Fall Squash

WHEN: October 2010

WHERE: East Liberty, Pittsburgh

This is the toy equivalent of seeing a pile of squashed guts on the highway. No idea what this once was, but it's dead now.

Go, Puppy, Go

WHEN: September 2009
WHERE: Shadyside, Pittsburgh

I like how it looks like this dog is running, but, in fact, he's not getting anywhere except under the wheels of another car.

Dancing in the Streets

WHEN: June 2009

WHERE: Shadyside, Pittsburgh
This little brown plastic guy is gettin' funky ... or has gotten run over.

Land Shark!

WHEN: May 2009
WHERE: Downtown Pittsburgh
PHOTO: Jason P.
Once a fearsome killer of the seas, now washed up, dried up and stepped on.

Tonight, on CSI ...

WHEN: November 2008

WHERE: Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh

This tragic mess in the gutter has been analyzed by crime-scene investigators and determined to be the scattered remains of a Power Puff Girl. Identification was provided by the semi-intact half-eye.

The Road Goes On Forever

WHEN: October 2008

WHERE: Oxford, England
PHOTO BY: Alice @ Peapod

Some photos just speak for themselves, but I'll succumb to the temptation to embellish slightly. The contrast of the flattened inert bunny with the wide open road it will never journey on is simply gorgeously sad.

(Find this photo and many other lovely shots at Alice's blog,

Peapods. Also, tip o' the hat to Emma for pointing the way.)