Comments on: Next Time You Visit Bartlesville I- Woolaroc http://www.ellifolks.com/blog/art/next-time-you-visit-bartlesville-i-woolaroc/ Musings on Critter Making, Art, Crafts, Collecting, etc. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:31:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: pete S. http://www.ellifolks.com/blog/art/next-time-you-visit-bartlesville-i-woolaroc/comment-page-1/#comment-221 pete S. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:15:54 +0000 http://www.ellifolks.com/blog/?p=935#comment-221 Hi Ellen, thanks for the explanation of "Woolaroc." I was pretty sure that it couldn't have been based on the mental picture my goofy imagination came up with for the word...a bird large enough to lift an elephant wearing a warm and toasty knit vest...but wasn't sure about an Amerindian source. The python head sticking out from a plaque on the wall sounds just bizarre; most people are content with tanning the snakeskin, those that admire that sort of decoration. I can't imagine seeing a crocodile or a large snake coming out of the wall calmed nerves *grin*. Re: the rug on the wall. As you start working with fractals, you'll find the pattern of the rug's center awfully familiar. Stuff like that has been catching my attention lately; can't imagine why :) Thanks for the information! cheers, pete Hi Ellen, thanks for the explanation of “Woolaroc.” I was pretty sure that it couldn’t have been based on the mental picture my goofy imagination came up with for the word…a bird large enough to lift an elephant wearing a warm and toasty knit vest…but wasn’t sure about an Amerindian source.
The python head sticking out from a plaque on the wall sounds just bizarre; most people are content with tanning the snakeskin, those that admire that sort of decoration. I can’t imagine seeing a crocodile or a large snake coming out of the wall calmed nerves *grin*.
Re: the rug on the wall. As you start working with fractals, you’ll find the pattern of the rug’s center awfully familiar. Stuff like that has been catching my attention lately; can’t imagine why :)
Thanks for the information!
cheers,
pete

]]> By: ellifolks http://www.ellifolks.com/blog/art/next-time-you-visit-bartlesville-i-woolaroc/comment-page-1/#comment-219 ellifolks Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:14:09 +0000 http://www.ellifolks.com/blog/?p=935#comment-219 Hi Maria, Thank you for coming to visit and so glad you enjoyed the post! Hi Pete, :-) Yes the lodge felt very surreal with the animal heads all over the walls. The most surprising one to me, was the crocodile head - and I think there was also a python or boa constrictor sticking out a foot and a half or two feet from the wall. I think the rug was Native American, but not sure. Woolaroc stands for "woods, lakes, and rocks" :-) - They mention it on the About Us page on Woolaroc site. http://www.woolaroc.org/category.php?cat=1004 Thanks for your thoughtful comments and for coming to visit! Ellen Hi Maria,

Thank you for coming to visit and so glad you enjoyed the post!

Hi Pete, :-)

Yes the lodge felt very surreal with the animal heads all over the walls. The most surprising one to me, was the crocodile head – and I think there was also a python or boa constrictor sticking out a foot and a half or two feet from the wall.

I think the rug was Native American, but not sure.

Woolaroc stands for “woods, lakes, and rocks” :-) – They mention it on the About Us page on Woolaroc site. http://www.woolaroc.org/category.php?cat=1004

Thanks for your thoughtful comments and for coming to visit!

Ellen

]]> By: pete s, http://www.ellifolks.com/blog/art/next-time-you-visit-bartlesville-i-woolaroc/comment-page-1/#comment-218 pete s, Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:36:20 +0000 http://www.ellifolks.com/blog/?p=935#comment-218 Hi Ellen, I enjoyed my vicarious look at the Woolaroc Museum and grounds, thanks! Bison and ostrich to deal with each day? I wonder if that suit of armor in the lodge is used by any of the animal keepers. That's quite a lodge interior, although I found it a little surreal, their placement of holiday decoration, with the two walls of heads staring out at the Christmas tree, lol. I was particularly interested in the blanket(?) or rug(?)on the trophy wall on the left, the pattern of which is quite familiar. If I ever get enough time I have an idea for a blog post... Now to look up the etymology of "Woolaroc" *smile* Cheers, pete Hi Ellen, I enjoyed my vicarious look at the Woolaroc Museum and grounds, thanks! Bison and ostrich to deal with each day? I wonder if that suit of armor in the lodge is used by any of the animal keepers.
That’s quite a lodge interior, although I found it a little surreal, their placement of holiday decoration, with the two walls of heads staring out at the Christmas tree, lol. I was particularly interested in the blanket(?) or rug(?)on the trophy wall on the left, the pattern of which is quite familiar. If I ever get enough time I have an idea for a blog post…
Now to look up the etymology of “Woolaroc” *smile*
Cheers,
pete

]]> By: Maria Swindell Gus http://www.ellifolks.com/blog/art/next-time-you-visit-bartlesville-i-woolaroc/comment-page-1/#comment-217 Maria Swindell Gus Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:04:09 +0000 http://www.ellifolks.com/blog/?p=935#comment-217 Thanks for the great report on Bartlesville! Please let us know at the Bartlesville CVB the next time you make your way to our town. We'd love to give you a proper thank you for your kind words! Thanks for the great report on Bartlesville! Please let us know at the Bartlesville CVB the next time you make your way to our town. We’d love to give you a proper thank you for your kind words!

]]> By: ellifolks http://www.ellifolks.com/blog/art/next-time-you-visit-bartlesville-i-woolaroc/comment-page-1/#comment-215 ellifolks Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:17:58 +0000 http://www.ellifolks.com/blog/?p=935#comment-215 Hi Anita! :-) We spent the afternoon at Woolaroc and had a great time. We thought Frank Phillips was such an interesting man and his collections were so diverse - everything from dolls to shrunken heads, to guns and saddles, to glass birds, to paintings and sculpture. I would like to learn more about his interactions with the outlaws, too. Hi Anita! :-) We spent the afternoon at Woolaroc and had a great time. We thought Frank Phillips was such an interesting man and his collections were so diverse – everything from dolls to shrunken heads, to guns and saddles, to glass birds, to paintings and sculpture. I would like to learn more about his interactions with the outlaws, too.

]]> By: Sliloh http://www.ellifolks.com/blog/art/next-time-you-visit-bartlesville-i-woolaroc/comment-page-1/#comment-214 Sliloh Sat, 14 Mar 2009 06:04:44 +0000 http://www.ellifolks.com/blog/?p=935#comment-214 That looks like a great place to spend the day. Wonderful pictures ;) Anita That looks like a great place to spend the day. Wonderful pictures ;)

Anita

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