Good Thing Twelve: The Future is Now

There's a stretch of 65 heading south through Indiana where I feel like I've slipped on to a set for some futuristic film. What the country looks like in Blade Runner? Or maybe this is what's behind all of the fences in Brazil?

Giant wind farms as far as the eye can see--and in prairie country, that's pretty far. I think the windmills are beautiful.


The other good thing here is outside of the frame. Considering that this is the future right now, I'm super glad that the future hasn't meant wearing silver skin tight clothing. I was wearing jeans and a wool sweater while taking these photos, thank you very much.

I need to figure out how to make this guy

i'm drawing him everywhere. for a while i drew my fivetrees logo everywhere and it made me really happy. and now that lives in business card and price tag land. but this little 'pillar is going to have to be 3-d. what worries me about him is A. the bend from neck to torso and then torso into wee pointy tail (both being vital to his cuteness and obvious pluckiness) and B. I've always had a very rigid rule about all of my soft critters not having mouths (they keep secrets better that way). But this 'pillar's tiny mouth really makes him what he is.

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