Posts tagged cute

Before locomotives, Thanksgiving turkeys walked to market.

“It is almost forgotten now that, before truck transportation and refrigerated boxcars, turkeys never would have reached city tables for Thanksgiving and Christmas if they hadn’t walked.”

Fun article on the misadventures of the original turkey trotters.

To finish off the week of tidbits in style, your daily dose of quiet shoals, via haw-lin & them thangs.

“The Pearl Earring”, 2009, by Dorothee Golz, via.

“The Pearl Earring”, 2009, by Dorothee Golz, via.

Click for large, via.

Click for large, via.

Imma prove it! (Be sure to check other Lunchbreath creations.)

Imma prove it! (Be sure to check other Lunchbreath creations.)

If there is a 3rd Clarinet, the Violins may go. Don’t forget to move the cattle downstage. Click through for the large view, and wait for the shoehorn. [via]

If there is a 3rd Clarinet, the Violins may go. Don’t forget to move the cattle downstage. Click through for the large view, and wait for the shoehorn. [via]

We will visit these delicacies upon you. [via]

We will visit these delicacies upon you. [via]

Thing that would sadly never happen in the U.S. #762. Reposting from Gawker. 

Not that I hate anime, but I like this better! [via yay!everyday]

Not that I hate anime, but I like this better! [via yay!everyday]

How appropriate is a rusting Dubai for Star Wars antics? Cedric Delsaux’s treated photos invite us to imagine. Nothing on his site can be directly linked, so click through, choose your language, then from the row options (news, work, commissions, etc.), choose work, then The Dark Lens (Star Wars). [via The Atlantic Wire]

How appropriate is a rusting Dubai for Star Wars antics? Cedric Delsaux’s treated photos invite us to imagine. Nothing on his site can be directly linked, so click through, choose your language, then from the row options (news, work, commissions, etc.), choose work, then The Dark Lens (Star Wars). [via The Atlantic Wire]