Bizarre, Random and Puzzling

In my recent efforts to dejunk our lives I have come across some pretty interesting things. Well, interesting to me anyway. This is partially a product of having sons, but it is also just a product of life in general (and the fact that I have been cleaning my attic out). Of course, as is my custom, I must document these things for posterity.

 This appears to be an old shovel handle with some old-fashioned square head nails pounded into it to form some sort of weapon? Or coat rack? Joel found this on the curb the day before garbage day and brought it home. He wanted to put it in the fort that he and his brothers have  in the woods for use as a mace, but I did my parental duty and confiscated it. It does look like it could be dangerous in the wrong hands. I know they aren't worth much, but the nails are cool, so I'm contemplating pulling them out with my hammer before putting the wood back on the curb.

Second up we have this grocery list. It was discovered in a shopping cart (or "buggy" as people around here call them) by a friend of the family and then passed along for our amusement. I love it. We decided that the list must have been written by a little girl shopping with her mother (the "Brats mermad girl" and "lady items" clued us in). My favorite items on the list are "wolful's", "bred", and "torylet paper". The list immediately made me think of grocerylists.org. which I discovered recently when I was looking for a printable grocery list. I think it would make a nice addition to their collection.

I don't know the exact history of this drawing, but I know it was in the papers that my husband saved from while he was on a mission for our church in Chile. I believe it was drawn by his brother (who would have been about seven at the time) and mailed to him in a package from home. (Family, if I am wrong, please let me know because I'd love to know the origins of this drawing that David has held onto for so long!) This picture makes me laugh but it does raise some questions. Why is the person nude? Why are its hips so prominent and it's belly button so cavernous? Perhaps most importantly, where can I get a rainbow crown like that? Or is that hair? 

 My friend, Jen made this awesome pig-of-clay for my birthday my senior year of high school. He is one of a kind and one of the few pigs that I have held onto from the pig collection I started back in junior high. Jen has always been a very talented artist. I love having an original art piece made by her. I also love that that she immortalized a silly high school inside joke that I don't even remember the origins of inside the pig.

 Here is a bird's eye view of the toy cars that my boys were playing with in their room yesterday. The two lines on the left are the cars that Danny was playing with. The pile on the right is Nate's collection. I think this says something about their personalities. Actually, I think it says a lot of things about their personalities but it has been too long since I took Psychology, so I'm not really sure exactly what is being said.

That does it for this week's installment of "Bizarre, Random and Puzzling". I'm sure it won't be the last. Care to enlighten me on any of the preceding topics? Feel free to share any insights or information with me. Some of these things still have me scratching my head.