Sharing photos, videos, vintage images I've discovered, and -- occasionally -- commentary and thoughts from retired life and travels.

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Don’t honk. . . ;)

October 15, 2009

Had to share… ;)

Comments?

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guess what this is

Mother-in-law bell
Bells of this type were stamped out of quarters and were common in the 1880′s.  They were worn by men and women during war dances and by an older woman to warn her son-in-law that she was approaching.  Older Navajo believed that a man could become blind if he looked at his mother-in-law.

from display of artifacts
in Far View Visitor Center
Mesa Verde National Park
September 12, 2009

Debo came closest with the guess, “wildlife warning bell,” except that the bell is to warn the wildlife — the son-in-law — instead of warning of the approach of wildlife.

I still don’t know whose blog post I was thinking of when I noticed this artifact in the display.  I deliberately took care to get a good picture so that I could share it with whoever had written the post, but now I can’t find it.

Oh well.

Perhaps it was just a blog comment that I had read somewhere.

Or maybe, just maybe, I’ve been reading blogs in my dreams.

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Commentary and images from the road

image and information from September 12, 2009

This post is being simultaneously published on Exit78 and Haw Creek Out ‘n About.

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guess what this is

In a previous post, I provided the following information:

I came across this little item during our recent travels. It has an interesting purpose.

What do you think it is? Include the interesting purpose, if you can.

I’ll provide the answer later in the week if no one gets it correct.

Some additional information:

  • I came across it in a National Park visitor center.
  • I took a photograph of it because it reminded me of a post someone had written on their blog about a relative — a post I cannot find right now.
  • It’s a 19th century artifact.
  • Debo and Dot have come closest so far

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Commentary and images from the road

image and information from September 12, 2009

This post is being simultaneously published on Exit78 and Haw Creek Out ‘n About.

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What the heck is it????

September 21, 2009

guess what this is

I came across this little item during our recent travels. It has an interesting purpose.

What do you think it is?  Include the interesting purpose, if you can.

I’ll provide the answer later in the week if no one gets it correct.

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Commentary and images from the road
September 9, 2009

This post is being simultaneously published on Exit78 and Haw Creek Out ‘n About.

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Old Habits

July 30, 2009

IMGP0993Yesterday, I was going down the hall heading back to my office, preoccupied with what I was doing.

Sure enough, I walked in the wrong office.

I knew it almost as soon as I opened the door.  I went ahead and walked on in and chatted with Dave for a few minutes before he headed to the class he was slated to teach.

Without thinking, I had gone in the office I had been in before I retired.

Other than personal items and the chair, it looks just the same as it did when I left.

day 57

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