Carmina, part 1

My super kitty extraordinaire. She has learned how to self pet. Amazing.

Vote

Go vote, people! I voted for Barack Obama to win the democratic nomination. I realize that I live in a very conservative state were even the liberals are the conservatives of other states, therefore I think that Hillary will win the ballot here. Also, this being the Mormon mecca, Romney will win the republican ballot hands down. I'm still happy to have voted and participated in our democracy. And it only took a whole 5 minutes. Totally worth it .

Peacocks

On one of my random walks about town, I found this place. At first I thought it was some kind of park or hiking area and decided to check it out.

There were a few non-working fountains, stone gazebos and statues. Then noticed the houses and figured that this may not be a park. I saw a few chickens and amazing peacocks just wandering free. That seemed a little strange if it was just a neighborhood. The peacock below is fairly plain compared to a couple that were walking around someone's back yard but she's the only one that was holding still.

The people that live here must be huge bird fanciers because at every turn were stones carved with sayings about how wonderful birds and nature are. Someone really must have spent a whole lot of time doing the mosaics and masondry around the place.

And then I saw this sign, which kind of scared me. I mean this place seems very hippie dippie and to run into this sign made me wonder if someone had a scope on me the whole time. Needless to say I turned right back around and left the land of the peacocks.

The Tap Room

Welcome to the smallest bar on the planet. It has been a long, long ass time since I've gone to "The Bar". Really it's called The Bar. And, if I remember right about 6 people can fill the place up and pints are a buck before 8. Maybe I'll make a winter trek for a pint or two. Or maybe not, it is ridiculously cold out there. Maybe I'll just wait until spring. Yeah, that may be better.

Dishes

I had a friend who use to live above this place. The store on the left is an on-line dish store. So, if you have a special set of china and brake a plate, they may have a replacement. I'm guessing that a lot of plates have been broken in the process because in the back are all these mosaics.
If you want to check them out in real life they are on north side of 2100 south and about 800 east. On the east side is a tattoo shop and laundromat. I'm sure most people have seen the front of this building and never known that in the back is a bit of hidden art.


Some of these are fairly intricate and would take some real patience. I wonder what came first the dishes or the design?

Fall

These pics are just something pretty to look at. Enjoy.
And if anyone could tell me what these berries are, that would be great.
Well, and also what these are. I love how geometric the stems are.

Impeachment

Hell, yeah! But who's ENEY?