Just to help pad a month of posts shortchanged by computer woes…I’m publishing some recent finds of mine at the Falls of the Ohio. I found these objects (and more) the last three times I visited the river across the way from Louisville. Something about the lay of the land and the prevailing currents push all sorts of floating stuff onto the park’s shoreline. I found the colorful gourd above about two feet away from this neon yellow-green softball that was losing its cover. Here are more recent gourd images.
First, here’s a round, variegated gourd…followed by a knobby, elongated, variegated, squash. Perhaps they are Thanksgiving decorations?
Although it looks like it could be some kind of strange seed pod, the “laces” give it away. It’s a novelty American football…with “French ticklers”? Definitely, one of the oddest balls I’ve come across and worthy of being added to my “Balls of the Ohio Collection”.
I came across this tiny smiley-face ball lying face up in the sand. Another tiny find was this toy hat. I added a walnut to give you a sense of its scale.
I kept the hat and don’t be surprised if you see one of my Styrofoam figures wearing it someday. A few months a go, I did a post about “sea life” in the Ohio River. Well, I recently came across another candidate for that story.
The pincers on this sand toy crab pivot back and forth. My last image is a flattened inner tube. Usually, I find tires, but this believe it or not is a rarity. The way it is just laying there all sphincter-like in the light, caught my eye. I’m working on new categories of objects seen in the Falls context and I will include them here as they develop.
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