The squeaky hammer of death!
Check out the rest of the yard.
Animal repellent? Good luck charm? Here's a wider shot; there was also one hanging symmetrically on the other side of the walkway.
Built around 1893, this house was originally the residence of Isaac K. Funk (of Funk & Wagnalls).
The surrounding neighborhood, now called Westerleigh, was once known as Prohibition Park; it was developed as a summer retreat by the National Prohibition Party. Most of its streets are named for people and states that were prominent in the anti-alcohol movement (including Neal Dow, the "Napoleon of temperance"). I was with a few friends the first time I ever walked through the area; fittingly, we passed right by a guy pressing grapes in the driveway of his friend's garage winery!
This neoclassic car is built on the frame and suspension of an '85 Mercury Cougar.
Westerleigh Park, above, was once part of the picnic grove of Prohibition Park.
