A Tale of 2 Cities . .

. . . and one small town.  I live a a small cross roads town about half way between Washington DC and Baltimore.  There's a cornfield and milk processing plant straight ahead, to the right and around the corner are cows, down the street to the left is a horse farm.

Passing Iager's farm on the way to the vets.

(Biggify to see cows)

A horror to behold cause I know who I will be visiting!

As kids, the mom and her siblings laughed at the town, and asked who would want to live in Scaggsville?  As it turns out, the mom would, along with the Scaggs.  That name exists now only as a name on a sign along 95 as the post office has rolled Scaggsville into a larger town to the east, Laurel.

Unplanted cornfield to right, horse farm dead ahead.

Like everything in this area, the town has been built up over the years, but its still very rural.  In the 1940s, there were 15 families living here.  Now we have 2 small strip shopping centers and a half dozen neighborhoods.   We've hit the big time!

Our neighborhood this past winter.

But less than 30 minutes travelling either north or south are two large cities, and both completely different.  Its equally easy to visit Georgetown or The Mall with all its museums in DC as it is to visit Fell's Point or the National Aquarium in Baltimore.  What other small town can deliver these delights?  From high culture and white collar experiences to down home fun, we can have it all.  Do you feel like sailing on the Chesapeake Bay today?  There's even Annapolis, no farther away than the other two cities.  And in the summer, we like "go-en downy owe-shin"*, that is, visiting Ocean City.

Our mom grew up in the DC suburbs and The Girl went to school in Baltimore, so we claim both cities as our own, as well as our little town.  Sometimes its down right subjective and hard to predict which will be claimed as hometown in any particular circumstance.  Just keep 'em guessing!

So, what do I like about home?  Why the Bird Channel on the Kitty TV is always a favorite.  There's a special rodent channel that features chipmunk and squirrel antics too.  And my extra special treat is CRAB!  But do I ever have to fight the mom for some of that!  My silly mom even worries about them when hurricanes come to visit.  People around here tend to be a little crab crazy.  Even one of the local cat shows features a crab.  Go figure!

The Crab & Mallet Cat Club Logo

is a pretty crusty looking crustacean.

So, that is a little about my home town.  Not very big, not too exciting, but in the middle of everything!

Thanks to all the kitties who participated!

You are the bestest ever!

Purrs,

Oui Oui

Twinkletoe Tails

 You can't write about Maryland without at least one picture of a crab.

Or about Baltimore without a pink flamingo
(this is a picture of city hall).

*  localese for "going down the ocean"