A smattering...

of interesting wobjects, (web-objects).

Some of my favorite books are collections of the oddments of existence such as Wanley's Wonders of the Little World and The Queer, The Quaint, and The Quizzical. But, this morning I found out the the web is increasingly becoming a rich resource for these kinds of collections. Luckily there are people following in Wanley's footsteps! People such as Uri Westphal.

I stumbled across a collection of "Mutatoes" during my morning blog reading. (Don't worry, they aren't a bunch of vegetarian comic book heroes...)

The pictures are wonderful:
And then I started poking around the other pages on the site and found Retrozoology: a page dedicated to ancient and odd descriptions of animals like the Octopus.

The best thing about these web-based collections is that they often come with full color pictures as seen above and you can easily access them without having to trek all the way to the rare books section of your local library.

Papaya!

Here is another flower in my Garden of Bizarre Delights. I love PaPaYa's artwork. Here is a link to Anahata Katkin's blog so you can get to know the mind behind the makings. Whenever I need a good visual infusion, I go there or to Papaya's online store to gorge myself on the color. What a feast!

I miss you
Originally uploaded by Anahata Katkin.

The Garden of Bizarre Delights

Super (Mario) Cake
Originally uploaded by alt text.

So, I am starting a segment entitled above. It is to be a smattering of strange and whimsical curiosities. Click on the related label periodically to find what other objects I may place in the Garden...

Here is the first.
*sigh*

Makes me a little nostalgic.

By the way - it's a wedding cake incase you didn't notice Mario and the Princess perched on the top. I wish I could see the rest of the wedding decorations!