So, I didn't stump anyone in my previous "Fairly Dirty What am I? Quiz", and probably won't this time either, but while in the back gardens behind the Nishimura Stone Lanterns workshop, amid the bounty of photogenic beauty of 800 years worth of stone carvings, I came across the above assemblage of stone (granite, I assume) whose purpose, like many of the pieces I encountered that day, seemed mysterious to me.

It sort of looks like a bench, but it's much smaller than that... maybe 8" (20cm) tall.

What is it?

Stonecarver-related posts are continued here...

I was out with Paul Barr (he of the dubious camera-stabilization technique 🙂 ) and came across a sight that he suggested would make a good "What am I?" Quiz, and I readily agreed.

Continued here... (though, here's a direct link to the answer).

I don't think I'll require nine separate posts to cover the third day of our recent trip to Japan's Ishigaki Island in the East China Sea, but we'll see.

I'll start out Day Three with a little quiz....

A few miles off the south-west coast of Ishigaki Island is the tiny Taketomi Island, known for its quaint culturally-unique village. Most lanes in the village are lined by three things: coral walls, pretty flowers, and ugly utility poles.

Construction is under way to bury all the wires and get rid of the poles, so I've taken the liberty of doing so [...]

Well, I fear this will continue the string of uninspired "What am I?" quizes I've had lately, but it's worth a try.

(Comments are moderated, so answers won't show up publicly until I get up tomorrow morning.)

What am I?

(This one is lame, I know, sorry. Comments are moderated, so answers won't show up publicly until I get up tomorrow morning.)