Double-Plus Un-UsualNovember 20, 2006 Let me get right into this eerie story. I was on my way to Target, and something caught my eye. Something a couple of blocks away in a deserted warehouse lot. I kept driving because I didn't really know what I had seen. |
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But this Lenin statue popped into my mind. It is located in my old neighborhood in Seattle. |
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Instead of turning into the Target parking lot, I decided to explore a bit. I went down a battered, old, truck road and saw this. A giant head? Was it Lenin? Stalin, maybe? |
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Then I walked closer and saw that there were more. It was so strange! Not a person in sight. Just some very, very large heads. |
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I really felt like I was sneaking. Like the CIA or the KGB was going to step out and start asking me questions. (I have a rich imaginary life.) It was silent as I turned the corner and saw that there were even MORE heads! Why? WHY?? |
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I was trying to make sense of it all. Why so many heads? Why so big? Then a glimmer of recognition... |
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They are the American Presidents. Ahhhh, okay. At least I know who they are. |
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I do not know why they exist. But here they stand. Maybe they were put here just to freak me out and make me feel like I'm in some post-apocalyptic movie. You can go back and click on these images if you want to see more detail. I encourage you to click on the one with Bush I, Reagan, and F. Roosevelt. Ford is in the background. Whoever (whatever??) put these here does nice work, right down to clothing details. |
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Still on the needles... I've finished the back of Ivy, and I'm now about half-way through the left front. Here is the completed back, pinned directly on to Anne Boelyn. I wanted to see how it will fit...it needs to stretch without being too tight. It will fit a little looser across the shoulders and back than I have pinned, but the ribbing should stretch nicely as shown here. Currently, while I'm working on the left front, I'm enduring "At The Same Time" Hell. You know, neckline decreases and side increases and cable pattern...requiring at least one row counter and a couple of sets of tally marks. |
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I know I've called Ike "Barfy Little Ling-Ling", because he eats bamboo to make himself throw-up. (Maybe we should call him "Bulemic Little Ling-Ling"?) Chris, pretending to be Marlin Perkins from Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, got his face deep into bamboo to shoot this little movie. Don't worry - no barfing in this movie. Ike turns away and walks off before anything gross happens. |
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My email - staci@verypink.com |
Chris' email - barkless3@yahoo.com |
