Today is Labor Day and that means it’s the last holiday of the year where you can enjoy an outdoor barbecue. With all the great things that fall brings, it’s always sad to say goodbye to the barbecues of summer.
from Creative Pro
from Hey Oscar Wilde!
from Plan 59
from Wantist
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I spent some of yesterday working, but at least got out early enough to enjoy a BBQ and Blimes while the weather was still nice. An insane thunder/hail storm that made me think the world was going to end eventually sent me indoors for snacks and DIY Blimes. When I returned home, the storm had passed and I was still able to catch a few fireworks in my neighborhood.
Also, there’s this rad guy and an American flag. Happy 4th of July!
Bison Flag from ICarpeDiem
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Some time ago, I did a post on bison-inpsired art, and here is my follow-up to that post, Bison photographs. There is something so majestic about a bison in the wilderness and something so rad about a bison just hanging out.
p.s. be sure to check out the link to the Toronto Sun article for a great story about a bison riding in a car to go drink a brew.
from Renaud Marion
from Reddit
from the Toronto Sun
from Doug Aitken
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I received this wood-coded map of the United States as a gift this past holiday season, and I wanted to share it here too. It’s separated by territories and each territory has it’s own type of wood to identify it by. Michigan is white oak.
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Benjamin Franklin thought that America’s national bird should be the turkey instead of the eagle. He was probably right, per usual.
from Christian Montone
Mary
The other day I received a letter from my friend, Dan, in Alaska along with these two cards:
They both have complete descriptions, the history of the animal, and a list that includes phylum, class, order, family, and characteristics. I especially enjoy the little symbols at the top of the cards. The middle one clearly indicates where the animal lives, (in this case the water of the plains), but I’m not sure what the others mean.
The letter explaining how he found the cards goes as follows:
“There’s a lot of junk here in Coldfoot – the whole eastern part of the camp is full of old machinery and vehicles and abandoned by miners and road construction crews. A lot of them have windows broken out and plants growing on them… There’s about 1,000 of these animal cards that I looked through one day. I thought you’d enjoy these two.”
I can only imagine how many other treasures lie in the abandoned part of the camp, but I’m really glad he saved and sent me these two gems with the best animals of all on them.
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Awhile back, I posted about a Woodland Michigan Playset I made, which included a little wooden Michigan, deer, bear, and robin. I’ve now begun my second wooden playset, the Animals of America Playset. It will eventually include a wooden United States piece, but for now, here are the Animals of America; a bison, wolf, and eagle.
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