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Unbelievable kitsch. This, in the back room where I volunteer, they have some caution about putting it out:
And this, in another thrift shop, and when was this ever funny?
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Spotted and photographed. I should be using my camera more, that said the lens-protectors have shattered and I'll need to replace...
Anyways, wondering what the heck with the butterflies - have you ever seen one that seemed to know where it was going? And yet they all still seem to get there just fine, just fine...
I know, some of them are probably moths...
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(Views from the Sat Night Milford Lake Excursion)
South, for my day off, checking out new roads I've never explored, there are still a few...
The day, gorgeous, the highway, driving the shoulder to let everyone pass, I need a combine or something so people understand, one of those warning blinking "Yield" signs on my rear window like they have on Snowplows or Sanding Trucks, hazards, this is bloody torture. Evenings I should drive to my destination, so that I don't snarl traffic, it's so bad I have to speed up to get through construction zones and it's a relief to get onto the logging roads where the road sets a speed limit I can maintain.
First up, Porto Rico Road, 10 KM or so up, the rocks, all ultramafic basalts, some shales (not fossiliferous), musical, you check them, throw them back, a pleasing ringing sound. A bust, but great views of the Salmo Valley. It would be interesting if only for gold or metals, the rust colored patina they all acquire shortly after breaking suggests possibilities if only you could find some Quartz stringers, notably absent.
(Basalts, ultramafic, bedding suggests they might make for good black countertops)
(View down the Salmo Valley)
A bust.
This is the job.
Next stop, slowly slowly down towards the Beaver Valley thrift shop, where I turn up a UV Flashlight, $1.00, then on to the Dollarama in Trail to get batteries for the many headlights and flashlights I've acquired.
Then back, this is the furthest I'm going south, way back stop at Champion Lakes, always curious what lies there, home of the Western Painted Turtle, I'm curious, how did they get up here? A (herd, flock, swarm) of discontented turtles making a wagon train, working their way upstream, I never thought of turtles as adventurous, but - clearly here again I'm a victim of my own prejudice because here they are...
Anyways, charming beaches and campsites, a great camping location for families with young children.
(Views of the Champion Lakes, home of the Western Canadian Painted Turtle)
Eerie Creek FSR, the dust, the dust, my laundry, why did I do, the dash, seats, me, covered in the dust blowing in through my window, the rocks the same, the ultramafic basalts that break black and weather to red or yellow, some beds of quartzite, again no quartz or intrusions that might offer up hope for crystals or gems.
(fresh roadcuts, always a good thing, but nothing exposed of interest...)
(roadside stacks)
And that's it...
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Now, the point of this was to come up with a box advertising "Kitty Glitter", which would make cleaning out the litter box an adventure to be looked forward to by every young pet owner. My marketing strategy was simple, in every box of kitty glitter put some chocolate filled pieces of eight, maybe a pearl necklace, plastic gems, and let the kids screen for the treasures as they clean out the litter box.
Given the inevitable success of this I imagined we could come up with some "Prospector Boxes", wherein gold nuggets & various gems could be found, "Paleontological Boxes", wherein the kids could find dinosaur bones, and "Archeological Boxes", wherein the eagle-eyed shit-sifter could find some potshards from any one of a number of civilizations.
Anyways, plugged this into Dall-E: "A box of Kitty Litter, with a photorealistic one-eyed cat in a pirate costume. The title of the box: "Kitty Glitter", the bottom should read: "Now With Real Pirate Treasure!"."
And got this out;
Not bad, but I'm not going to be laying off marketing any time soon...