Funky Friday

I have a few pics that fall under the "funky" category from my visit with friends last week.

Check this out, a blow/puffer fish lamp, found at the antique/vintage store where Penny resides:



Words fail me. It definitely qualifies as funky.

The piano, below, might be more interesting than funky per se. Either way, it's pretty neat. It's on the main street in Cobourg, ON and has a bona fide old letter scrawled across it, the front and both sides. I wish I could recall what the letter was about and who it was addressed to. The piano is there for anyone to play.


Maybe not quite funky, but definitely intriguing to me, was this house complex on one of the country roads in the area. The main (?) house seems to be modeled after a tiny house, though it's definitely larger.



I would have loved to talk to the owners, get a tour of the place. Very unusual design, particularly for the area. You can see there seems to be more than one dwelling. I wondered if they're off the grid, with those solar panels, and how much might be underground. 

Funky in a cute way were the Polish chickens that reside at a local gardening centre.


Finally, really funky was this old, working car! Under restoration, from the new look of the seats in one of the pics below. We spied it parked at a yard sale on Saturday morning; the fellow who owns the car was looking for bargains, like the rest of us.





So that's my offering for a "funky" Friday! (Better "funky" than "freaky". LOL.) Thanks for stopping by, and have a great weekend!

Peace.

Comments

ANGEL ABBYGRACE said…
Yes, I think your characterization of funky describes everything perfectly!
Kea said…
LOL! You never know what you'll see, when you're out and about. :-)
Poppy Q said…
The lamp is hideous - you do wonder who would choose to have such a thing in their house? There is something gross about using a dead animal in such a way as well. Not to my taste anyway.

I am enjoying seeing your photos of your time away - keep them coming.

Have a nice weekend Kim.

Julie Q
Kea said…
I'm glad you said it (the lamp); I didn't want to offend anyone who might have something equally...funky. :-P It certainly would be a conversation-starter, and maybe that's the point!
WOW! Great collection of funky photos!
Saku said…
I agree, that blower fish is beyond funky...I can't see living with it. Love the car, that's incredible! I can understand updating the seats to start with once it was running - would want to drive it in comfort.

That was some trip! Have a great weekend.
Eileen
Kea said…
Thanks! Though I agree with Julie about that lamp. :-P
Kea said…
The car *was* pretty neat, yes? I wonder if comfort becomes more important to us all as we get older. (The man who owned the car was older, 60s probably.) Comfort certainly is more important to me now in terms of clothing, footwear, etc. Seating too. :-D
meowmeowmans said…
Those were all funky, for sure! Great and fun captures, Kim. I have to admit that the puffer fish lamp kind of gave me the creeps, though. :)
Kea said…
Yes, that fish lamp is a bit disturbing. Like turning some other dead creature into a lamp or other decor item. *shudder*
SuziQCat said…
Those are interesting finds for sure. I just want to ask "why?" on the puffer fish lamp!
friday was funkee here too ~~~~~~~ I agree the inside of the house
would have been neat to tour; I'd be nervous about the part that juts out
without underneath support; both inside and sitting under it !~!!!! :) ♥
John Bellen said…
The lamp is begging to be used as a prop in an adventure movie, in which a minor villain is killed by being impaled on the spikes. They'd have to make the spikes longer for the film, though. The house looks to be inspired by a camper. And the old beater of a car reminds me of the Saturday Night Live 'commercial' which advertised a car that was luxurious inside but looked like a wreck outside, to deter thieves.
Kea said…
Could there ever be a good reason? :-D
Kea said…
I'm waiting to see a Trout Town update on the baby, how he came to be trapped, etc.!

BTW, I never thought about underneath support. I'm sure through the "magic" of engineering and design it's safe, though.
Kea said…
If you're a writer, perhaps you could come up with the script. Or at least the scene. :-)

There's a lot of strange stuff in that vintage/antique shop, but I think that fish is one of the strangest things I've ever seen!