(lurker here) The name of one of our favourite trail runs is Stick and Stones. I'll be running it tomorrow morning.

Bengardening, the first one is in Huntsville, AL near downtown. The second one is the Vietnam Women’s Memorial near the main Vietnam memorial in Washington DC. It honors the women, mostly nurses, who served in that war. The flowers had been placed there the day we visited and I thought it was beautiful in their placement.

Dedtired, that reminds of a pool at the nearby Jr college where I used to live. Concrete sides and bottom and people used to put turtles in there. No natural food for them. People used to come by sometimes and feed them lettuce or bread. I bought floating catfish chow and went every day to feed them. I was there one day, and a woman and a little boy were putting a baby turtle in. I said, "this is not a natural pond....what do you think it is going to eat?". She said, "Oh, I should have brought it's food.". Oh, give me a break!!! I am sure one of the big turtles ate it. There were 60 turtles in there. One good thing that came from Hurricane Harvey. It flooded and they were able to escape.

2022 U.S. National Snow Sculpting Championship Lake Geneva WI. Teams last morning to finish their art before judging.