Fall Foliage

By Michael Seese

A few months ago, I posted a funny photo based on our family's recent visit to the  Chapin Forest Reservation of the Lake Metroparks. We visited again last weekend to look at the leaves.

I took this picture from the ridge high above the valley, with Lake Erie barely visible in the background.

 Here's another.

In the interest of full disclosure, I took the photo through my brown-tinted sunglasses, which really make the colors stand out. This is the same basic view, without color enhancement.

Even unenhanced, it still looks pretty good. 

Winters in Cleveland can be tough. But I feel sorry for the folks who don't get this kind of autumn as a lead-in.

What about you? Do you have any fall foliage photos to share, via a link in the comments perhaps?

Funny Foto #28

By Michael Seese

A few weeks ago, my family and I took a walk in Chapin Forest Reservation of the Lake Metroparks, near our home. Close to the entrance to the park is this building.

To the left is some sort of administrative office. To the right are the restrooms. As I was leaving the men's room, I saw this on the back of the door.

A few things struck me as absurd:

1. The room is cinderblock and cement. Since they have air hand dryers, the only flammable thing in there is toilet paper.
2. Since I don't really make it a habit of looking behind me when I enter a door, I wouldn't even see this until I was about to exit. Which dovetails nicely with...
3. Even in the confusion of a restroom conflagration, if I can't figure out the best way out of a 10 x 10 bathroom with a single door, then perhaps the gene pool would be better off if I didn't.

Am I overreacting? Feel free to share your thoughts.