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| Deb and I were on our way to see the Dalai Lama -- I needed to get my karma adjusted. We made a small side trip to get this chair, which I've been after for a while. It's in the Guinness Book and can be found on US-31 outside Long's Furniture in Amnity. The Dalai Lama was in Bloomington at Indiana University and this chair, while not on the way was close enough. By the way, we stopped for breakfast at Don and Dona's restaurant in downtown Franklin. Highly recommended! Friendly folks and great food. |  |
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| Deb and I were on our way home on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and thought we would drop on and go down to Chambersburg for lunch. We took I-81 South and were cruising along when Debbie exclaimed, "look at that!" Certainly the largest paint can I've ever seen. Of course we had to travel another 4 miles before we could exit. We trekked back on secondary roads and finally found this big can of paint outside The Door Shop. |  |
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| Here's another I've found in the archieves from the trip to New Jersey last Christmas. Ben, my son, Bird Dogged this one for me. He was having lunch at the Telford Inn, in Mantua, NJ and when he walked out afterward he spotted this big tree tooth in front of a dentists office. There are many old inn's in New Jersey and most have pretty good food, but they don't all have a tooth like this one. |  |
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| Working again, this time at the Global Sourcing Electronics Fair in Hong Kong. Folks after my own heart, putting Big Things in their booth. Of course I had to stop and get my photo shot with these Big AA cells. |  |
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| It's almost embarassing to say this, but Indiana went on Daylight Savings Time last year, at least most of the counties. Some counties go on Central Daylight Time while some stay on Central Standard time (which as you know is the same as EDT). As a result you have to pay attention to the time in summer now. Boston Market had a promotion on the inaugural Sunday last year and gave away food or some such thing. I went to get a photo of this clock. |  |
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| Here I am outside the Indianapolis Repretory Theater, maybe you could tell from the William Shakespeare painting on the shoe. I have a friend, Nan, who is very involved with the IRT, maybe you'll run into her down there some day. These four shoes ware taken during the NCAA Final Four Tournament here in Indy last year. Businesses and organizations around the city sponsored these shoes. |  |
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| "Your in Good Hands with Allstate." Big deal. So, have you had enough with the shoes already. I know I have. |  |
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| Last summer (2006) when we went out to South Jersey for Sally's wedding. We visited with family and friends. Ben was excited to take us to Wegman's, a very upscale grocery store. If you haven't been to one you should given the opportunity. It's a great grocery and more. Anyway, on the mezzanine were these BIG pieces of silverware. |  |
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| Here is the other image, excuse me, photo taken by Jai in the Sears lobby. This is another instance of a "twofer," (two objects in close proximity taken at the same time, for the uninitiated) not exactly real rare but uncommon nonetheless. |  |
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| On the way to Hong Kong where I got the charger above we changed planes in Minneapolis with enough time to go over to the Mall of America. We visited the Bose store in the Mall and found this big remote control. The fellows in the store were good enough to let us take a picture. |  |
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Of course I'm not the only one that thinks that Bigger is Better, Gibson Guitar obvoiously thinks so too. Flanking the entrance to their tent at CES they had two Big Guitars. While Steve was taking these pictures I heard a voice call out, "Hey, no Big Pictures here." It was Dick Valente coming to meet one of his customers. |  |
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| This was on the field at the RCA Dome for fan day. We were able to walk around the stadium, look at available seats. Of course, as of Jan 27th, the Colts are in the Superbowl, so it is about ime to get this image on the site. |  |
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| I get a lot of calls from people I know saying, "Hey, you have to get to..." and then tell me about a Big Thing Sighting. This time it was Debbie at Fishers High School, the new school in the Hamilton Southeastern system. I left work an rushed over. We had to move some of the Herff-Jones set-up, they were very helpful as a matter of fact. Nothing like an unexpected find. |  |
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| We saw this giant basketball a long time ago on our "Explore Indy trip in January of 2002. Everyone on the bus that saw this got exicited. Unfortunately it took a while to get down to Conseco Fieldhouse for this photo for a while. |  |
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| As long as we are dealing with clothing there also was this pair of shoes on the same building so I could double up with my photos. |  |
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| Driving into Lowell Arkansas on the way to the canning factory my newest Bird Dog (Mike B) spotted this chair at a spot that I'd driven past many times in the past. He shouted "Hey, there's a BIG CHAIR." I immediately turned into a service station to get around to get this chair. |  |
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| Sometimes you turn a normal person into a super Bird Dog. Once again, Mike B spotted this large mailbox flower on the side of the road in front of Mae's Flowers (get it, I didn't until about 10 minutes ago. OK, I'm a slow learner.) At any rate this flower deserves a place in the large mailbox collection along with the Big Golf Balls and the Big Fish (usually Large Mouth Bass.) |  |
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There's a bowling alley in Indianapolis at I-465 at the first exit West of I70. There's 80 lanes of bowling and a couple of huge bowling pins. Here they are! |  |
| Driving West on I-70 Debbie spotted this bowling pin quite a ways off the highway. We had to circle back and get this image at "The Bowler" in La Vale, Maryland at Exit 40 on I-68. Actually at Winchester Road and Route 40. We didn't stop for the pizza or subs but it sounded pretty good to me. |  |
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| When we were at the Longaberger headquarters they have several Big Things on the grounds. These bigh ceramic pitchers were outside the gift shop and a short bus trip from the parking lot. |  |
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| I think this is a classic Big Thing! Bigger than life, serving no useful purpose, and waiting for me to take it's image. This apple basket is 20 feet tall and filled with fake apples. |  |
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| While not the largest "Big Thing" on this site by far, this teed up golf ball is a worthy addition. Debbie and I were on a "Big Thing Trek" when we saw this Golf Ball on SR13 just south of I-69 in Indiana. The mailbox is for a house across from the Gravel Lawn Cemetary. |  |
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| These pots make up a two-fer along with the watering can above. I didn't expect to find these pots but they were on the other side of the C&O viaduct. These images were taken October 13, 2001. As you can see, unity in our country is everywhere. |  |
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| I noted these chairs outside another branch of Surfside Casual in Somers Point, NJ last summer. Never made it back until this Spring. I got 'em and I'm glad. They bear an amazing similiarity to the two chairs just below on the way to Long Beach Island. |  |
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| Went down to the protests on Sunday afternoon before the Republican Convention. Probably the last place that I would have imagined a Big Thing. I figured some big promises from the Republicans but not this. A great day in the sun and everything was peaceful. |  |
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| Hey Romeo, here's to my Italian bird dog. He gave me info on these chairs, this one and the next, a while ago. I just never made it to LBI. Now I'm glad I did. Cool chair. |  |
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| This is a Big Clay Pot (actually a Big Plastic Pot) that I got on US-322/US-1 near Concordville, PA. Since we took this image I have seen a lot of these big pots around laying on their sides with flowers or some such thing growing out of them. A cornucopia of plants. |  |
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| This may one of the sorriest of inflatables that I have ever seen. Dirty, underinflated, what a mess. The only good thing is that it is new to this page. Soon I will move it to the bottom of the page where it belongs. |  |
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On our way to drop Andy off at college last summer I was looking for a pair of Big Boots that I could have sworn was on US-31 north of Indianapolis. Well I didn't find the boots but check out this trowel. Of course it was in a garden center. |
| Lookin' pretty good outside Skippers. I would guess they had seafood as a speciality. Notice the dress, I was working (ha, ha!). I've been back but neither Skippers nor the anchor is no longer there. Things may be Big but that does not mean they are permanent. |  |
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In Indian River, Michigan you can find this inspiring site. Services are held outside here weather permitting. I knew about this Big Cross for a long time but didn't realize how I would impact me. |
| People from Philadelphia are familiar with this Big Clothes Pin since it located across from City Hall at Broad and Market. My sister Irene took the image with great aplomb. Afterward we had lunch at Cafe Warsaw and had elegant Polish food. (No kidding, it's a great place.) |  |
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| A pretty good quality Big Chair. It's not always outside, note the casters on the bottom of the legs. I got this image courtesy of my Bird Dog Jan. She has a pretty good sense of humor even though she she works in HR. (That might be a mistake, poking fun at HR, but we (me) Big Picture Takers live close to the edge.) |  |
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See, another Bird Dog shot thanks to Sue. On US-40 between Malaga and Elmer. This was a last chance shot since the furniture store where this chair was located was closing soon. Sue told me about this chair but I put it off until I heard the store was closing. Kind of feel like Lily Tomlin. |