Busted!

Normally, I have an very involved system of submission posting involving time arrived, rotation of players with new players receiving special treatment. Anyway this is too good. Hold onto your hats. You nervous types... it's OK.. we knew there were hazards.

Tufa Girl comments and submits:

Found the typical "grandmother's" house.  I take the photo. Zoom in and take another photo.   My sweetie puts the jeep into reverse -

"Where are you going?" I ask. 

"There is stuff on the other side."

I take another photo and notice "grandma" is in the door.  Probably a good time to move along.

Cruise through the neighborhood, take some more photos until... We turn onto one of the main streets to decide which street to view when an suv type vehicle swerves at us and stops.  I am thinking it is just another tourist looking for the river.  "Um, what are y'all doing?  My mother called and said you were taking pictures of her house," the guy says.

Yikes!!  Fast talking..... My sweetie, "We are taking pictures of yard art."  The guy looks puzzled.

I quickly join in with "You know, birdbaths, statues, ducks...  We aren't even looking at the houses.  We take picture of the yard art."  I hold up my camera and offer "Do you want to see the photos?"

He says, "Oh, Ok.  My mom lives alone and saw you taking pictures."  We quickly apologize and move along. 

I think I would suffer through barbed wire anyday... 

This story gives me the chills.

Nice little grandma house. Looks safe. Although whenever there is a car in the drive there is an added element of excitement.

This must be the turn around view.

Uh oh, there is grandma leaving the doorway. I bet she is calling her son right this minute -  So exciting, real time photo journalism.

Score (Tufa Girl supplied the list, my comments in red)

- White garden fairy (extreme left front): 1 point

- Large white basket: 1 point

- White birdbath with zebra fish: (I like the fish): 2 points

- Silk Flowers in green urn on top of dark green pedestal: 1 point

- Various terracotta and plastic pots scattered for effect (nice grandma effect): 0 points

- Frogs sad because it is 90 degrees in the shade on their courting bench (kitsch) 3 points

- Is that a tire planter (possibly just black scalloped planter)? (I'm pretty sure is scalloped planter): 0 points

- Blue bird of happiness stuck in terracotta pot: (he doesn't look all that happy) 1 point

- Little green squirrel(?) on window a/c:  (possibly) 1 point

- Purple shell dangly thing by ferns: 1 point

- White bird wind-chime: 1 point

- Another white concrete basket with pink silk roses: 1 point

- White trellis leaning against really cool wrought iron bench that wraps around the tree: 0 points (I love the bench)

- White cherub with flowers (looks like the neighborhood watch sign at this feet) (yeah and you were turned in): 0 points

- Madonna with child: 0 points

- Virgin Mary statue herding a duck: (hee) 1 points

- Plant stand  with random pot: 0 points

- Silk flowers In some sort of container by door (grandmas love fake flowers): 0 points

- Green frog planter: 0 points

- Terracotta dog (?) too shy for the camera: 1 point

- Wee blue and white horse carousel(cute): 1 point

- Black flower and butterfly thingy: 1 point

- Non-lit American flag (oh I see it, it took a while): 1 point

- Something in white basket by flag: 0 points

- Flying cherub art with heart: 1 point

- Angel with wire halo on a stand: 0 points

- Random white wrought iron stand in front of Virgin holding silk flowers: 0 points

- Black plant stand with empty plastic pots (poor thing, she needs more plastic flowers): 0 points

- White wire flamingo stick art: 1 point

- White pole with something hanging (pretty accurate): 0 points

- Three red white and blue stars in front of another random white wrought iron piece: (stars, see it was worth the risk): 1 points

Subtotal: 21 points

Creativity Bonus

I look at the yard art, and it is a great yard don't get me wrong, but all I see is Grandma at the door calling for reinforcements: 3 points 

Total: 24 points

Proud first recipient of the Full Figured Citation of Bravery