Farmers use these to prevent creekbank erosion. In a short time, a high volume of cattle can sog up a landscape, creating giant unwanted puddles and even choke waterways as they drink and cool off. They are made of coconut hair and jute.

This unfortunately shaped inflatable jungle gym contraption was spewing out children at an apple-picking farm in the Catskills last fall.

I love a good thunderstorm in the summer. Nothing like it to refresh the muggy air, and it creates a contrast that is nothing but eerie. Though it does make Logan shake like a leaf and take refuge under my desk.

Fellow invisibleman KW has been hiding a collection of his best NYC street photos on flickr. I thought I’d liberate one of them from the darkness..Check some more out here.

Walknig back to the 2/3 at Wall Street…

Documentation of a day trip to and fro okemo vermont (departure time 4:30am). The return trip was in the midst of an intense blizzard. A sign on one of the chairlift stations said “Ride it like you stole it”. That about sums it up.

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