We all have them.  Can we see some of the strange sights from your town?

I live in a suburb next to marshland and beaches.  Some people extend their yards out in to the wetlands or the beach (example, I use the land across the street as a parking lot). 
There is a cute little garden nearby, but it is guarded by an insane scarecrow.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs337.ash2/61702_1578530032529_1514003589_1475978_7079336_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs657.snc4/61702_1578530072530_1514003589_1475979_6351683_n.jpg

FREAKY!!!!

My mother-in-law has a mannequin leg in her garden, not really sure why.  ;D

Wow,that's a weird scarecrow.  :o

it's a bit secluded here, by the beach.  people take liberties in personalizing their homes' appearance.

I used to have an Indian Burial Mound in my neighborhood, but I have since moved.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2324/2141933640_a6bd4fec24_s.jpg

I now have an Incline trolley in my neighborhood.
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff30/bookmistress4ever/Pittsburgh2006031.jpg

^ that's really cool.  I have always wanted to see those trolleys in person.

Indeed it's cool Belle de jour,
mais je préfère l'escalier  ;)

I said I rather a long stair than a lift, for it's not expensive and quite healthy  :P

It reminds me of Montmartre in  Paris, but there and then I got the ladder instead of train.

Patty good for you, it's a good way to have a lift onto the ridge and have a nice sight..
I bet you can have a glimpse of the whole town from there.  ::)

Barcelona has got some kinda Incline machine to save you from a lotta steps and sweat.
What in summer is a goodness I confess.

Indeed it's cool Belle de jour,
mais je préfère l'escalier  ;)

I said I rather a long stair than a lift, for it's not expensive and quite healthy  :P

It reminds me of Montmartre in  Paris, but there and then I got the ladder instead of train.

Patty good for you, it's a good way to have a lift onto the ridge and have a nice sight..
I bet you can have a glimpse of the whole town from there.  ::)

Barcelona has got some kinda Incline machine to save you from a lotta steps and sweat.
What in summer is a goodness I confess.




Oh we have our fair share of stairs. 

Just that you feel like you are going to die once you get to the top of them.

http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/district3/assets/images/gallery/Southside_Slopes_640/Slopes-3.jpg

http://pittsburghcityliving.com/img/heroes/steps%20walkers.jpg

http://mickensworks.com/LookingDown18thSt%20steps.JPG

Oh we have our fair share of stairs. 

Just that you feel like you are going to die once you get to the top of them.

http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/district3/assets/images/gallery/Southside_Slopes_640/Slopes-3.jpg

http://pittsburghcityliving.com/img/heroes/steps%20walkers.jpg

http://mickensworks.com/LookingDown18thSt%20steps.JPG


Wow,those stairs are big.  :o

Oh My !! Patty, it looks like you spend the whole year to get on the top
from spring to winter step by step, you get collapsed without any chance to breathe,   :D ;D

I know now why you get on the trolley  :P :P :P


Thanks Patty, you're always funny  ;)

We have a building that is in the shape of a guitar...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Grand_Guitar.jpeg/800px-Grand_Guitar.jpeg

Plus another large guitar (twenty feet tall)...
http://localism.com/image_store/uploads/1/0/6/0/8/ar125902159080601.jpg

Most people assume that Nashville Tn. is the birthplace of country music, but they are wrong, it's actually Bristol Tn.

We have a building that is in the shape of a guitar...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Grand_Guitar.jpeg/800px-Grand_Guitar.jpeg

Plus another large guitar (twenty feet tall)...
http://localism.com/image_store/uploads/1/0/6/0/8/ar125902159080601.jpg

Most people assume that Nashville Tn. is the birthplace of country music, but they are wrong, it's actually Bristol Tn.


Wow,that's a very big guitar,I kinda thought it was the home of The Grand Olde Opry.

There is a cute little garden nearby, but it is guarded by an insane scarecrow.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs657.snc4/61702_1578530072530_1514003589_1475979_6351683_n.jpg


I'm scared as I stare at this insane guardian  you added dear Belle.

I love this thread for to see how weird life can be.

I dare to think it isn't a scarecrow, but a scare-boys what you showed up  ;)

I just remembered that where I used to live (just a block or two from the Indian Burial mound actually), there was a Crop circle.  I don't actually believe that it is genuine, but it is something strange in my neighborhood.

http://www.rense.com/1.imagesG/Miamisburg1.jpg

Here's a better picture of the Indian Burial Mound too.
http://www.rense.com/1.imagesG/MiamisburgMound1wtext.jpg

In my new neighborhood (well actually it's a few miles from my neighborhood, just the next town over) we have a Brontosaurus ? statue
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Carnegie_Library_Dinosaur_with_scarf.jpg

They must really like dinosaurs in this town... We have a Tyranosaurus Rex in front of the Art Institute that occasionally gets dressed up (depending on what is going on in the town.)  He is about 8 foot tall.  When Lady Gaga gave a concert here, Rex was Gaga-fied.

http://blog.muchmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/gagasaurusrex.jpg

Several other dinosaur statues here, but this is another "interesting" one.  Fredosaurus Rex King Friday XIII (in front of the studio where Mr. Rogers taped his childrens' program for 33 years.

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/karenhowell_2132_7955044

Outside the American Eagle Corporation, they have a neat tree sculpture made of steel girders.
http://gapersblock.com/mechanics/steeltree2.jpg

We have a 14-foot tall Big Mac statue near here too.
http://walyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/giant-big-mac1.jpg

In the town I grew up in, we now have a bridge that has only one entrance (but no exit) so it's the bridge to nowhere...
http://www.historicbridges.org/ohio/bellaire/bellaire32.JPG

Oh My !! Patty, it looks like you spend the whole year to get on the top
from spring to winter step by step, you get collapsed without any chance to breathe,   :D ;D


Indeed it would take a couple seasons to get to the top of them, I don't do stairs very well.  ;D

Please Patty , take your time, you're doing kinda well on this thread
You got a bridge to nowhere and a T-Rex, who can do your best ?

This time is me who is out of breathe  ;)

Please Patty , take your time, you're doing kinda well on this thread
You got a bridge to nowhere and a T-Rex, who can do your best ?

This time is me who is out of breathe  ;)


I guess I just like strange things.  Hey.. no comment about my husband!  ha ha ha  ;D

I guess I just like strange things.  Hey.. no comment about my husband!  ha ha ha   ;D



I think your husband is very nice-like you.



Cat

I think your husband is very nice-like you.



Cat


We thank you.  We really liked you and Carlos too.  :)

I just remembered that where I used to live (just a block or two from the Indian Burial mound actually), there was a Crop circle.  I don't actually believe that it is genuine, but it is something strange in my neighborhood.

http://www.rense.com/1.imagesG/Miamisburg1.jpg

Here's a better picture of the Indian Burial Mound too.
http://www.rense.com/1.imagesG/MiamisburgMound1wtext.jpg

In my new neighborhood (well actually it's a few miles from my neighborhood, just the next town over) we have a Brontosaurus ? statue
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Carnegie_Library_Dinosaur_with_scarf.jpg

They must really like dinosaurs in this town... We have a Tyranosaurus Rex in front of the Art Institute that occasionally gets dressed up (depending on what is going on in the town.)  He is about 8 foot tall.  When Lady Gaga gave a concert here, Rex was Gaga-fied.

http://blog.muchmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/gagasaurusrex.jpg

Several other dinosaur statues here, but this is another "interesting" one.  Fredosaurus Rex King Friday XIII (in front of the studio where Mr. Rogers taped his childrens' program for 33 years.

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/karenhowell_2132_7955044

Outside the American Eagle Corporation, they have a neat tree sculpture made of steel girders.
http://gapersblock.com/mechanics/steeltree2.jpg

We have a 14-foot tall Big Mac statue near here too.
http://walyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/giant-big-mac1.jpg

In the town I grew up in, we now have a bridge that has only one entrance (but no exit) so it's the bridge to nowhere...
http://www.historicbridges.org/ohio/bellaire/bellaire32.JPG



very interesting pictures.  :)

Now THAT was great.  You definitely win the prize for strangest neighborhood. 


I like this- around the corner from me
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs289.snc4/40790_1537166438465_1514003589_1369809_351278_n.jpg

Now THAT was great.  You definitely win the prize for strangest neighborhood. 


I like this- around the corner from me
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs289.snc4/40790_1537166438465_1514003589_1369809_351278_n.jpg


I have a stop sign around the neighborhood that says Stop Hating.

Now THAT was great.  You definitely win the prize for strangest neighborhood. 


I like this- around the corner from me
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs289.snc4/40790_1537166438465_1514003589_1369809_351278_n.jpg


I finally got the irony of the picture.  (It takes me awhile to figure things out sometimes.)  They vandalize the sign with stop vandalizing logo.  Ummm... ok.  lol

I have a stop sign around the neighborhood that says Stop Hating.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Now THAT was great.  You definitely win the prize for strangest neighborhood. 


I like this- around the corner from me
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs289.snc4/40790_1537166438465_1514003589_1369809_351278_n.jpg


Ok Who did that? ;D

^ hahaha...not me! ;D

  Happened upon this opportunity while on a stroll round town just before Thanksgiving.  Walked back home to get the camera...

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1193336/CrockettArt.jpg

I was driving in the city the other day and happened across another Stop sign art.  This one said "Don't STOP believing", which naturally got me started on an afternoon of Journey songs sung in my car.  Good times.


I can't believe I forgot about this sign that is lighted in my city (although some of the letters are burnt out now.)

http://www.post-gazette.com/images4/20070426lfHeinzSign_450.jpg

It is a Heinz ketchup bottle that fills and empties over and over and over and over again.  It is near the Heinz plant on the Heinz Historical Center.

Heinz unveiled the sign in 1995 as part of its 125th anniversary. In 2002, Heinz spun off several businesses to San Francisco-based Del Monte Foods Co., including the soup and baby food operations on the North Side. The deal included an arrangement to leave the sign in place for four years.

"Heinz is currently reviewing alternative locations for this iconic sign," said Michael Mullen, director of global corporate affairs for the H.J. Heinz Co. "Our intent is to keep the sign a part of the Pittsburgh skyline."

According to the company, the sign is made of steel and aluminum and stands 42.5 feet high and 32 feet wide. It refills the Heinz keystone logo every 30 seconds. The sign is to be refurbished during its time off.

I was driving in the city the other day and happened across another Stop sign art.  This one said "Don't STOP believing", which naturally got me started on an afternoon of Journey songs sung in my car.  Good times.


I can't believe I forgot about this sign that is lighted in my city (although some of the letters are burnt out now.)

http://www.post-gazette.com/images4/20070426lfHeinzSign_450.jpg

It is a Heinz ketchup bottle that fills and empties over and over and over and over again.  It is near the Heinz plant on the Heinz Historical Center.

Heinz unveiled the sign in 1995 as part of its 125th anniversary. In 2002, Heinz spun off several businesses to San Francisco-based Del Monte Foods Co., including the soup and baby food operations on the North Side. The deal included an arrangement to leave the sign in place for four years.

"Heinz is currently reviewing alternative locations for this iconic sign," said Michael Mullen, director of global corporate affairs for the H.J. Heinz Co. "Our intent is to keep the sign a part of the Pittsburgh skyline."

According to the company, the sign is made of steel and aluminum and stands 42.5 feet high and 32 feet wide. It refills the Heinz keystone logo every 30 seconds. The sign is to be refurbished during its time off.


That is a cool sign.

   Happened upon this opportunity while on a stroll round town just before Thanksgiving.  Walked back home to get the camera...

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1193336/CrockettArt.jpg


I like that they decorate the telephone poles there with free art.  ;D

It's not a bad painting, I might have even offered it a new home.  Great photo Dave

   Happened upon this opportunity while on a stroll round town just before Thanksgiving.  Walked back home to get the camera...

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1193336/CrockettArt.jpg


Cool photos. :)

In honor of breat cancer awareness month, American Eagle Outfitters (whose headquarters are here in Pittsburgh) have hung thousands of bras across a pedestrian bridge near their buildings.  I think it also advertises their line of bras too.

http://ts4.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1344646086839&id=a61e97744a96f339d334e7144ea50d62
http://ts2.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1344649110361&id=3644e565003c6576587b7dbfe334de9f
http://ts1.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1340519426456&id=b97c61a9c446bbaa44a4b762f5b5e64d
http://ts1.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1342904011844&id=a4d4fcf4a00adeac3247f6cc74a3b37e

I don't know if the photos will show or not...

If not, the link to see photos is here:  http://www.chron.com/news/article/Pink-ploy-Breast-cancer-charity-motives-doubted-2213359.php

When they shot the new Batman movie in my town, the Art Institute students dressed their Tyranosaurus Rex statue as Bat Rex.

http://www.cinemablend.com/images/news/26132/See_The_Dinosaur_Batman_Who_Looms_Over_The_Dark_Knight_Rises_Set_1312949035.jpg

In honor of breat cancer awareness month, American Eagle Outfitters (whose headquarters are here in Pittsburgh) have hung thousands of bras across a pedestrian bridge near their buildings.  I think it also advertises their line of bras too.

http://ts4.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1344646086839&id=a61e97744a96f339d334e7144ea50d62
http://ts2.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1344649110361&id=3644e565003c6576587b7dbfe334de9f
http://ts1.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1340519426456&id=b97c61a9c446bbaa44a4b762f5b5e64d
http://ts1.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1342904011844&id=a4d4fcf4a00adeac3247f6cc74a3b37e

I don't know if the photos will show or not...

If not, the link to see photos is here:  http://www.chron.com/news/article/Pink-ploy-Breast-cancer-charity-motives-doubted-2213359.php


Wow that's pretty strange,I'm sure a lot of horny men got a look at that.  :D

I wonder if men could do it too,like show our underwear and display it on a bridge or something.  :D

The "Bra Inspector" strikes again.



Cat

When they shot the new Batman movie in my town, the Art Institute students dressed their Tyranosaurus Rex statue as Bat Rex.

http://www.cinemablend.com/images/news/26132/See_The_Dinosaur_Batman_Who_Looms_Over_The_Dark_Knight_Rises_Set_1312949035.jpg


The mask makes him surprisingly nice  :) not scarry at all.

  ;)

Someone painted a tree stump in my neighborhood

https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/10402655_10152417759577940_9109568722238345499_n.jpg?oh=033c608d33e88ce2d4640c96253340b4&oe=54FD484D

Someone painted a tree stump in my neighborhood

https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/10402655_10152417759577940_9109568722238345499_n.jpg?oh=033c608d33e88ce2d4640c96253340b4&oe=54FD484D


Wow, that is cool.  :)

Someone painted a tree stump in my neighborhood

https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/10402655_10152417759577940_9109568722238345499_n.jpg?oh=033c608d33e88ce2d4640c96253340b4&oe=54FD484D



Someone is very talented, has a lot of time on their hands-and has a wicked sense of humor.



Cat