Roadside Signs

Did you ever think much about the roadside signs you pass? Are the signs universal or local to the area you are in? Could a person determine the area of the country they are in based on roadside signs? It is doubtful we would see a "Panther Xing" sign in many states, so wouldn't it be reasonable to think "Florida" when we see a Panther Xing sign?

How often have you seen the thing you are being cautioned to watch out for in a sign? Regarding Panthers I have seen one living out of captivity and it wasn't in the area of a panther caution sign. The viewing occurred during an afternoon walk last year in a secluded area in SW Florida. It made for a memorable life experience and entertaining Facebook post. 

How do signs vary from place to place and what story do they tell? Traveling over highways and byways my camera will begin to capture signs interesting to me. Please share those interesting to you, I would enjoy seeing them.

#signs

A Healing Coming On

One week from today I will be waking up in New Orleans. The travel enthusiast in me looks forward to another road trip. This road trip will take me from North Fort Myers, (which is located in the southwest area of Florida) up the Florida West Coast, through the Florida Panhandle, Alabama, Mississippi, to Louisiana and the French Quarter of New Orleans. Road trips are fun, especially when they are combined with visiting family & friends along the way.

As a builder viewing craftsmanship of days gone by is one of my favorite things. New Orleans' French and Spanish Creole architecture can feed the love for building and fuel design creativity in just about anyone.

Music is a healing source and the decadent medicine of Jazz is easy to find in New Orleans from the street musicians to the nightlife on Bourbon Street....I feel a healing coming on.

Raining Cats and Dogs

"It's raining cats and dogs!" It certainly is raining hard in North Fort Myers, FL this afternoon but I haven't seen any cats or dogs falling from the sky...yet.

Did you ever wonder where such a phrase originated? Maybe you already know how it started. I had to look it up and learned these written examples go back to the 1600's:

1651 British poet Henry Vaughan referredto a roof that was secure against "dogs and cats rained in shower"

1652 English playwright Richard Brome wrote "It shall rain dogs and podcasts" in the comedy City Witt

1738 Jonathan Swift wrote a satire on the upper classes titled the Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation in which one of the characters feared it would "rain cats and dogs"

Uses for a Random Lid

Are you compelled to save critters in need? I found my roommates Chihuahua "Tanner" playing with this frog on our back porch. The frog's skin was almost dried out and covered with debris that clung to the stickiness of the  dehydrated frog making it impossible for the poor thing to move and escape. I rescued it from the clutches of Tanner, who simply thought it was a new toy, rinsed it off and placed it under a hibiscus bush in a small bit of water (I knew that random plastic lid, that didn't seem to fit any container, would come in handy one  day). An hour has passed and the frog has raised it's head and appears to be resuscitating. I believe that by this evening it will again be catching bugs in the moonlight.
#randomlid
#frogrescue
#compelledtohelp