trivia Fact: The monetary unit of Guatemala is the Quetzal too.

Curb

I found this situation rather amusing.

The sign warning drivers of a curb appears to have been flattened; probably by someone who drove over the curb. In fact the entrance to the parking lot is quite narrow and a delivery truck would most always find itself driving over the curb.

Ball?

This evening I decided to walk a nature trail that bikes are not allowed to use. When I first saw this ball I thought it was a giant puff ball. Later when I saw others in the undergrowth, they looked like a child's bouncy ball. However, they turned out to be giant mushroom balls.

Here's what it looks like on the inside. (I didn't break it open. I found it that way.)

 It hasn't rained at all in October but there must still be plenty of moisture in these wooded areas. I thought these mushrooms looked like something out of a fairy tale.

Blimp

Tonight I chased the "Direct TV" blimp as it flew to the DuPage Airport for the evening. It was moving faster than I could drive with a posted 40 mph speed limit, so I gave up after about a mile. These blimps seem to come every summer for various Chicago sporting events.