Morning dewed

Big drops on small web

The heavy morning dew highlights the grass spider (genus Agelenopsis) spider web seen in the grass beneath our feet.

Wheelless vehicles

 

Prototipo Topolino

A prototype of the Fiat Topolino "senza ruote".  The model year is approx. mid-1950s.

 

 

The Cadillac Motor Car Division of the US auto maker General Motors Corporation investigated wheel-less cars.   This concept ad for the 1955 model year was not used.

 

Cadillac Series Sixty Special concept car

Noted:  the other models in the ad still have wheels.

 

Waiting for a ride

 

Going up the country!

 

After their exciting visit to the Big City, these potted plants sit in the shade, waiting for their ride back to the farm.

 

 

 

Security envelope ambulances

 

organizational pattern

 

This security envelope pattern features utility trucks; the side of the truck has a circle with a cross in it - ambulances.  The pattern is skewed slightly and the images are flipped at the fold.  

 

 

Security envelope dashes

 

Sprinkle them all over

 

This envelope security pattern features sprinkles all over.  Up close, they look like a mix of em and en dashes.

 

 

 

Curvy and windy

 

Arrow = up

This curved and winding  staircase is presented as a relaxed view 3d stereograph.

 

n.b., the mirror staircase of this one is on the other side of this entry way to the building.

Blue flowers and red filaments

 

Blueweed

 

The Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare) produces a lot of rich nectar, a blue pollen, and attracts pollinators.  It looks great, but, should be avoided.

Echium vulgare

  

The prickly hairs can be skin irritants. The plant contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids; these can cause liver damage to livestock and humans. The alkaloid is also in the honey.  The honey should not eaten regularly or for long terms.