Objects Vol. 3

The prairie (or plains) of North America are a vast, largely flat area in the middle of the US and Canada. The many tribes who lived, and still live there, such as the Lakota Sioux, Ojibwe, Plains Cree and Apache were mainly nomadic. The fancy dress was for ceremonial use, including pow-wows. Very old examples, before mid 19th Century, were simpler. By the late 19th Century, there was easier access to seed beads manufactured in Europe. Now, many Native women and some men do leatherwork and beadwork like this to sell. Incidentally, Europeans, especially Germans, greatly romanticize Native Americans. The subjects of this slight obsession think it's puzzling, or weird, or funny. The second entry here is an example: tinyurl.com/ya4oqazf . I have no idea if the same goes for European thoughts about Canada's First Nations. Well, I could go on and on, but I won't! End of the Trail Museum at Trees of Mystery, California.

These tubular shells were used by women who were members of lower ranking families. Shells were used by many tribes, but I do not remember where this, or the next one, was made. Landlocked peoples would have acquired shells from white traders.

The items in this museum are a private collection loaned by one couple. Many tribes made shell, teeth & bone decorated dresses and shirts, such as the Pomo, Shoshone, Cheyenne, Nez Perce, Sioux and Pacific Northwest peoples. Here is a stunning old Cheyenne example: tinyurl.com/ya4j4vcr

Thanks for this link, Graham! www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3fI0mLz3ks

Pet Halloween costumes.

Pet Halloween costumes.

Pet Halloween costumes. AA305 Red/green.

Steam until the bottom leaves pull off easily. It will take longer than you think. My dipping sauce recipe : Mayonnaise, yellow mustard powder, lemon juice. You want it thick enough to stick to the bottom of the leaves. That's it! You can find many other recipes for both artichokes and dips. One of the best I ever had was made by my ex-husband's Italian Nonna. Olive oil and crushed garlic dropped between leaves that have been loosened from the head. Steam as usual.

I have never seen such a flimsy one before. It's probably the dollar store model. .....

Fred Meyer has to send a truck every few weeks to pick up their carts. At least the tenants in these apartments are too old to throw them in the canal.

Now that the midterm elections are over tonight (governors, state representatives, senators, etc.) I can finally stop getting campaign mail by the pound with a certain snarling, hideous face on 1/2 of it. Now, bring on the piles of Christmas catalogs and charity solicitations.

Imagine that - real glass on the lights. Real metal everywhere. ;-)