Florence Street Sculptures

This is the work of Patrick Amiot and Brigitte Laurent in Sebastopol, California. Not sure, this may be a working mailbox (see right paw).

More photos of other Florence Street sculptures on Tinytheatre.

A delightful series of small scale scenes on krumelurerockstrek

Young artists at work at Studio Banana

The Cheshire Cat's Grin

Dazlious...*

Alice runs into the Cheshire Cat twice, first when she goes to the Duchess' house, and afterwards, when the cat asks her "What became of the baby?" which Alice had rescued. The original post is here. If you haven't read the book, you will have to wait until this afternoon to learn the answer.

* Linda Freeman, in Snow Cake, describes Mr. Fantastic's brief view of the sun after a lengthy confinement as "Dazlious". Thanks, Cláudia, for the reminder.

Alice Totem

Playing around with paper cuts...some of it was cut, but a little reconstructive surgery had to be done, and of course it was only half-done to begin with, I flipped it over in photoshop. Mina and I met yesterday, this is one card design for when Alice takes over her store in March. Then I got to thinking,this would make a nice tshirt, so I went ahead and put it on redbubble.

Oh, I'm well and truly immersed in Alice - at the cafe yesterday, I saw a mad hatter, a middle-aged Alice, and one of the crew from The Hunting of the Snark. Have you spotted any escapees from Wonderland lately?

Alice in Wonderland/The Cheshire Cat

The Cat only grinned when it saw Alice. It looked good-natured, she thought; still it had very long claws and a great many teeth, so she felt it ought to be treated with respect.

A Cheshire "cat" is a round of cheese. I can't find anything online that indicates the expression "cheesy grin" originated with the Cheshire Cat, though it would seem like a natural progression.

This is the image for July in the Wonderland Revisited 2010 calendar.