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What's with all the plastic dental flossers on the ground. I swear I see one or more every time I go out. I never see anyone on the sidewalk flossing their teeth, so don't understand where they come from.
I was wondering this during my last long run! I tried counting them, but around 20 gave up. It seems insane that there are so many of them lying on the side of the road!
Bring it on.
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not a weird find but a weird outcome...
Found a cell phone during my run on Sunday morning. It was off the road in the grass, the silver was flashing in the sun or I would have missed it. I picked it up and stuck in my pack and continued on my run. Once back at home I looked at the phone book for a "home" address entry. Called the number and my daughter's school principle answered the phone. It was her husband's phone; he lost it off the roof or trunk of his car on Friday morning.
nothing to see here.
Sara
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I saw a single dead crawfish on the paved rail trail today...nowhere near any water.
We had a random, single dead crawfish in our yard, too (so, technically, at the start of my run). We have snakes and turtles here, but I've never seen a living crawfish...
Weird morning for squirrels this morning. First I saw a squirrel FALL out of a tree and land with a cracking sound on the road. He stood up, ran around in 2 circles, keeled over and died. Later I saw another squirrel being attacked by a small hawk -- the squirrel was screaming and finally the hawk let go -- I might have scared him off. .
I saw a squirrel fall out of a tree too a while ago, but fortunately he just scrambled off and seemed ok. Poor little guy...
Ha!
I've been in Texas for a bit and I've noticed that the squirrels here are a lot less afraid of people than the Seattle squirrels.
And.... sure as hell, yesterday while I was running, I heard a commotion in a tree and then SPLAT. Squirrel on the ground about 5 feet away. He wandered off.
Today while I was running, an acorn buzzed by my ear at a high rate of speed. Perhaps the wind blew it at me. But I'd like to think that it was a sniper squirrel trying to peg me.
Ha! I've been in Texas for a bit and I've noticed that the squirrels here are a lot less afraid of people than the Seattle squirrels. And.... sure as hell, yesterday while I was running, I heard a commotion in a tree and then SPLAT. Squirrel on the ground about 5 feet away. He wandered off. Today while I was running, an acorn buzzed by my ear at a high rate of speed. Perhaps the wind blew it at me. But I'd like to think that it was a sniper squirrel trying to peg me.
MI squirrels are most definitely about as tame as a wild animal can be. And they DO have good aim. Little punks thik our house is their property, so they defend it with pinecones.
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