Thanks goodness this wasn't our house - but I saw it on the way out of the neighborhood this morning...  can't believe it's the neighbor's tree.  Rumor has it the tree was cut by "professionals".  You can see the straight across cut they made on the trunk of the tree.  Brilliant.

I like this picture...  it's an accident that it looks this way.  The camera on my cell phone is quite bad and blurred the edges (since they were moving the fastest) but it looks like I'm flying down the road.  I really like roads with tree cover like this...

Remember the huge spider from the other day?  In its place (same gas station, same pump) is a praying mantis.  Wonder if it got the spider...

A good time was had by all this weekend as we traveled up to Norfolk, VA to visit our friend Chris.  How incredible is it to have your name on the side of an F-18 Hornet:

It's absolutely amazing to me that he gets to fly this plane:

I'm sure it looks even more menacing when it is fully loaded up with bombs, missiles, etc., but I'm glad they didn't let us near anything live.  Of course, even without weapons, this plane has managed to cause damage (fortunately not while Chris was in it):

Imagine how much crap his friends would give him if he had been the one to kill Bambi on the runway...  Just in case something like this happened again, Laura was prepared by wearing the proper headgear (she knows Chris too well):

We were actually visiting because Chris will be away from home for the next several months on his home away from home:

We enjoyed this weekend, doing some water skiing in the calmer areas of the Chesapeke Bay (Elizabeth River actually, I think).  Chris's parents and brother also visited us and brought the smallest dog on earth with them:

I believe it weighed in at 1 pound, 2 ounces.  I bet at least 1 pound of it was fur.  If it gives you any sort of reference, I believe the tiles are 12 inches across. 

Good food was had by all:

But no matter how much fun we were having, Chris always made sure to talk with his wife when she got a free moment on the computer.  She is on a ship right now and he doesn't get to talk with her very frequently.  Here he is, still typing with only two fingers:

Good luck, Chris.  Stay safe and come back home soon.

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this...  it appears as if they have the equipment installed for a traffic light at Morgan Rd and Aviation.  Woo hoo!  This was a terrible intersection.  Once this and the light at I459 get turned on, I will no longer have blind left turns at a stop sign onto major streets.  Yay.

Why is it the oddest looking creatures are always the ones trying to get into your house?  This moth was beating itself to death to try to get in our living room last night.  Its wingspan is approx 6 inches.

He's only with us through tonight...  but it's been funny having him around.  Here is the slowest he's been all weekend:

Of course this picture was taken seconds before he knocked the bottle into the bathtub, but I'm pretty sure he'd like it if his little non-opposable thumbs could grip that cap to open it.