Noteworthy....
The Bride and I decided to step out for a bite and a bit of browsing at Barnes and Nobles tonight. An interesting and out of the ordinary experience from our usual B&N visits as it was just hours before the release of the new Harry Potter book. Some strange and different folks were habituating the store. As I told Julie, it seemed more like we were in California than West Texas.
Ever since I found some great golden retriever note cards at B&N years ago, I always check the card selection. It's usually good, diverse and eclectic.......like me! Anyway, I did spy a whole rack of very interesting cards all with a Texas theme. The company that makes these has the regional market in mind, and I'm sure produces cards oriented towards each state's areas of interest. I bought four different cards and as you can see from the scan above these are geared towards the West Texas oil business. These are first rate folding note cards with quality art work, not post cards, although some of the cards were probably taken from old post cards such as the nostalgic "Vist Marfa" and "Jackalope" cards. The caption on the card at left says, "Instead of a gusher, Fire! Oil well explosion in West Texas". On the right the card reads, "One of the new gushers in the Odessa Oil Field".
If you're in Barnes and Nobles check these out....they're not cheap but you may find one that you can't live without. To view the huge array of Texas cards go to Found Image click on "Image Catalogue" and then select "Texas".
The Bride and I decided to step out for a bite and a bit of browsing at Barnes and Nobles tonight. An interesting and out of the ordinary experience from our usual B&N visits as it was just hours before the release of the new Harry Potter book. Some strange and different folks were habituating the store. As I told Julie, it seemed more like we were in California than West Texas.
Ever since I found some great golden retriever note cards at B&N years ago, I always check the card selection. It's usually good, diverse and eclectic.......like me! Anyway, I did spy a whole rack of very interesting cards all with a Texas theme. The company that makes these has the regional market in mind, and I'm sure produces cards oriented towards each state's areas of interest. I bought four different cards and as you can see from the scan above these are geared towards the West Texas oil business. These are first rate folding note cards with quality art work, not post cards, although some of the cards were probably taken from old post cards such as the nostalgic "Vist Marfa" and "Jackalope" cards. The caption on the card at left says, "Instead of a gusher, Fire! Oil well explosion in West Texas". On the right the card reads, "One of the new gushers in the Odessa Oil Field".
If you're in Barnes and Nobles check these out....they're not cheap but you may find one that you can't live without. To view the huge array of Texas cards go to Found Image click on "Image Catalogue" and then select "Texas".
