What Is It XXXXI - Answers

#1 Is a photo of a bridge support with a peeling paint job. The graffitti is something we live with in Kent. I don't understand the mentality of the kids who do it. Warren from England got this one. He is a good at guessing these photos. You can always see neat birds on his site. #2 Is a Golden Hornet Crabapple Tree that I found while searching for my header photo. If you check the header you see a little crab apple tree on the left. Joan, the bug lady, is on a role and got the correct answer again. She had a neat mystery this week. Craig: its time to step up to the plate.

I do hope you had fun. I will be gone until Thursday afternoon.

Header Competition # 6

It is time again to change the header. Mac, Tom, Darla and I have a little contest to show a new theme header each week. Go to the other sites to see their interpretation of my suggestion of a "looking up". We are keeping the competition small, limited to just to this group.

I first thought of the underside of the hi-level bridge in Kent but it didn't fill my needs. The sky was a grey overcast.
I do love to look up at sounds in the sky and even capture this fast helicopter. I've shown them before so I rejected it.

I finally settled on the Kent water tower not far from my house and I went as close to the base as possible to be "looking up". This is where I get my water and it is good to drink.

What Is It XXXXI

My World blog is directly below.

#1 Could be really easy or really hard depending on what you see. #2 this could be a real fooler, I hope the crop doesn't mess you up.

I will be travelling on Wednesday so will only be able to give credit on today's guesses.

My World - Year # 2 - Episode # 6

This is my posting for the My World Meme. It is hosted by Klaus, Sandy, Wren, Louise, Sylvia and myself. Won't you join in, I want to see where you live and thrive. Check out the new layout at the My World site.

The Cuyahoga River is the reason Kent exists. The bridge upstream from the Main Street bridge which I have shown on the My World site is the Crane Avenue bridge. I showed it last Winter after a train derailment closed it down. It is being replaced through the Economic Recovery Act. They are changing the intersection and making better access to the bridge. I am standing to the left of where the new bridge will cross the river.
Standing on the Crane Avenue bridge you can see the construction progressing for the bridge supports.

This is looking down the Cuyahoga River just to the left of the construction.

This is looking upstream to a more calm scene on the Cuyahoga River.

See a lot of other worlds by clicking the link above.

Today's Flowers # 66

My friend Luiz from Brazil does the Today's Flowers Meme, check it out. Come and join with your flower photos. Sunday at 2 GMT is the post time.

Today I'm going to show some photos from the summer time. These are some Peonies at Fish Creek. I enjoyed the reflection.
This is a Water Lily bed that I captured from the shore.

I think the Water Lily is a great flower but the white is hard to capture.

The flowers nestle in among the greenery and put on a great show.

You can see a lot of great flowers above.

Camera Critters # 84 - Mourning Dove

Camera Critters by Misty Dawn, go here to see who's participating.

The Mourning Dove is a common bird in the Spring through Fall in our area. Here is one I saw near the small stream in the neighborhood. They do like the Ohio Buckeye Tree.

They check out the flower beds looking for food.

They like to come onto my deck and show there stuff.

This is a tree from the neighborhood where I saw this one.

They are very comfortable on the gravel roads. I love the iridescent strip on their neck and their red legs.

They are a neat bird. Visit some other great critter sites above.