{"id":2683,"date":"2010-03-12T23:53:34","date_gmt":"2010-03-13T04:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/?p=2683"},"modified":"2010-03-12T23:53:34","modified_gmt":"2010-03-13T04:53:34","slug":"pumpkin-pots-and-bone-boxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/pumpkin-pots-and-bone-boxes","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin pots &#038; bone boxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/pumpkin-pots-and-bone-boxes\/mcave06\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2671\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2010\/03\/mcave06-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Winged skeleton\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"picleft\" \/><\/a>A twisty two-lane road meanders past dusty old farms, a dustier church with its bell frozen sideways by rust, and a forbidding quarry lake, as still as an August funeral, and the color of pea soup.  <\/p>\n<p>Unfamiliar landmarks zip by.  A collapsed barn.  A gas station with a Cadillac on the roof.  A defunct drive-in filled with the corpses of old tractors and lawn mowers.  A concrete dinosaur.<!-- more --><\/p>\n<p>And a sign that reads, &#8220;See Bigfoot&#8217;s Glass Eye!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Spookyblue and I exchange smiles.  Just what we&#8217;ve been looking for.  And with any luck, we&#8217;ll get to play tic-tac-toe with a chicken.<br \/>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2683 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/pumpkin-pots-and-bone-boxes\/mcave04'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2010\/03\/mcave04-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/pumpkin-pots-and-bone-boxes\/mcave05'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2010\/03\/mcave05-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/pumpkin-pots-and-bone-boxes\/mcave06'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2010\/03\/mcave06-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/pumpkin-pots-and-bone-boxes\/mcave03'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2010\/03\/mcave03-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"get it?\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/pumpkin-pots-and-bone-boxes\/mcave02'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2010\/03\/mcave02-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/pumpkin-pots-and-bone-boxes\/mcave01'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2010\/03\/mcave01-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\nSome pictures from a trip to Mammoth Cave, Kentucky last summer.  I never got to play tic-tac-toe with a chicken, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A twisty two-lane road meanders past dusty old farms, a dustier church with its bell frozen sideways by rust, and a forbidding quarry lake, as still as an August funeral, and the color of pea soup. Unfamiliar landmarks zip by. A collapsed barn. A gas station with a Cadillac on the roof. 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