English Emma Blooms

There is a neighborhood slightly north of our house that we never go to because of the rabid looking dogs who wander around unfettered. The other day I thought, why not try the neighborhood again? Solomon, Joel and I went on our scouting mission. NO MORE RABID LOOKING DOGS! Amazing! Then I thought, it is not really that surprising they are gone. It was 9 years ago that we met them and never went back! They are probably all dead now! They must have been neutered rabid looking dogs. Then, the sad realization.... 9 years ago Solomon was with us for the rabid-looking dog encounter, which means that soon he will be dead too....

The neighborhood is called Ravenswood and consists of mostly small houses with a few gigantic ones. Broad Ripple used to be a vacation town before it was consumed by Indianapolis. There was a bathing beach and fishing areas and even an amusement park in the park across from our house. The foundation of the Ferris Wheel is still in Broad Ripple Park.

I love walking around Ravenswood because of the interesting and diminutive architecture. Surprisingly there are also a lot of abandoned, foreclosed, and for sale houses. Some of the houses that have people living in them are ramshackle... Joel says they are haunted houses.

One of the houses for sale is number 6666! It looks like no one has lived in it for years. I wonder if it would sell if they changed the number to 6656. I wonder if the owners have already tried that approach and failed. It is only a number!

Urban decay fascinates me and I have been brainwashing Joel into sharing my appreciation. Other things I have been brainwashing him to believe are that boogers are the glue that sticks your nose on your face,if you get poop on your penis it will fall off, if you don't take naps you stop growing, etc. This is my job and I take it seriously! If everything goes to plan, he will be my most devoted cult member!




Joel shows talent as a photographer!


Don't mess with the Polish!





A large storm hit us last night. Joel clears the path of the tree carnage.