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skeleton climbing out of hole

Wordless Wednesday: Skeleton

I made the mystery trail/maze as promised, but I uncovered a significant hole left by some bank robber retrieving his stolen loot. As the trail is walked in the dark, this was a real hazard, so it had to be marked. So we enlisted McCoy. McCoy (Star Trek fans… 

a falling cabin and the two-seater privy of Modern Restrooms

Route 66: Ruins and Ghost Towns

One of my favorite things about Route 66 is discovering relics of a previous age, America’s answer to ancient ruins.

Sally Sparrow: I love old things. They make me feel sad.
Kathy Nightingale: What’s good about sad?
Sally Sparrow: It’s happy for deep people.“Blink,” episode of Doctor Who, written by Steven Moffat

Route 66 is full of old things, and many of them are falling apart from decades of abandonment. Here’s a gallery of some of my favorite findings.

A young girl in a pink hoodie holds a frying pan up to a person dressed as a zombie, who is wearing a dark hoodie with face paint and fake blood. They are standing near playground equipment outdoors.

Zombies on the Playground

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I don’t do Wordless Wednesday much, but sometimes you’ve just got something to share.

Zombies on the Playground

My friend the talented Amanda Irwin of Elemental Photography wanted to recreate this fun image of children fighting off zombies on playground equipment. She issued an open call for predators and prey, and this happened.


A person with long dark hair and dramatic white face makeup peers through sheer white fabric, wearing traditional Japanese attire and looking directly at the camera in blue-tinted lighting.

Yuki Onna photos

Yuki-onna (雪女, the snow woman) from the Hyakka...
Yuki-onna (雪女, the snow woman) from the Hyakka…

The yuki onna is a femme fatale of Japanese folklore. When travelers are lost or exhausted in the winter snows, the yuki onna (“snow woman”) appears to greet them — and they are never seen again.

/cue shivery music/