Lost

Poor thing !

She's dead! R.I.P., purple lion! Merci, Pat.

I'm of that mind too. It's too cute to be abandoned.

I'll bet a dog got ahold of it, it's pretty far gone. Thanks, Smiley!

Looks like a terrible crime!!!!! ;)

It was on CNN!
Danke, Tanja.

Saw an excellent play recently called The Department of Distractions.
This might help in understanding these phenomena!

A single glove in the street,
A torn up love letter in a Metro carriage,
A pair of shoes hanging from a telephone wire,
A phone box that rings as you walk past…
You see their work - but you never see them. So subtle you might not even notice. Snags in the fabric of everyday life. Objects, moments, the seeds of stories, the odd little things you come across every day that make you think, what’s going on there…?
The Department of Distractions, an organisation so clandestine you won’t have heard of them. They say their job is to plant stories in the world “to make life more interesting.” Others would argue that their job is as much to stop us looking in certain directions. But things are starting to unravel, a story they started has got out of hand, they’ve lost control of it and now they’re in danger of being exposed. How far will they go to maintain their anonymity? How much are you willing to believe?
Third Angel brings you a conspiracy-theory documentary-exposé detective story for the 21st century that asks: What aren’t you looking at?

Holy bale o' hay, that's exactly how it is, but don't you think phones are keeping people from discovering the tangible distractions, now? Every second is occupied, the ding sound must have a response! My grandchildren are driving me crazy. So, The Department of Distractions is left to the old folks. ;-o

Add:

The lone shoe in a parking lot..

Men At Work Sign .. there is nobody there ..

Construction Ahead sign .... followed by End Of Construction -- nothing was in between the signs..

The shoes over a telephone wire both in FL and NC are a 'marker' for where one can buy drugs. I am always friendly with Local Police Dept ... never know when you might need one or two ! Info from Police Dept.