I just imagined that tree-mouth doing your "mwah". Imaginative, huh?

That is a scarey-looking tree-mouth-hole-thingy.

I like to imagine I'm capable of imagining some pretty awesome things. And yet, my mind reels when it tries to conceive of something as awesome as a $15 'smore.

$8. $8 is about where my brain tops out on the "awesome 'smore value level" graph. $15 is like, that area on old maps, when there were chunks of the world nobody had seen, and they were labelled "Here there be dragons." Which, actually, is pretty awesome, when you think about it...but, not $15 'smore awesome.

So, in conclusion, congratulations on breaking my brain.

Wait... wait... wait a second...

If you squint really hard, you can almost see a boat in there...

I'm not sure, but it looks like there's a hole in that boat.

the editter: very imaginative! i also imagine that tree mouth singing an aria of some sort.

diana: don't fear the tree. he just wants to be loved.

darby: the 'smore came with the tiniest cup of hot cocoa i've ever seen in my life, and a spoon that we determined was the size of a coke spoon. so we snorted the marshmallow. sorry 'bout your brain. :)

dave2: okay, i totally just squinted at my computer. you tricked me!

roy: good thing he's still attached to that crane...

I think the hole in the boat in the hole in the tree kind of looks like a hole in a tree with a boat in it.

Dude, that tree looks like the one in FLASH - AAAHHHH! where they stick a hand in until someone gets tagged by the creepy insect/scorpion thing.

It's kinda sad that it was so easy for me to reference that.

Because of not-having-my-camera issues, I recently missed out on taking a picture of a poetry event at a punk rock club where there was graffiti inside the toilet. How's that for dirty?

i bring my camera with me everywhere but i have never seen a guy in a boat being lowered by a crane- just my luck! my camera isn't as nice and fancy as yours though. you damn well better lug it to tequilacon! :)

I saw on the Chicago River a crane suspending a boat which was in turn suspending a portable toilet. Seriously. Crane ==> Boat ==> Portable Toilet ==> Chicago River.

The solution to all of this is a pocket digital camera. You can get them at Costco for under two hundred dollars. I know, because I just got one for our daughter on her birthday. But I can't believe I'm sharing information with a tree pornographer. I'm so ashamed.

love the picture and always appreciate the interesting images you post (for the record, i didn't think it was dirty/disgusting--just cool). and if you ever find a super-lightweight, small, and powerful digital camera, that's actually affordable, spill the beans sister. in the meantime, i'll just continue enjoying your fab posts--keep up the great work!

Hey, I had a moment like that today!!

I saw the funniest sign, and then I wanted to photograph it so badly..I was so annoyed I didn't have my camera.

I feel like that all the time when I see cool stuff I want to photograph. I have such a hard time keeping the batteries working with my digital camera.

That photo looks like how I imagine an elephant's vagina might be...Not that I spend any time at all imagining that.

peefer: my head just exploded.

tracy lynn: what the heck is flash? sounds creepy!

cheryl: wait - inside the bottom of the bowl? naaaasty!

sizzle: oh believe me - it'll be at tequilacon all right!

seamus: what?!?!? why didn't you call me?

shari: i actually have a nice little pocket point and shoot, but unfortunately lost my battery charger... gotta get a new one!

hollie: thanks so much! and thanks for not making feel like a perv like the rest of these people did. :)

thb: isn't that the worst? these moments - we'll never get them back.

churlita: i would like to issue a dare to anyone to do a google image search on "elephant vagina" and then report back to us all. but under no circumstance is anyone to actually link to any of the pictures here.

Just a man, with a man's courage.

Flash Gordon, man.

Damn, I missed all the fun. I'm always late to the party here. You described the potentials so well though. I can totally picture each shot as if I was walking about 15 feet behind you.

I'm game for a little tree porn.

I'm confused, now I see the picture. Does that tree have a hymen? Should I even be asking that question? I don't know, but I did.

I generally have a camera with me at all times, and left it at home the other day when I switched bags. And you know what? I saw two separate and fantastic things on the way home from work that night, both of which were absolutely picture-worthy.

Dude, one time my mom saw a picture like this and made her dog stand next to it (you know, to enhance the picture). She emailed it to me and said, "look! a tree with a belly button!" I thought it was cute and showed my friends and they were all "ewwww." I felt sad. Poor Tree With A Belly Button.

I'm checking it for bees before I put my junk in there. You learn that lesson after the second or third time.

I came over because Chicago's in the Super Duper Pooper Bowl and I wish your team well, unless you don't care, in which case I don't care either. And I take my camera lots of places, and have thousands of pictures no one will ever see. This is how I maintain control of my little world.

I can't stop laughing over Churlita's comment. That's hilarious. lol