What is this?
I’m so confident you’ll be utterly stumped, and ultimately surprised, by this object, we’ve* thrown $1,000 into the kitty for the person who correctly identifies it.
Good luck, guys ‘n’ gals!
*Parker Brothers, makers of Monopoly, and I
Moose
music
Vivaldi concerto
swishy fishy
Anchors Away!
Anchor Steam beer. Me like.
Barefoot Blogger 
Apr 18, 2011 @ 01:58:58
OK ok ok, just soz you stop crying!
I wish I COULD guess this one… but it’s wayyy too hard.
I think it’s made of plant fiber of some kind. Something softish.. like sea grass but the fibers here look thinner and more woolly than that.
I think man made.. it looks to be tied together in the middle on the top photo.
Now I’m wondering whether it’s a solid ball tied in at the middle or two parts that come apart – possibly with a hollow inside…
It would be a good pet-toy but I haz no idea what it is.
I suspect it’s from another country.
Apr 18, 2011 @ 05:29:11
Tea! It looks like blooming tea.
Apr 18, 2011 @ 16:22:45
The Hare says, I dunno, then said, shush, because I wrote exactly what he said.
I think it’s some kind of yarn or seed. Was off organising birthday parties…emotional blackmail – sheesh.
Apr 18, 2011 @ 18:47:15
@klopp – “I think it’s some kind of yarn or seed. Was off organising birthday parties…emotional blackmail – sheesh.” No; and no (and on the latter so far from the truth, I’m truly saddened you heard it as such).
Apr 18, 2011 @ 19:37:09
…the effect of not speaking face to face and in snippets…mis-interpretations.
Apr 18, 2011 @ 19:59:20
@klopp – Not to play devil’s advocate – well, OK, just a little 😉 – it’s very possible to get to know someone through blogs (and other techie as well as non-techie media), potentially rendering geographical distance a lesser obstacle than perceived.
Apr 18, 2011 @ 21:23:30
…and easier to mis-interpret the intent of the words because there is no body-language or tone of voice involved…
Apr 19, 2011 @ 12:22:26
@Klopp – Again playing devil’s advocate, the absence of body language or tone of voice do not necessarily impede. Let me present a simplistic example. Pick an author you like. From his or her writing, you learn volumes about him/her. Have you met the author? Probably not. Especially if s/he’s dead! The written word is just as powerful, indeed even moreso, as the spoken, in revelation of self as well as the learning of another.
Apr 18, 2011 @ 17:48:38
The top picture makes the outer layer look like feathers, but the bottom pic makes it look more like fibers. The first thing I thought of was actually an owl pellet, followed quickly by what I thought a newly hatched but unfurled baby bird might like look sans gooey eggness, but overall, I’m at a loss. I’ll be interested to find out what it is.
On a different note, where are you going to go once you’ve achieved escape velocity from Tacoma?
Apr 18, 2011 @ 18:44:54
@B – Good guesses. But no. And sometime down the road pics will reveal. With room for a wild card (and so’s not to jinx it in the meantime), the probable destination state’s just east of where pop & L. live.
Apr 19, 2011 @ 16:47:36
Finally have time to comment on my blogging friend’s posts.
I am not really sure what this is. I have 2 different guesses. 1) it is some kind of man made decorative treasure holder and 2) it is some kind of bird nest.