What's the excuse for pictures this week?

 Actually, the same as last week.  Out of a prospective 10-hour day, 4 days a week schedule, this week was: 8 hours for 3 days, 4th day- even with a 35 minute meet with HR- ran out of work 3 hours and 40 minutes in.  Oh, but we ARE working 3 days Thanksgiving week.  As Bobby Vinton would say, 

Anyhow, that meant time for walks- and when the arctic simulation finally broke up around here on Wednesday, we hit it....

Bright blue day number 1

Spying on us as we entered Plex space...

Misty, of course, gobbling snow as we went...

And cutting through into the woods.

Misty was working on her "detecting dead stuff" skills.  Center of pic is a somewhat gloppy remnant of a squirrel...

...and several minutes and distance later, she found the still-bloody jawbones of one.

Nice to see Stony Run without the leaves

Here, I find fur from off another squirrel's tail.  Apparently it wasn't a good week for our nutty friends, probably because of that whole "fat and sluggish" thing from last week.

And no, she didn't pee on it.  But apparently someone did.

Here, she asked permission to gobble.  Permission granted.

Now, at least we know the crew that keeps putting up the little flags here and there.  Looked like a class split into three groups, with 2 supervisors.

Dam is closed again, water has receeded, but it got below 30 degrees F, so out comes the ice warning sign.

And here is why Misty suddenly picked up the pace...

Back at home, it seems someone had a homework disaster.  And thanks to a staple that held strong...

...we get a "homework flower".

Today, with a much earlier start, I thought we'd go around the other way...

Yet another BBD...

The stream bed between us and the Bark Park hasn't been very busy this year

The painting work is proceeding apace- much better than when the last owners attempted.

At least one neighbor is ready for Christmas...

The office does nice gardening

And out of the complex we go

Someone need a Carmax plate?

The amount of abandoned clothes we find is simply amazing...

...a wide variety, despite it still being the Year of the Sock.

Misty's next find- dead raccoon

And the turn down Clinton St

I took this so I could see if this was a boat I might of made a cover for.  Rinker? That's a no.

Misty acted like she wanted to hurry up and take that bus.  Bonus: After it passed us, it hit the air brakes and she jumped.

No saving that tire...

Man/dog selfie, attempt 1

Attempt 2, sans doggie

Time check

Let's cut through the strip mall!

Last time we made this trip, this was a lot under construction and we wondered what it was going to be.  Now we know- yet another of the car wash "palaces" going up all over town.

I asked her- "River or woods?" She chose woods

Always nice to see running water here.

The birds were having a party throughout the woods.  The squirrels, or what's left of them, must be late risers.