Cryptids & Creatures of Folklore Drawtober Day 24 — Cactus Cat
The Cactus Cat is a creature from American folklore. Cowboys and pioneers in the early 19th century reported encountering this strange creature in California, New Mexico, Nevada, and other areas of the southwestern US. It was described as a bobcat-like animal covered in sharp spines, having a tail with cacti-like branches, and with a sharp bone or barb protruding from each foreleg which it used to slash open cacti. It would wait for the exposed juice to ferment before partaking of it and becoming intoxicated.
Also known as Faunwood, Zimmerman’s entrancing flora and fauna inspired works take on delightful three dimensional forms in this show of ceramic sculptures.
[Text ID: The black oaks fling their bronze fruit into all the pockets of the earth pock pock, / they knock against the thresholds the roof the sidewalk fill the eaves the bottom line, / of the old gold song of the almost finished year what is spring all that tender green stuff, / compared to this falling of tiny oak trees then the clouds, / gathering thick along the west then advancing then closing over breaking open, / the silence then the rain dashing its silver seeds against the house. /End ID.]
tundras are soooo pretty aand beautiful to look at smears of best ever colors on flat and muted greens and yellows…. hard agree with los campesinos like yes take a body to tundra for real……
Ottoman-era (13th – 20th c.) birdhouses that show how much Turkish people loved birds. In Turkey, the birdhouses were affixed to the outer walls of significant city structures, such as mosques, inns, bridges, libraries, schools and fountains. Not only did they provide the birds with shelter, these structures also fulfilled a religious purpose – they were believed to grant good deeds to those who built them.
