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Everybody have a great Fourth of July!

Dogs & Guns # 1

"POLICE WIN MASCOT, GIRL LOSES PET -- CHICAGO -- When acting Captain Louis Capparelli of Maxwell Street police station in Chicago purchased Lassie for his daughter, his wife insisted he keep the dog at the station until she was housebroken. Lassie approved the atmosphere of one of the toughest lockups in Chicago, walked beats with cops, refused to be transplanted. Capparelli has had to insist she spend at least eight hours a day in the station to get some sleep. Far from being a child's pet, Lassie is now the pistol packin' mascot of 200 burly cops." 4/7/44

Tiny Tree Frog

I recently found these photos in the memory of my camera. I took them a while back when I first bought it (Nikon CoolPix) and thought this little fella would be a good opportunity to check out its capabilities. If I know my Kentucky toads and frogs this is the cricket frog, Acris crepitans. Well, honestly I know very little about toads or frogs but like every other joker I do have internet access. I found this guy trying to traverse the enormous span of a patio table top. It took him a while but he finally made it! To give you an idea of scale those spaces he's crawling over are about ¾ inch on the long side. Tiny!