We play at being tourist guides
when friends visit
Habitation is a popular place
Every time we go I see or learn something new
This time I noticed
upside down waves on the canoe
this time I discovered the coveted felt hats
were made from beaver fur
Felt from fur!
Caskets filled with vital supplies
and some wine I expect
I could make good use of a leather bucket
Wouldn't mind this front door either!
A tepee stood outside the walls
and me thinks there is a design in there.
What an interesting place, I love the leather bucket and how the caskets are made.
ReplyDeleteIt happens to me too to see a design in things, amazing how a trained eye can see beyond appearance.
Great pictures! Reminds me of the Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough, ON (well worth a visit, if you ever travel to this area. It's a 1.5 hour drive from Toronto).
ReplyDeleteThere's a hat museum not far from us, where they used to make the felt hats using rabbit fur, and I think some one told me once that in NZ they used to use possum fur. I guess the hatters used whatever was locally plentiful.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing what you do with the tepee idea!
Isn't it fun to take a look at the shapes and textures of things -- really and truly observing. From that often comes artwork.
ReplyDeletedon't you love places like this, that you return to time and again? we have nearby upper canada village which i love.
ReplyDeleteWonderful!
ReplyDeleteOur son brought my hubby a beautiful fur-felted hat from one of his trips. It's so light and definitely turns water!
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