An intriguing juxtaposition of movie titles.

I just barely had time to grab the camera and snap this photo while waiting for the light to change at the intersection of Monona and Broadway.

Don't know how safe it is for the dog, but he sure looked like he was having fun.

Purty Colors

A clear spring morning and tulips at the Dane County Farmer's Market

A day at the Dane County Farmer's Market.

With it's beacon-yellow turret and its faded TAVERN sign, Mickey's is one of Willy Street's landmark buildings. It looks a bit like a dive on the outside but if you venture inside you can order some of the best locally-brewed beer and eat some of the most delicious food to be had in the neighborhood.

Coming soon to the former premises of Bunky's Cafe, the Daily Cafe & Munchkery. Maybe the Dairy Cafe & Lunchkery. Or the Daisy Cafe & Quichkery.

It's been driving us crazy for a week now. They uncover a new letter every couple of days but we've been puzzling over this all week and can't figure it out.

The last word's got to be made up, that's all we can imagine.

I just realized: None of my guesses work because of that last letter. I'll just go sit in the corner and tear all my hair out until they uncover it.

The cow on Atwood Avenue is all dressed up for May Day.

Another lovely old building along Williamson Street that's managed to not only hang on over the years, but grow more handsome with age.

I don't know if the King Midas Flour sign is authentic, but it does add a nice touch.

Madison Candy Co.

The building on Williamson Street that is now home to Ground Zero Cafe and the El Dorado Grill was once a candy company, unless the sign's there just to give the building character.

Mini Cooper, the Original

Seen in the parking lot behind St Vincent de Paul's over the weekend, dwarfed by a mid-size Ford Focus.

Tree house at the intersection of Yahara Place and Dunning Street, along the shore of Lake Monona. It even comes with its own trampoline.

By coincidence, the same day that I stopped to snap a photo of The Cow on Atwood Avenue, this fiberglass cow turned up in front of the Rubin's store on Monona Drive.

The Cow on Atwood Avenue has put on her Easter garb.

Here's something you don't see in your pocket change much these days. In fact, I would have gone so far as to say you'd stand no chance at all of finding one of these in circulation any more, until last week when My Darling B was culling coins to keep in the car for the parking meter. "Is a 1942 dime worth anything?" she asked, when she found this amongst the silver. Oh, just a little bit. I think somebody's been funding trips to the candy store with donations from big brother's coin collection.

Cat On The Fence

Behind the parking lot at the Willy Street Co-Op.

This Remington Standard has been loitering for three weeks at the St Vincent de Paul thrift store. The first person with fifteen bucks and a penchant for old typewriters takes it home.

I am particularly fond of old typewriters, but it cost twenty-five bucks when it still had the "T" key cap, a price that was just over my threshold for buying stuff in a thrift store. I would have snapped it up for fifteen, or even twenty, if it had all the key caps, but a missing "T" is a little hard to work around.

If it's still there next week, though, I may have to take it home anyway. Maybe by then they'll take a sawbuck to get it off their shelves.

Well, crap. The snow is back.

The Return of the Cold Evil White Stuff

The cow on Atwood Ave is still dressed up for Saint Paddy's day.