Day of the Dead

[beetiger]

We certainly intended to enjoy the season --the crisp warm weather, the multicolored leaves -- when we packed the little guy up in his stroller and took a walk around our neighborhood yesterday afternoon. But I was surprised at the large numbers of dead things we encountered on our ramble.

-A dead crow, sprawled on its back on the side of the road, symmetrically, beak pointing up. Eerie-looking.

-A dead squirrel, in perfect condition, curled in the street, as if it were sleeping. One of the finds that makes me want to learn amateur taxidermy one of these years.

-A dead fuzzy caterpillar, just past the squirrel.

-A dead Fun Size Three Muskeeters bar, which had gotten run over in the street. (or as lediva called it, a 2D3M.)

-A smashed pumpkin, which is to be expected. The totally intact pumpkin tossed into our yard that was still in great shape was a bit less expected.

-No live people who live in either my neighborhood or the next door neighborhood of People Richer Than Us, in which we were walking as well. Several contractors, one digging a foundation for a house and a few doing lawn care and one working on some sort of retaining wall, but no residents, which is odd for a Saturday afternoon in good weather.

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[sydb42.livejournal.com]

My husband and I drove home from another city this morning as we spent an overnight away from home. On the way home, we saw *at least* 4 deer on the side of the road and many, many other dead animals on the side of the road. It's unusual to see any deer, much less 4, and the other roadkill isn't nearly so abundant usually either.

Today my church celebrated Day of the Dead, btw. I don't think this is what they meant though. ;) Anyway, I thought it weird to see all those dead animals on the side of the road, and here I read you experienced something similar.