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The small copper is a small butterfly it has a wingspan of less than 4cm's. It is also astonishingly fast in flight. It seems to just vanish on take off.
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN - This adorable vintage sideboard from Europe is lovely down to the last detail, from the "marble" finish glass on the top shelf to the twisted metal handles on the drawers. Classic piece of mid-century modern. Irresistable!
Length 63cm, depth 30cm, height 58cm.
On Christmas morning, the first thing the girls found by their stockings was a smaller Squishmallow to join their larger one.
The Rainbow motel, although it doesn't have the most exciting sign, is special to me. My dad and his two brothers and one sister grew up on a prosperous farm in North Dakota. Winter, to small grain farmers, is vacation time as there are no crops to take care of. My dad and his family liked to go skiing in Montana, and a time or two they stayed at the Rainbow Motel in Bozeman Montana. When my dad told me that, and I first saw the sign, I was so excited! The motel is still standing and still in business (see the comments section for photos). I was even more excited to see the rainbow motel sign on some very old home movies shot in (most likely) the early 70s.
I don't know about you, but every time I see an old motel with a great creative sign, I get nostalgic--which is easy for me to do, as I don't ever recall staying in one. So I can imagine anything I want about these old motels. Of course I'm sure most of these places are now dingier and sketchier than they were back in their heyday of the 50s and 60s but I still say, sketchy or not, that there is something to be said about how wonderfully unique each old motel is. Yes, you (usually) know what you are getting with a chain motel but it's not quite as creative as the individual old motel. I can just see taking a road trip in your classic 1960 Cadillac De Ville and riding down the strip in a town with neon motel signs on each block just waiting for your to take your pick.
This motel sign is located in the beautiful mountain city of Bozeman, Montana. If you think about it, this hotel was likely built in the 50s or 60s--back
when Montana was still fairly "wild". Before all the celebrities and rich people with their log cabin homes moved in and there was a super 8 in every town. I'm sure these (at the time) new modern hotels were a sight for sore eyes to weary travelers coming from more "civilized" places :)
"Everybody has a secret world inside of them.
All of the people in the whole world
I mean everybody
No matter how dull and boring they are on the outside
Inside they've all got unimaginable
magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing, worlds
Not just one world. Hundreds of them. Thousands, maybe."
--Neil Gaiman
Particleeeeeees...
My first successful compositing ever! Yay!