Laughing head / Cabeza riéndose

animals/toys

Laughing head / Cabeza riéndose

Laughing head / Cabeza riéndose

08 May 2017 730
“If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.” ― George Bernard Shaw Laughing head sculpture in a Chinese restaurant in southern Oregon.
Good-luck cat / Gato buena suerte / Chat de bonne chance

Good-luck cat / Gato buena suerte / Chat de bonne…

08 May 2017 2 2 816
“You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.” ― Cormac McCarthy Taken in a Chinese restaurant in Oregon, with my GX8 camera.
Stuffed Shark

Stuffed Shark

15 Jun 2017 583
"Sharks are old: there were sharks in the ocean before the dinosaurs. And the reason there are still sharks around is that sharks are better at being sharks than anything else is.” ― Neil Gaiman A stuffed toy shark in the local organic community supermarket in Ashland, Oregon.
Dead Bird

Dead Bird

21 Jun 2017 1 684
“After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die.” ― E.B. White (Charlotte's Web) On the sidewalk, in Central Point, Oregon, a small dead bird lay there when I was walking along on a horribly hot June day. And part of me was thinking: well, at least if you're dead, the heat can't kill you.
Pee-Wee Herman doll

Pee-Wee Herman doll

27 Jun 2017 3 940
"This was a particularly eerie doll." ― Augusten Burroughs A large Pee-Wee Herman doll, given to me years ago, sitting in Chairy atop a bookcase in my writing office...and always smiling at me.
Roadkill

Roadkill

01 Jul 2017 1 2 813
“Be careful, or be roadkill!” ― Bill Watterson (Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection) Dead squirrel / roadkill - on a heavily-trafficked rural street in Talent, Oregon.
Supermarket Frog

Supermarket Frog

17 Jul 2017 3 4 1106
“If frogs had side pockets, they'd carry hand guns.” ― Dan Rather Plastic toy frog for sale in the local supermarket in Talent, Oregon.
Stuffed Dog

Stuffed Dog

31 Jul 2017 4 2 780
“Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear.” ― Dave Barry Stuffed toy dog, in an emporium in Ashland, Oregon.
Frog Socks / Calcetines de rana / Chaussettes grenouille

Frog Socks / Calcetines de rana / Chaussettes gren…

11 Aug 2017 5 1 982
“One can never have enough socks," said Dumbledore.” ― J.K. Rowling Ira wearing his frog socks, sitting on his father's lap while camping in the great outdoors.
Frog head / Cabeza de rana / Tête de grenouille

Frog head / Cabeza de rana / Tête de grenouille

08 Sep 2017 4 4 758
“If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.” ― Terry Pratchett Sculpture in Talent, Oregon.
Monstruos chocolates de Halloween /// Halloween candy monsters

Monstruos chocolates de Halloween /// Halloween ca…

28 Sep 2017 1 2 529
Mira, sólo hay un medio por matar los monstruos: aceptarlos. (Julio Cortázar) Look, there's only one way to kill monsters: accept them.
Muñecas de cosecha / Harvest dolls

Muñecas de cosecha / Harvest dolls

06 Oct 2017 3 2 657
“Qué decirnos que no fueran superficies e ilusiones, de qué hablar si no pasaríamos nunca al otro lado para cerrar el dibujo, si seguíamos buscándonos desde muertos y muñecas.” ― Julio Cortázar
Aviator Dog

Aviator Dog

05 Jan 2018 2 2 421
“Every dog must have his day.” ― Jonathan Swift In a Game store, in Corvallis, Oregon.
Bookstore Bear

Bookstore Bear

05 Jan 2018 1 2 568
“The best way of being kind to bears is not to be very close to them.” ― Margaret Atwood Large stuffed bear in a bookstore in Corvallis, Oregon.
Supermarket Dinosaur

Supermarket Dinosaur

19 Feb 2018 3 3 669
“Nature was quick to pass the sponge of her deluges over these awkward sketches (dinosaurs), these first nightmares of Life.” ― Villiers de L'Isle-Adam Inflatable plastic dinosaur, in my local supermarket.
Monkey Primate

Monkey Primate

27 Feb 2018 1 499
“Monkeys are superior to men in this: when a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey.” ― Malcolm de Chazal The small plastic jumping monkey who sits above my writing desk, surrounded by other action figures. Taken with the Oympus TG-5
Screaming Goat

Screaming Goat

28 Feb 2018 1 641
“When a goat likes a book, the whole book is gone, and the meaning has to go find an author again. ― William Stafford My tiny toy 'Screaming Goat', sitting atop my desk in the room where I write.
Buddha Hand

Buddha Hand

08 Mar 2018 1 4 751
“Oh-do be careful with that! That's my Buddha hand grenade. Twist the head twice and throw it and anyone within ten yards can say their prayers.” ― Anthony Horowitz Buddha/Hand for sale in a supermarket in Ashland, Oregon.