Petroglyph

From the Pueblo people
(I read it in a book once. Or mostly just looked at the pictures)

It means, to leave the old village and establish a new settlement.

I would read it from right to left: the old village is rounded, familiar, woven with paths we can walk half-dreaming; the new place has corners, edges, to navigate it we must turn sharply and learn new angles.

For my Dad, who is starting on a new journey.

an expedition to the Museum

my first in many moons.
I had been to this particular one about a year ago, a week before it actually opened because i can't be bothered to verify such things before excursioning.
So. Loaded up the new saramobile with the Bean and myself and we voyaged to the Wal-Mart Cultural Manifestations for Proletarian Consumption Compound.
It's free don'tcha know!
But since you all are scattered far and wide across the internets and may not be within journeying distance I took pictures which I hereby share.

Big Metal Tree

The Museum

a model of the Museum made of toothpicks

Blue Morpho

I forget what these were called

What a large head you have!

Settling differences of opinion with a spirited game of Rock, Paper, Scissors

Bear beats scissors

Touchdown! |
(I know nothing of sports)

it's OK if the brushstrokes show

"Why cain't ya jes' paint sump'n Purdy, like Flaaars?"

these things are familiar

Big Scary Factory

Those PBJ's are good for the biceps

Maxfield Parrish(!)

Lotus of Divinity

the NO SMOKING signs were very prominent

the token "well I could do THAT!" piece

I saw this in a book once

 ....at which point my camera batteries ran out.
But in the spirit of sharing treasures with a wider audience, here's one of my own favorite things:  A fish-mouthed vessel, made by an artist who imprinted its ceramic surface with fossilized shells that are part of the dirt in Texas. Most recently used to keep spare change.

sufficient unto the day are the funds thereof

December 4

Saint Francis of Zappa, patron of iconoclasts and weirdos

My Favorite Salutation for this Time of Year

(  )Happy Holidays
(  )Season's Greetings
(X)DON'T YOU PEOPLE HAVE HOMES TO GO TO?!?

I haven't yet found any fellow bettors to get together a Black Friday Trampling Deaths pool, but I say 3, and a dozen newsworthy injuries.  I stay outta the stores on Buy
Nothing Day

in the Spirit,

Thanksgiving next week...

when I tell stories I tell them like this

Yep Yep

also the Internets haz a new thing, an emoticon of a tumbling tumbleweed. Not sure if intended to evoke western-showdown-scene music or express that whiny anthem of our generation, "I'm bored, entertain meee"; suspect the latter.

it's amazing how many languages
 you can learn from the internets

 also, "Hottentot apron" is a racially offensive name for a rather unique style of lady parts. The Wikipedia can tell you about it.

*I hereby affirm certify and swear that I am above the age of 18 and not offended by the sight of lady parts*