It's an Epidemic!

This is getting weird.  In an unrelated note, the meat pies at the local shop are much better than they were.

FOUR Missing Cats?

Neighborhood Violations

The white specks above are plastic forks sticking the ground in two different yards in my neighborhood (sorry about the top one--it was taken rather early in the day, but you can see a little reflection in the irrigation water).  Why?  Who can say?  Also, shoes in a tree: 

Again, not sure why.  But I'm comfortable with the level of respect for nature this demonstrates.