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On
Saturday the 24th in downtown Des Moines we opened a little french cafe.
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The homogenous
humming of little french cars whizzing by a little sidewalk cafe set
the mood... and the tables... for disaster. Not unlike their automotive
counterparts, these pesky little blighters showed up in small herds,
weaving and ducking and being a general nuisance. But as they say "adfinodifoe".
(When the main course is acorns, then chaos is always desert.) |
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is the sidewalk cafe. It was started at long before breakfast and finished
by lunch. This wall was at the heart of the Farmers Market, a weekend
event that draws thousands into downtown Des Moines. The streets are
blocked off and we arrived early to get a jump start on the mural. As
we stood in the street brainstorming on a theme, a man sellling bread
set up a large umbrella on the sidewalk, directly beween us and our
beautiful blank wall. Within 7 more hours, there were three more umbrellas
and the stage was set for some casual eating. |
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This is the waitress on the
far right hand side of the mural, returning to her tables only to see
that the continual orders for acorns has caused a serious problem. |
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Bright eyed and bushy tailed
- Erica emerges from
underneath a table. This year in Des Moines there was, apparently, a
disproportionate amount of surly squirrelies. 
Here are the
Boones. They posed for all of the characters at
this table. The gentleman on the left is taunting a squirrel by
holding an acorn just out of its stubby reach. And where will
teasing a squirrel get you? It will get you standing at
a table with all the chairs knocked over, severely outnumbered
and definitely without any acorns.