Photo of the Day: Deserted Discards

Middle of Nowhere BLM Land, Utah/Arizona
January 2012

Remember how I went on vacation in the winter?

So much still to blog, no time to catch up!

Photo of the Day: Off the Chain

Staten Island Ferry, en route to Staten Island from Manhattan
Friday, August 3, 2012

Is it strange that photo that I took for absolutely no reason and on the spur of the moment without even really focusing or framing has become my favorite picture of my entire Island Hopping trip?

Programming Notes

Yesterday's post about Delurkers helped Auntie Nettie decide on some future programming ideas. Since responses were so underwhelming there will not be any giveaways of Mystery Items of the Week or other random items from the Attic, like Advanced Readers Copies of new books, etc. Sorry folks. If I hear from you later, this might change.

Photo of the Day -- Just for Dad

A whole new interpretation of

"Go West, Young Man"

attributed to Horace Greeley,

written by John Soule

3/5/08 Mystery Item of the Week -- Results

Many thanks to all of those who tried to identify the Mystery Item of the Week. We had a variety of guesses from our usual commentators, lurkers, and some anonymous guests. The answers ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous, but there were some correct guesses. Bonus points were awarded for those who figured out what triggered the blog post.

To recap, the guesses were:

~A knit bra;
~A scrunchy;
~Steering wheel cover;
~A reference to the fertilization process;
~Ruffled leg warmers;
~A facecloth;
~Napkin;
~A long sock;
~The sand dunes at the beginning of Disney's Aladdin;
~A coral reef;
~The wig for when you try out for that Wendy's commercial. Or for when you play Pippi Longstocking on Broadway; or
~A small scale (and blurry) model of the Grand Canyon.

FUN guesses all … But oh, so WRONG (and in testmonkey’s case, icky!)

There were actually three correct guesses that it was …. THIS!

One very funky, ruffle, spiral scarf.

The First correct guess was from a lurker who replied to me off-line – Congratulations K***!
The Second correct guess was from Anonymous!*
The Third correct guess was from Jane and her Mom, who were awarded the bonus points for knowing what triggered the post, aka this New York Times article and really bad photographic technique.

To the “winners;” How I’m supposed to split two (cuz, there's another version, just more open-weaved) scarves three or four ways, I haven’t figured out yet, but I’ll let you know off-line.

Thanks for playing and
Stay tuned for the next installment of Mystery Item of the Week.


* Now, according to the caveat that I had to post, if I don't know who you are, you can't win prizes.

How can I send them to you if you're Anonymous to me?

Just saying.

Mystery Maelstrom Redux aka Item of the Week

The first Item of the Week available from Auntie Nettie's Attic is the item featured in our Mystery Maelstrom photo. This gray/black ribbon and black yarn scarf is approximately 9-10 feet long. It can be worn long, short, doubled and tripled up. Dressy, yet warm. A one-of-a-kind.

Prices upon request. (As of 12/10, not longer available.)

Mystery Maelstrom

I'll leave you with this picture. Can you unravel the mystery?