Saturday, June 23, 2012
RANDOM 341 OBJECT
old JAPANESE woven BAMBOO BASKET w/ flower insert-$50
I wish someone would drive up here and make me quit taking pictures.
. . . realized that among the many things I’ll never learn is ikebana, but it made me happy just giving it a shot, and nobody got hurt too bad.
HECK WITH IT!
Ikebana is nothing more than a nervous breakdown in a potting shed.
RANDOM SQUIRREL MENACE
Japan zoo hunts squirrels that fled in typhoon
Zookeepers in Japan were Thursday hunting a group of squirrels that made a break for freedom under cover of a powerful typhoon.
About 30 of the bushy-tailed creatures saw their chance when typhoon Guchol felled a tree near their enclosure at Tokyo's Inokashira Park Zoo, cutting a hole in the netting that held them captive.
Park workers used nets and traps to recapture 18 animals over Wednesday and Thursday morning, but were still on the lookout for a determined dozen.
"Today we set traps with pieces of bread and sweet potatoes, the food we usually give them," zoo spokeswoman Eri Tsushima said.
"They don't usually attack humans, but they have very sharp front teeth, so we urge people not to chase or tease them."
Inokashira Park Zoo, in western Tokyo, is near the busy shopping hub of Kichijoji, an area where wild squirrels are not usually found.
The squirrel escape comes a month after the recapture of a Humbolt penguin that spent 82 days at large in and around Tokyo Bay after bolting its aquarium enclosure, garnering a large media following around the world.
Typhoon Guchol raked Japan's main island of Honshu on Tuesday night, leaving one man dead and injuring 50 people, while badly affecting air, road and rail links.
women got to sit for their beheading
Friday, June 22, 2012
RANDOM ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
FRANCE...in 1100 philip, in family history, made louis co-king. he struggled at 1st, limits to his power. built chatelet in paris, to defend against lord of montmorency. barons strong. blah blah called "the eveille", the wideawake, + "the battaillear/the bruiser", 1st of the capetian kings, "he studied the peace-comfort of ploughmen, laborers, + poor folk, a thing long wonted." + they were grateful. growth of town liberties. freedom from feudal oppression. circled paris to protect it from the duke of normandy, the bishops big. king louis, the flag of st denis. more burgher under. by degrees louis VI secured the east, north, + south, but the west(norman) harder. in 1119 lost battle of brenneville + had to abandon to william clito, son of robert, duke of normandy, who claimed the duchy against henry I of england. in 1124 once more at arms against normany. henry beauclerc allied w/ son in law henry V of germany, who promised to attack the french king from the east, while henry from the west, louis VI raised all of france to the rescue blah strong blah peace w/ henry I of england. louis VI crowned son philip 1129, but killed in accident in 1131-then took his younger son louis "louis the young" a his co-king. england troubles w/ king stephan + west safe. offer of william of aquitaine to marry his daughter to the younger louis. then off to retire, but took ill + died 1137
RANDOM 341 OBJECT
antique GOA STONE bezoar COW HAIRBALL-MYSTICAL calcified ball of cow hair-$798!!!
Both cats and cows can develop hairballs. Cat hairballs are most often found at night with your bare feet someplace between your bed and your bathroom. Cow hairballs are only found during the slaughtering process.
This one is a beautifully shaped squatting ball measuring approximately 4 ¼” by a little over 3 ½”. In the esoteric world of Goa Stones, that is big.
That size is almost exactly the size of an adult softball; slightly larger.
“Value?” you ask. Well . . . during the 18th Century they were far more valuable, by weight, than gold. Even today there is a “National Hairball Awareness Day,” but I think that’s from another point of view. (You probably missed it anyway. It was April 27th.)
In the next image I’m going to show you an example of an elaborate holder, and it was crafted for a hairball of almost the exact size and shape as the one I’m selling.
