It's WORLDWIDE PHOTOWALK Time!!

It's that time of year! Dust off your camera!

The 3rd Annual Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk takes place on Saturday, July 24th! Folks from all over the world sign up for photowalks in their cities. Meet people, see the sites, take pictures.

According to the web site, "Last year, over 32,000 people in over 900 locations around the globe participated."

After the walk, if you chose, you can upload your pictures to the photowalk website and one picture from each photowalk group will be chosen to compete for the grand prize.

If you were with me last year, you will remember I participated in the Williamsburg, Virginia Walk.  I had a great time in one of my favorite historic cities and this year I will be joining the walk in Yorktown, Virginia. I am very excited about this year, because Yorktown, which is situated on the York River, has always been one of my favorite places. You can read more about this historic city here.

Hurry over to the photowalk website to read more about the event and to find a participating city near you! You really don't want to miss this. Seriously, hurry up, because cities fill up FAST.

Here is the winning photo from last year:

 ...and here is a link to the winner and honorable mentions from the past two years. You know. Just to get you in the mood for a photowalk.

ohhhh-possum?

So, I'm sitting here in my office, catching up on my blog-reading, when I see something out of the corner of my eye. I look outside and this is what I see just a-ramblin' past my window....

...an opossum momma and her baby. Momma was about the size of a really fat cat, maybe a 16 pounder.

I ran outside with my camera and came up behind them. Momma gave me the stare-down, but otherwise, just went back to foraging. I got a bit creeped out after a few minutes. Do opossums chase humans? I don't know, but I didn't want to mess with a momma and her baby. 

Here's the wiki info on this critter:

The Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana), commonly known as the North American Opossum, is the only marsupial found in North America north of the Rio Grande. A solitary and nocturnal animal about the size of a domestic cat, it is a successful opportunist and is found throughout Central Americaand North America east of the Rockies from Costa Rica to southern Ontario (it was also introduced to California in 1910, and now occupies much of the Pacific coast); it seems to be still expanding its range northward. Its ancestors evolved in South America, but were enabled to invade North America in theGreat American Interchange by the formation of the Isthmus of Panama about 3 million years ago. It is often seen near towns, rummaging through garbage cans, or lying by the side of the road, a victim of traffic.

I guess she's not too nocturnal when she has an extra mouth to feed.