Lovely Rita

Meter Reader.


Here's an old bronze water meter cover from somewhere or other. Stick a 302 area code in front of the 7 digit number that's stamped on there and you'll have a Dover, DE number. Dial it on your phone. I dare you...

Oh, and ask for 'Rita' if you do.





Actually, don't.

Hello Kitty...

This little bronze tiger is pretty cool. He's only about 6" long, and appears to have been part of a larger assemblage, or at least attached to a base since the bottoms of two of his feet have little holes in them. This guy reminds me very much of Oasis (or "Sis"), the resident Siberian tiger at the Plumpton Park Zoo. When you stand near her cage and she's purring, you can almost feel the low frequency vibrations in your chest. This is not a creature I'd want to run across in the wilds.

On the other hand, I woke up to my regular house cat's ass in my face this morning - he put his bung hole on my nose like someone chalking a pool cue. Maybe a tiger would be better.

This guy...

..sure has bad ass taste in head gear. He's bronze, and appears to be holding a drum of some sort. His costume looks decidedly non-American and his expression implies considerable - er - medicinal - influences. I don't know whether this 6" piece is 300 years old or made as some junior college art project 10 years ago.

Somehow, it seems like I should be swapping him for a bag of sand in a booby trapped temple somewhere in a South American jungle.