Given that yesterday turned a bit chaotic down on our cul de sac, I'm running in late with my Flamingo to wish Ron "Welcome" back to the community as he heals from surgery.
I'll let my mind linger on the calmness in my image as I tell you at 6:30 a sheriffs helicopter came low overhead and sirens were wailing... The "perp" ended up in the driveway across the street, jumped the wall into the next complex and we had "a very large" police presence, 6 police cars and an unmarked car plus more on the other side of the wall. They caught the heavily tattooed guy, and within a half hour, a truck was loading the stolen car.
My neighbor across the street joked that she wondered what it was going to take to get me to come out of the house! For a few minutes longer we had a little neighborhood gathering with excited conversation before returning to our own lockdowns... And we wonder how long they held the thief before returning him to the street "so he won't get sick in jail..."
What's wrong with this picture (and I don't mean the flamingo!)
A helicopter and 6 police cars for a car theft? I hope it was the latest Lamborghini or Ferrari! Looks like a bit disproportioned... however i donât find anything wrong with this image. In fact I fav it!
to answer your question... too much noise? And I don't mean at 6.30am! To have something like this happen is so exciting when all you have is 4 walls most of the day!
I remember a couple of times when I worked in a CPA office in Saco we had police telling us to stay inside and away from the windows. Once a "perp" was on the run and had been spotted in the neighborhood and the other time a guy in the house next door was keeping police at bay with a gun. Scary stuff. Glad you are safe.
A very pretty flamingo to calm you down after so much excitement! It must have been very scary with all the police arriving! Glad it ended peacefully! I hope you enjoyed your brief time outside with the neighbours!
HaHa, Louise! Yes, my son says their hands have been tied during this virus. No searches and seizures, no arrests unless you "kill" someone...cannot do much enforcing of the law. And...on top of that, they released so many prisoners! Say what?!? Lucky us! :(
@jgpittenger I understand how many use this site to hone their skills to perfection, but, like others, this is my journal, and a flamingo on Friday is an on-going joke for our community friend, Ron. Only lately I've been posting more than one version of a photo as I'm busy working with it on Matt's site, and this journal for me, is a notation of progress & changes, as a year from now, I won't be working within Matt's site. That said, I welcome critique, and I might put it to use in some other way at a later time, but I typically don't rework my posts here. Thanks for the offer to assist, and I'd always love to hear from you, but overall, I'm pretty casual about my work.
@jgpittenger Absolutely, I really enjoy and appreciate critique! I was an art major in college and never stopped taking local courses when they were available. I thrive on a good exchange of critique and know that both teachers and students benefit by it! Your critiques will always be welcome, and it would be foolish on my part not to appreciate the time you spend doing so! I was only saying that 365, for me, is more journal/scrap book/art journal, and once something is "pasted in", I typically turn the page and move to the next one. If, at a later time I decided to use that flamingo for a greeting card or gift for a friend, I would, absolutely, emphasize the water rings around the ankles. In the future, it would keep me alert to anything similar to this. ...It's still early morning here, but I think the time you've spend on critique makes it worthy of now posting the lion revision so I can accomplish letter-writing and social-contact phone calls today! I haven't suffered for things to keep me busy while at home; I've just been spreading the activities around! Truly, thanks, Jane. I'm on your team regarding critiques, and you'll be welcome every time!
May 12th, 2020
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