#1. Go for a walk. Draw or list things you find on the the sidewalk.

I'm dog-sitting for one of mom's friends, so I figured while walking Peanut I could look for things on the sidewalk and in the neighborhood.  Here's what we found:

4 newspapers wrapped in plastic (which I picked up and put closer to their owners doors)

tons of Live Oak pollen (it looks like a cross between moss and a caterpillar)

a crushed Diet Coke can

petrified dog poop (I am nice enough to pick up Peanut's crap!)

dog paw prints embedded in the sidewalk

a mailbox shaped like a train engine

a mailbox with a roadrunner painted on it

4 unfriendly, barking dogs behind chain link fences

1 friendly dog running free in her/his yard

a yard that smells like baby powder

several houses with fake flowers "planted" next to mailboxes