Seems like this past week has been "early-morning-inspection" week. Every day I've had an inspection at 8:30 a.m., with the earliest being 5:30 a.m.

Since it's Friday, and that 5:30 a.m. inspection was today, and I knew well in advance that I'd have an early morning inspection today, I didn't schedule anything else for today since I needed to get my daily 20-minute walk in, and since my daily 20-minute walk has turned into two- to three-hour walks with this new camera toy of mine, I decided to go for a walk at Lake Murray since my inspection was just a few blocks away. (That's one heck of a long sentence right there.)

I had been to the northern part of Lake Murray before, but never to Lake Murray Park. I will be going there again, many times. It's a jewel that most of San Diego County apparently doesn't know about, and it's not even a half mile from my office, certainly within walking distance.

I understand that the Park is named after the Lake, but I actually think it should be named Ground Squirrel Park. I have never seen so many ground squirrels in all my life. For your Foto Friday viewing pleasure, I present "Ground Squirrel Invasion." No two pictures are of the same ground squirrel, so you know what I mean when I say "invasion."

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This week's posts (they'll open in a new window)

1. It's only a fix depending on your viewpoint - 6/11/09
2. WWW (Wordless Wednesday with Words): One-month old flamingo at the San Diego Zoo - 6/10/09
3. WWW (Wordless Wednesday with Words): Bottoms up! - 6/10/09
4. Refrigerator recall - Admiral, Amana, Crosley, Jenn-Air, Magic Chef, Maytag, Performa - 6/9/09
5. The house I want to inspect, but I'm not qualified - 6/8/09

Last week's posts (they'll open in a new window)

1. SST (Speechless Sunday with Text): Cat eyes - 6/7/09
2. Camera seller review - 6/6/09
3. Walter Andersen's Garden Nursery garden railroad - 6/5/09
4. Frenetic Friday pop quiz: Foto Friday - 6/5/09
5. Home inspectors could learn from the National Association of Realtors - 6/4/09
6. WWW (Worldless Wednesday with Words): San Diego Zoo cats have it made - 6/3/09
7. Another great Seller disclosure: "There's a leak by the chimney...." - 6/3/09
8. I love it when Clients follow up with me.... - 6/2/09
9. Manic Monday pop quiz: "There is a small roof leak...." - 6/1/09

Previous week's posts (they'll open in a new window)

1. Russel's Gardening Handbook: Grafting - 5/31/09
2. How to easily and naturally keep ants out of your home - 5/31/09
3. SST (Speechless Sunday with Text): S&S (not for the squeamish) - 5/31/09
4. After yesterday's inspection, I'm quite happy to be alive.... - 5/30/09
5. Frenetic Friday pop quiz: Kitchen sink cabinets and electricity - 5/29/09
6. I love it when the Seller's Realtor calls me.... - 5/29/09
7. Thunderstruck Thursday: Commander of the lake - 5/29/09
8. If you're trying to get your ActiveRain comments in for the day.... - 5/28/09
9. Suicide journey leads to a 15th anniversary - 5/26/09
10. Memorial Day for me.... - 5/25/09