Earlier this week a cat, now?

Today is a possum!

Click to enlarge photo!This is the same barn I posted earlier in the week...just taken at a different time...I could not believe my eyes when I saw what was in the barn when I actually took this photo. I remembered taking it, but had not remembered the cat. And it WAS a cat in the picture earlier this week...I double checked on both and then rechecked again before I posted this picture.

Edited to add: I had to go to the dentist (oral surgeon) in Indianapolis today to have a tooth removed. I have not got to visit everyone as I normally do...but will get back to normal here shortly I hope.
Feeling much better today--just thought I would crop the originals and post here....hope everyone chances back by to see that one is a cat and one is a possum.

When you see these

When you see these photos, is there another blogger that comes to mind. I was going through some of my slides and scanning a few in over the weekend and I came across these two. I laughed--even though they are sure not an exact replica, they sure remind me of Carletta's Round the Bend Blog. Her header photo to be exact. Does it affect anyone else that way that visits both our blogs? My husband didn't really see the similiarities that I did. Maybe it is because I have been visiting her for a while and know we like a lot of the same thing.

I posted both pictures for two reasons. I like the coloring better in the first photo...but I like the second one because I was not quite at the side of the road when I took it. I would have liked it better if I had been in the center of the road. I don't know why I didn't take one from the center...but these were the only two photos of this scene.

Which do you like best?

The first picture is taken with a cokin filter...I do not remember which one. I wanted to try it out because as you can see in the second photo the sky was on the colorless side. I am not even sure which one I like best. The third picture is taken from the other side of the creek, I think.

Click photos to enlarge.

This is the Narrows Covered Bridge, one of many in Parke Country, Indiana. It was built in 1882 by J. A. Britton and is 120 feet in length. Britton is interesting to read about...he read law had been admitted to the Kansas and Indiana bars, but that occupation did not satisfy him. Bridge building did. I suggest you follow the link--it is a short read and I cannot say it better.
The bridges were made of locally available timber, such as oak or tulip poplar. And part might be laid out in a nearby field and constructed first.