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Monday, January 21, 2008

A few more pics, 1/21/08

Cincinnati has its famous Purple People Bridge. Huntington has its infamous pink bridge. And a week or so ago, I looked over the hill while driving up Ohio 7 toward my ancestral homeland and noticed that Crown City has a yellow bridge.



Someday I'll have to call the Crown City mayor and ask, why? It may be strictly utilitarian, or there may be an aesthetic reason behind it.

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This has to the most worn-out stop sign in Lawrence County, Ohio.



A couple of decades ago, this road had a stop sign with black letters on a yellow background. When I was there a few weeks ago, it was gone.

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And here's why you have to shut off your pop-up flash when taking pictures of livestock in early morning light.



You don't want light bouncing off their retinas. I call this critter the atomic cow.