Dreams that never came to pass

Critters

Unimpressed

Explorer

Confrontation

Where's the food?

Curiosity...

A dog-eat-dog world

All too true

Foggy morns

This is the time of year when we arise at dawn to fog. Meteorologists say that's because the humidity that builds up during the warm daytime sun condenses toward the ground as the atmosphere cools overnight. The fog usually burns off quickly, but its presence is a harbinger of autumn.

The intellect of deer

A new use for Legos

In October of last year the German street artist Megx transformed an old railroad bridge in Wuppertal, Germany, into a giant Lego-like structure. The existing bridge was retained, but the artist superimposed brightly colored panels on the walls and underside to give the illusion of being Lego bricks. Once part of the Wuppertal Bewegung railroad line, the bridge previously had been converted to a pedestrian and bicycle path. The city fathers were looking for striking artwork that would become part of an urban renewal program aimed at enhancing the residents' quality of life. They certainly succeeded!

This is the old, bland bridge ...

And now the remake ...

'Gaycock'

Many years ago, I bought an attractive metal re-creation of the "Gaycock" label. Purportedly it was a design from a old-time wooden packing crate that was used to ship produce from farm or grove to the customer. Copies of the design, in paper form, are sold all over the Internet. The design seems authentic--but is it? One observer has said paper copies of the label are so commonplace that it's hard to believe that so many exist in excellent condition in 2012. After all, these labels would have been printed prior to the 1950s or earlier. Maybe they are reprints? Perhaps. But I couldn't find anything on the distributor's name shown on the label, "Stanley Levinson Co." Perhaps the company went out of business long before the Internet age. So, I am left to wonder: Was there really ever a Gaycock brand?