Tracks in the Snow

Like many other places around the country we were blanketed with snow the other day. It started out rather light and we didn't get near as much as people I've talked with both north and south of us. My snowman banner doesn't look so out of place today.

After a fresh snow I like to go out and see what tracks in the snow I can find. We no longer have any pets so it's interesting to see what roaming cats, dogs and sometimes rabbits venture onto my property. I see there's been a cat up on my front porch...

...and walking around in the front yard.

Below are my tracks to and from the mailbox. I could walk out to the driveway and around but the snow wasn't all that deep.

These are dog tracks going up my driveway. I should have put my shoe print beside the dog track so you could see how large they are. The track goes up the drive but not back down. Dog must have had a destination to go to.

Pardon my expletive with the next set of tracks but WTF!!! Since when is it okay to jump curbs and drive across lawns? I realize that dogs and cats trespass, but they're innocently ignorant of man's laws concerning property. Some people's children, anyway.

Happy Tracking!

Small Town Snapshot Sunday #2

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Living in a small town means dirt roads for city streets. Walking on the road because they're never really busy and there aren't always sidewalks.

Small towns also often have railroad tracks nearby. When I was young I walked down many a railroad track. This was also one of my daughter's favorite things to do.
Dried up mud on dirt roads can produce a bright spot of color, even if it is only a dandelion.
Living in a small town also means I don't have to burn gas to get any place in town I want to go. The child carrier on my bike has come in real handy for hauling things to and from places. The other day I hauled the lawn chairs, cooler, camera bag and umbrella in it over to the baseball game.

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K-Monster's Soggy Track Meet

Monday afternoon K-Monster called me and asked if I could come take pictures of him at his track meet the next day, Tuesday. I told him it was rather short notice, but I could be there. This meet is the make-up meet for the one that was cancelled last week due to the weather. Well, today was soggy/rainy, but there was no lightning. So the meet went on.
First K-Monster participated in the shot put.

See how wet it was? These events took a little longer because one of the other places that is used for these events was flooded.

Next he participated in the disk throw.

His mother got off work in time to catch up with us here.

Then it was over to the track. My daughter and I sat in the bleachers with our umbrellas and waited for his 100M race.

Just look at all the umbrellas.

K-Monster starts pretty well, he's the one in the middle...

I'm not sure if it's him slowing down or the others speeding up.

But he gave it a good run and that's what counts.

His mother and I left after his race and he told me later that it really started raining after we had left. I hadn't noticed at home, guess I just didn't pay attention to what was going on outside.