Friday....Yeah The Weekend!!

I am so glad its the weekend finally...its been a very hectic week. Applying to different school boards around the region and finalizing my move from Lexington. I was going to go to Lex. to finish up but with the holiday I think I might wait till after the 4th... They are having hydroplane and jet boat races on the riverfront in Evansville, IN. Its called the Freedom Festival and goes on all week. Something like of 500,000 people will visit over the weekend and week so there will be unlimited photo ops, so that might be where I go. If not I am going to the Federal Game Reserve (Higginson-Henry Game Reserve) in Union County, Kentucky to take nature photos. Either way I will have new pics for Flickr and for this blog.. So till later have a fun and safe holiday weekend!! ! Please be safe!! That goes for everyone!!

Here's some beauty....

Just so you know that I am not all about the negative...here's some beauty I recently found in my backyard and on the side of the road...The first shot is a picture of wild Chicory growing on the side of State Route 359...the coffee substitute and relative to endive that you find in your mixed green salad...Then there's the wildflower Queen Anne's Lace or Wild Carrot...yes the root is edible and the common carrot comes from this plant..also the seeds are used as herbal birth control....then you have my backyard..a bee hard at work and a butterfly working on some thistle in an open field...
Here's a link to get more info on the common chicory...
http://flickr.com/photos/mightyquinninlex/633967713/
and more info on Queen Anne's Lace/Wild Carrot...
http://flickr.com/photos/mightyquinninlex/633968181/
Have a great Friday!!!

Here's Something To Make You Go Hmmmm

Back to the ticket issue...sorry but I am p****d off!! I asked the officer who accused me of this or how he got the call. He said dispatch (which would be through 911). So while I was sitting there waiting and waiting for the giggling young ones (the KSP officer and the KVE officer) to give me a verdict on my fate, I called 911. Seems when you are going over the bridge your cell phone is directed to the Evansville 911. When i asked about the call, they were confused. They received no calls of anything like this and knew of no traffic stop being asked for. So I called Henderson 911, again the same answer. I call the non-emergancy number, again same answer (and why would a woman from E'ville, IN have the non-emergency number for the Henderson police, hmmmmm. I decided she must have called directly, girlfriend maybe? Why else would someone from Indiana have a direct line to the Kentucky State Police or the Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement. Can you say abuse of power!! Believe me this one is going to court and I am filling complaints against Officer Curtis of the KVE and the KSP officer with the badge number of 494...of course no one called me back or answered at the KSP...the commanders seem to only work Mon. through Thurs. and leave early on Thurs. Our tax dollars at work...must be nice..better than banker's hours!!! My eyes have really been opened on how these guys operate!!! Here's a pic of one of the bridges btw~~~

In Shock...

I was driving to Evansville, Indiana today from my home in Morganfield, Kentucky today. Much to my surprise I was pulled over by a Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement Officer (Officer Curtis, I will post his badge number later) when I came of the bridge that is between Henderson, KY and Evansville,IN. He was already on the side of the road and out of his vehicle and waving me to the side. So I obeyed is frantic kinetic hand commands and pulled into the middle of the construction that was being preformed their (a very unsafe place if you ask me, but I wasn't asked obviously!!). Anyway he proceeded to tell me that I had been called in for making rude hand gestures and following a lady to close...I was shocked because I had done none of the above!! The only unusual thing that happened was a lady from Indiana (according to her plates) had been cutting off cars in front of me. The cars proceeded to honk and yell at each other. I, as always, minded my own business and continued to drive...a big mistake today. She called in and decided to head off the others calling her in and since I ended up behind her I was pulled over. When I tried to tell the officer what had happened, he yelled "SHUT UP" and informed me he knew what happened from the phone call from this 'mystery' woman, that's when I said you heard this?!... Seeing the error in his ways he said no I saw you, which is amazing since he was facing away from the way we were coming...Superman eyes I guess!!!! So after an hour of getting lectured by him and his KSP buddy (while watching them giggle like school girls while they were back at there cruisers), I was given a ticket. It is amazing that in the Commonwealth of Kentucky you can be given a ticket if someone calls you in...no need for witnesses, no explanations...YOUR GUILTY!!! This isn't even the half of it....more to come tomorrow!!

Just getting started!!

I am just getting started in this blog business, but I hope to give some insight into my part of the world..Maybe even shed a bit of light on the important issues that surround us all!!