From the cutting room floor

[olivermoss]

This is the second time I've gone to shoot the Labyrinth mural and it's had a car parked there:




Business logo presented without comment:



Okay, I cannot figure this out:



Is it... an impressionistic take on a Little Free Library? It looks like one from a distance. That is one of the standard shapes and there are a fair few on the street.

There are three Little Free Dog Libraries with sticks, bones and treats that I know of, but I don't think this is one.

Also, it's far back on the property with no path. You have to walk right up to the front window to get to it.

Anyone have a theory? I can't imagine someone went 'let's make a thing that looks like it has books, but then you get close and nope!'.

Comments

[dolorosa_12]

I'm wondering if that 'library' is intended to be a home for bees or other insects? I've seen a few like that in the UK — they're not used by people who have their own beehives, but meant to encourage insect life and provide a home for insects that might just be passing by. That being said, the ones I've seen don't have quite the same arrangement of sticks/wood as the one in your photo.

[gingicat]

Ooh, the mural being blocked must be so frustrating!

The logo is indeed funny, including the menu placement.

I don't understand the fake library either.

[falena]

Curse that red car!

I've got nothing in the little house. Huh. Please let us know if you find out.

[peaked]

I would think if it's a bug/bee/wasp hotel that it would need to have little holes in it for the bees to pollinate etc. (Coincidentally, I'm working on projects at work that are about bee and frog hotels and I haven't seen anything like this so far.) Maybe it's there to hold all the chunky sticks people find?

I also didn't even know there were libraries for dog sticks!

[mistressofmuses]

I want to see that mural without a car in front of it, dammit!

Insect hotel was my first thought for the sticks, too, but usually the sticks are laid down, not standing upright.

I guess maybe it's an artistic representation of a little free library? Like... your books are just made of wood anyway? Idk, I've got nothin'.

[bluedreaming]

I’m not sure what the little library/wood house is either, but it’s so striking! Makes me think of the Littles. My parent has a bumblebee house, but like other commenters have said, it looks quite different.

I’ve never heard of a Little Free Dog Librart but that sounds intriguing!