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A collection of colorful, handwritten cards from elementary school kids. One kid thinks Quien Fue Nelson Mandela ( Who is Nelson Mandela) is "probably the best book I've ever read." Another writes "I will read all the books that you gave to us," and also wrote out a book title, Una Arruga en el Tiempo (A Wrinkle in Time).
Terrible pano shot of a silver train at rest
Picture of rolling hills on the way to Sacramento. A cheese and cracker tray is in the foreground.
View of Donner Lake from the train. Long lake surrounded by towering pines and hills on an overcast day.
View of the Truckee River and mountains from the train
A Major League Baseball baseball
Picture of table with muffin an 2 water bottles. The observation car is quiet and empty, with dark windows.
The lounge in coach on the California Zephyr. A long counter with a sink, a stool and a loveseat.
Sledge hammer resting in a clear box on the wall marked Emergency Tools.
Picture Glenwood Springs from train station
View is red rock canyon walls through the upper windows of the train observation car
Rain streaks on train window view of river and hills.
A view of the river from aboard the California Zephyr. Mountains in the distance.
A circular quilt with a cherry image of a cat in a blue cape and jaunty matching cap holding up a telescope, looking to the viewers right. Behind him a purple crow is perched atop a grey/blue turtle. The turtle is facing the viewer, wearing glasses, and has one foot planted a simple, hand drawn map; he is wearing circular glasses and has goofy smile. The crow has a wind raised and pointed to the viewer's left, with his beak open as if to defend the path he's chosen. Swooping up through the center of a black tree trunk with branches covered in multicolored appliqued leaves and bottoms; an embroidered vine climbs the trunk, with thimble leaves in shades of yellow, green and blue; overlapping the first boarder are flowers with sewing pins where stamens would be. Surrounding this image is a thin, light brown boarder that has bumps at the compass points. Outside this circular boarder is another, wider boarder in light tan. The compass points not marked North, Northeast, East, etc but rather; Thataway, Not a Clue, Hither, South? (In the southeast position), Thisaway, Yonder, Wrong!, and Northish (in the Northwest position). The directions are separated by a repeating image of a needle threaded with rainbow variegated thread. *Apologies, but I can't swear to the methods used on each section of the quilt. It's possible the pincushion flowers are the origami element? I didn't even notice that until I was typing the methods list for the next image. And I don't even know what couching is 😮
A quilt featuring a figure of a nude woman with light brown skin, her head thrown back and mouth wide open in a yell and her arm thrown up in frustrated gesture. In the lower left of the quilt is a gray cloud filled with eyes, all focused on the woman's pregnant belly. We are able to see a small, black, tadpole-like baby inside her belly.
An iridescent Green and blue hummingbird approaches an yellow, cone shaped flower.
Scene from So I Married an Axe Murder. Elderly father (played by Mike Myers) teases his son: "Aww, he'll be crying himself to sleep tonight on his huge pillow"
Photo of concrete plaza on center of the Salk institute for biological studies. A row of buildings on work side frame a view of the plaza suddenly dropping off, with only the sky visible. A foundation creates a flow of water that travels down a central channel and then disappears into the horizon.
4 panel comic. In the first, a figure in a hoodie is huddled down against a dark backdrop. The caption reads "Get up." In the next panel, the figure has one hand on their knee, the other planted on the ground; the background is a lighter gray. The caption reads "you can do it." In the next panel, the figure is standing, facing away from the viewer; they are pulling their hair back in a short ponytail against a light gray background. The caption reads "Come on!" In the final panel, the figure is moving out the panel to the right, their face hidden, against a white background. A pencil is clenched on their right hand. The caption reads "One more time." From artist reikeacchan on Tumblr.