The face on this food container lid always looks suspiciously well-fed.

The thumb screw on my spindle sander always greets me with a wink and a smile whenever I get ready to put him to work.

The suitcase was looking a little green after some turbulence on the flight home.

This brake (of the metal-bending, not car-stopping, variety) wags its tongue at visitors to the metal shop.

The spill on this pedestrian bridge may have started out accidentally, but I’m sure it didn’t finish up that way.

This old-time phone in the Jasper-Yellowhead Museum was shocked when told how far its lineage has progressed.

I’m never sure whether these bypass pruners are laughing with me or at me.

This house is really enjoying the sunny summer afternoon.

My Tilley Hat looks out on the world disapprovingly.

At Doors Open last month, Risa lost me in a crowd at the TTC’s Greenwood Shop. She told me later that I blended into a large sub-species that all but dominated the location that day: middle-aged men wearing Tilley Hats and carrying cameras. And we’re damned proud of it, too.

The front of this LED flashlight is supposed to look like a menacing alien. The back, in what is perhaps a less deliberate design, looks an awful lot like someone being menaced by an alien.