Images of GL

I thought it might be nice to mix things up by adding some pictures of GL. These were all snapped during a 20 minute walk around the 'hood, so they may not necessarily be representative. 

Does anyone know what these things are? They were on the sidewalk when I went out to the bus this morning, and later today someone apparently moved them onto the grass. I don't know what they are are or where they came from.

This series of three houses is entertaining to me because they are all in a row. The first one (above) has an untended yard and a boarded window. I'm not sure if anyone lives there.

The second one (above) has the most pimped out yard of anyplace in the neighborhood all year round. They had an extensive nativity situation for Christmas-March.

The third and final house has had large furniture wrapped and on the porch since sometime before we moved in. I wish I knew why that was and what their plan for the furniture is.

This barbed wire apparently serves to keep people out of this factory. It's strange how it's so secure on this side, but the side just to the left of this is a wide open parking lot with about a 1/2 a block entrance. 

This is not necessarily ghetto-ish, but it is kind of cool. Yay for green energy!

This picture serves to illustrate the general state of disrepair of many houses in GL.

I wish I had a better version of the final picture in today's series. This man was wearing cowboys boots, a t-shirt, and gym shorts. He's holding a round wooden shield in his left hand and a wooden sword in his right hand. He was sparring with that metal helmet on a wooden pole. He practiced attacking the pole helmet from various angles, and the pole helmet failed to mount any type of offense or defense regardless of the angle. I couldn't get a better picture because, frankly, I was concerned about what this man might do if he saw me taking a picture of him.

I hope you have enjoyed today's tour of GL!