Saturday, April 26, 2008

For Sale by Owner

On Thursday, April 24, 2008 I walked over the Parkiomen Trail to the junction with the new Skippack Township Trail. I had heard rumors of an old car deep in the 100 acre woods. While I didn't find Pooh Bear or Tigger or even Piglet, I did find (and ingested) thousands of gnats, lots of Virginia Bluebells (hitherto called "FBWF"), some stinging nettles** and the old car.

**Wearing shorts, my legs were badly stung. I tried Witch Hazel, Calamine Lotion, and in the end, the only thing that worked was Preparation H.


The Skippack Trail runs along side the Perkimon Creek for a half mile

As you can probably see why, I enjoy walking this section of the trail and do so fairly regularly.


Ye Olde Car

I guess the little white haired lady that only drove this car to church, missed a turned one day on way home. I am sorely puzzled by the lack of orange coneheads in the vincinity. Perhaps they have enough sense to avoid the nettles.


Ye view from the other side

I think some prospective buyer probably kicked a tire a wee bit too hard.


Virginia Bluebells and Gnats in the setting sun

Legs stung, but photography mission accomplished, I bailed out of there. I hope you don't mind, but I decided this car wasn't "good enough" for the spindle.

3 comments:

LadyStyx said...

Not good enough for the spindle LOL!! And you call ME the nut! Those other two pix though, again puzzleworthy. The top one...now that's something that'd look nice framed over a sofa.

AliceKay said...

When I checked out the pics in that one flickr album yesterday, I coulda sworn I saw the remnants of a manure spreader in there (the one labeled Farm Machinery) but when I looked just now, it looked like it might be an old hay elevator. :)

I was gonna reply to that email but didn't have time yesterday, nor today. Sorry bout that. *hugs*

ChicagoLady said...

Hmmm, makes ya think you should wear pants when walking there, huh? I know I would. Although I might try to go when the gnats aren't so populous, also.