More Mall Imagery

Before turning to posting about flowers and the soggy state of affairs on this dairy farm, please bear with one more round of the Mall of America!

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Bloomingdale's, Macy's, and Nordstrom's are a bit pricey for my shopping sensibilities, but I was mesmerized by the artsy displays and decor in those big stores which occupy three of the four corners of the Mall. (Sears anchors the remaining corner.......its more in my league.)

These were adorning the tops of shelves in Nordstrom's:

I think these next two display windows were at the 3rd level entrance to Nordstrom's:

Yes.......would that my destiny be in the deep end.......whyever not......! (I just realized: wherever, whatever, whoever, whenever are legitimate words......so why not whyever??)

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And, I'd be remiss not to mention all the restaurants in the Mall. Back in August of 2001, my mom, my daughter, and I were patrons here at the Rain Forest Cafe right before taking my daughter to the airport across I-494 to board her flight to Amsterdam to spend a semester studying in The Netherlands. (9/11 occcurred just a few weeks later.)

The atmosphere is rain forest throughout the restaurant.......jungle vines hung everywhere.......mist arose here and there. Also, occasionally, there was a rumbly vibration sound.......we thought maybe it was supposed to signify an elephant walking by, or a volcano erupting.......we just weren't sure, and we didn't think to ask.

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I'm guessing the climate inside Kokomo's is tropical Caribbean......and their neon sign was cool!

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Meet Mat the doormat!

I wish my name could be put to such clever use! Can yours??

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Going up the down escalator, or down the up escalator..........totally improper!!

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I wonder if this weirdo Holstein cow design is proof of our mandatory dairy promotion donation dollars at work!!?? Yeah, out of our monthly milk earnings, a percentage is scooped out for national and state dairy promotion organizations.

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George W.G. Ferris might do a double take to see his invention being put to use INDOORS!!!

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And finally, on our way home, we saw this old crane, snappily repainted in bright red, on display along highway 42 near Rosemount........"Vic's Crane & Heavy Haul", it says: