Ho Ho Ha Ha Hee Hee

If I’d spent much more time in this room they would be coming to take me away -   Ha Ha Ho Ho Hee Hee.

This is the (world’s largest) carousel with 20,000 lights and 270 animals.  And not one horse.  Found at The House on the Rock, of course of course.

I’m so glad I finally started a YouTube account.  But so sorry I didn’t take a video of the slightly smaller but way creepier doll carousel upstairs from this one.

more of the House here

Someone stop me – I’m obsessed with the Office Max owl.

First it was a clipboard.

I couldn’t find my old clipboard anywhere and this was an obvious choice over the same ole’ same ole’ boring brown things.

The owl must have grown on me …

I was in the Office Max again prop shopping for a show (set in an office).  The binders were on clearance …

So two items isn’t that bad, right?  But then I had to have some fake bumper stickers printed for the play.  20 minutes to kill wandering the aisles of Office Max.  I told myself a bag would be useful.  Lies, self-deception!  Another bag is the last thing I need.

I put all my cloth grocery bags in it and hung it on the bannister where I see it EVERY TIME I walk through the house. 

It’s something about the eyes.

The House on the Rock

I almost don’t want to write about the amazing, magnificent, awe-inspiring House on the Rock as nothing I can say will possibly do it justice.  It is astonishing, awesome, fascinating, incredible, marvelous, prodigious, shocking, stunning, surprising, unbelievable and wonderful. 

Hey Everybody!  Especially you, Jessie -  Add this to your Must See Before I Die list.  If you have one.  If not, start one.

Although we spent over 3 hours roaming the twisty corridors, I only took 15 pictures.  It almost seemed wrong to take pictures.  And why bother since one couldn’t possibly document it all without going insane.

Here’s a small sample of the delights of the house upon the rock …

Heritage of the Sea

More creepy dolls than you can shake a stick at.

The Dying Drunkard

And some things for the ladies.

 

And finally, the house is filled with elaborate displays of musical instruments playing intricately designed musical pieces.

 Our senses were so overstimulated that we couldn’t even listen to the radio for an hour afterwords – I was glad to have 50 miles of Wisconsin backroads to navigate and contemplate.   There was too much, too much, too much.

A few more pictures here … but see it with your own eyes.