Kathleen Charters and Lawrence Charters
Explorations large and small
This billboard is in downtown Bremerton, Washington. The text: “Buzzed. Busted. Broke. Get caught buzzed driving and it could cost you $10,000” suggests that this could be advice from a financial counselor. Or perhaps the police, as there were signs Continue reading Buzzed. Busted. Broke.
Poulsbo is a small town in northern Kitsap County, which in turn is a peninsula located between Hood Canal and Puget Sound in Washington State. For most purposes, it is functionally an island, with just one lone land highway connecting Continue reading Poulsbo: paradise?
This salad is piled atop a 12-inch plate. It is a lunch salad, from the Oak Table Cafe in Silverdale, Washington. (Location). It was delicious. We came. We tried. But the salad won.
Dungeness Spit is a nearly six-mile long sand spit that curves out from the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. It is a spectacular setting. On this day you can see both Canada — the Continue reading Dungeness Spit panorama
American marketing is given to excess: “The greatest thing since sliced bread!” “The boldest step in home living since the flush toilet!” “This crew-cab truck is sooo big, you’ll need an aircraft hanger to garage it!” “100 times more powerful Continue reading Mini-burger
Really? A five course tequila dinner?
This professionally printed sign with less than professional scribbling was taped to a parking meter in Silver Spring, Maryland. It notifies motorists that two spaces are not available from something scribbled to something else scribbled, with an almost illegible correction Continue reading Iterative notice about parking
Henna tattoo? This is not henna, and this is not a tattoo.
This sign, posted on a pier at Fort DeSoto Park, south of St. Petersburg, Florida, is not dolphin approved. Dolphins are highly intelligent animals, fully capable of serving in their role as a top predator in the ocean. Yet like Continue reading Not dolphin approved