unexpected versions of the prosaic

     I often drive past this Bonners Ferry garage and smile every time.  I call it the "Hobbit garage."  It tickles my imagination.  

     Then last month, while driving around Bainbridge Island near Seattle, we spied this fun mailbox "house":

     Also on Bainbridge Island, we saw this lonely chimney--remnant of someone's erstwhile home--just sitting by the water, waiting to tell its story:

     

     simple joys: unexpected, unusual versions of the everyday