PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

It looks like this could be one of the sets but it's another part of our strange City Museum. The building is better described on its Wikipedia page, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Museum, than its own website. It was originally the enormous factory and warehouse of the International Shoe Company. STL was once to shoes what Detroit was to automobiles. Locals of a certain age, particularly baseball and beer fans, know the saying that we were first in shoes, first in brews and last in the American League.

This cavernous 10-story-tall shaft contains a series of spiral ramps, right, that were used to move shoes and their parts from floor to floor. There are five and ten level slides (I wouldn't dare). And then this organ, salvaged from a theater in New York. It looks like it works but I've never heard of a performance. I'd go if there were one.    

NOSE PRINT

More weirdness at the City Museum. Something interesting catches the eye of a concrete serpent but a window blocks the way.             

THE WORLD'S BIGGEST PENCIL

Or at least that's what they claim. We already have the world's largest croquet wicket. This is back in the City Museum, https://www.citymuseum.org/, where Ellie will go on a moment's notice. We spent a longer time there last Saturday and the weather was decent so I got a good haul of pictures. Lots mote to come.                

JUST LITTLE ONES

Maybe one last picture for now from the new dinosaur thing at the zoo. Ellie wants to go back this weekend so there will probably be more later.

I didn't make a note of the name of these nasty-looking little creatures. The display gives the impression that they hunt in packs or just like to go out for a frolic with their pals. I don't think they could climb trees with those limbs but then neither can I. Good thing they are made of resin.          

IT'S OKAY. IT'S A VEGITARIAN.

At least I think so. You can tell by the teeth, can't you? No sharp incisors here. Still, I wouldn't wear my floppy green hat if I were creeping in for a close-up.

The bony processes that look like fins on a stegosaurus' spine are spectacular. I assume they are for cooling with a function like the coils in a car radiator but I'm too lazy to look it up.