Odd Signs & Symbols

We walked into a Target at the local mall this weekend, and their "Weekly Specials" board was seriously not special.  There were no deals, just posters of legal dumps, disclaimers and warnings. Next to that was a set of 5 trash/recycle bins, because things have become this complicated.   There's Landfill, Glass/Plastic/Aluminum (which I guess is the classic recycle bin), then COmpost & Food Soiled Papers (this ridiculous new category where consumers got duped into cleaning the plastics that the big companies can't clean at the industrial scale), then MP3/Cellphone/Ink (really?), and behind the metal detector (really?) is Plastic Bags. Just rules and complications here.  The checkout lines were so long we didn't even think of shopping there. We just passed through to the main mall.  You know, if you only go the big malls once or twice a year, enough shops open and close that they're almost different malls each time...

We had heard that the Escondido Public Library building is undergoing major renovations and the whole library would have to move for a year or two.  Then we heard it was going to move to the local mall, and we just couldn't picture how that was going to work. We finally stopped by to see how it looks. I have to say, by breaking it into separate sections with well designed signage, it looks like it belongs here.  Here's the main library, the Children's Library, and the library bookstore.   The highlight is this little ladybug chilling on a leaf, reading a tiny book.     Nicely done.