Funky game board

Silver and black game board with some offbeat graphics.

Questionable hair

If her do is any indication, this woman is burning with curiosity.

Elaborate box

This old box has a tramp art quality because the wood seems to be cigar box wood. But it is also quite different. The cuts are precise so chances are a power tool was used. And the images come from some other school altogether. Perhaps it was made in a Midwest town populated with immigrants from northern Europe. Or maybe it was made in Europe. In any event, it is skillfully done and over-the-top graphic, and does a nice job of holding things.

A role for Bill

Saw on Reuters today where Bill Clinton will be coordinating international efforts to rebuild Haiti. People often say fellow Georgian Jimmy Carter is America's best ex-president, but it seems Bill is giving him a run for his money. This dead-on portrait of Bill was done during his first term by Shields Landon Jones, an artist who lived in West Virginia and died in 1997, which is when Bill's second term began.

Haiti's art loss

The Haitian painting here, by Antoine Obin, is safe because it's in Iowa at the Waterloo Center for the Arts. But countless other pieces still in Haiti -- artwork that tells the country's story -- are gone. And that may include the oldest known Haitian painting, done in 1822 and buried in the crumbled palace. A CNN story describes the loss. A video narrated by the Waterloo art center's curator explains the island nation's art heritage.

Man

A man with African-American features, from the Southeast. It's a bit disproportionate in that the head doesn't really match the size of the torso.

Headed west out of Atlanta

Usually, when I head to Alabama I have a destination in mind and I want to get there in reasonable time, so I take the interstate at least part of the way. But a few days ago I headed west with no destination in mind. I just wanted to travel an unfamiliar route and take note of what I saw.
Photos 1, 2 and 3: Ron Tallent has been raising and selling D'Uccles show chickens for 34 years at his home in Heard County, Georgia. They sell for $25 to $150 each.
4. No room for the S on this sign in Paran, Ala.
5. No room for people in this house stuffed with junk on Route 22 in eastern Alabama.
6. A cemetery in Rock Mills, Ala.
7. The place to get dolled up in Roanoke, Ala.
8. The University of Alabama has a good football team, the Crimson Tide. You may have heard of them.
Roanoke graffiti exhorts "Roll Tide."
9. Sing your praises near Alexander City, Ala.
10. A truck with crushed cars, and behind it a truck with logs.