TEXT SOON.
Notherton January 24, 2009
The famous red patch on the Jupiter Rock first mentioned in this post. This is in the general location where Mossman actor Gene Fade was born and raised before his move to nearby Notherton, once a city of some importance to the Mossman culture.
Some pictures, then, of the what could be called the Notherton “ruins”. I let Gene explain (in my head no less!) what all this was about.
The picture below is of what remains of the center of this “city”, explains Gene Fade, a complex of what he called open floor buildings, somewhat in the style of the Gallery at the Temple of TILE. Interesting comparison. He says upon further reflection that, yes, the buildings would make up, in toto, about the same amount of space as the old Ubertemple on Azure Islands.
Also in this old central region of Notherton are a considerable number of these ridged metal slices. Fade explains they are material for aerial walkways, now in disrepair. I didn’t ask Gene at the time, but I wondered, then, why many of them appeared to be grouped in piles, as if someone had organized the slices in the meantime.
This is what I’m calling the “Lost Jar”, referring to the fact that when I first stumbled upon the location of Notherton, I, baker b., found this particular jar and became fascinated by the inner microcosm of plants. However, upon setting it aside and looking around the immediate area some more, I was then unable to relocate where I had placed it. I looked and looked and looked: no luck. Yet when I returned there just today to take pictures, there it was on the ground in an obvious walking spot, plain as day.
I may have more to say about “Lost Jar”, the microcosm, in the near future.
More artifacts from the Notherton ruins.
Then a short distance away through the woods, I found this quite queer group of 5 trees, arranged in almost a perfect pentagonal pattern. Gene Fade explained to me that, indeed, within and between these carefully shaped and sized trees use to be a huge — to them — treehouse structure composed as well of a number of open floors, as was the general style of Mossman builds. Fade also explains to me that this would kind of be the equivalent to what we call a suburban mall, on the outskirts of Notherton and a popular shopping destination. In fact, Fade admitted to me that he had a cap outlet on the second level of this building.*
A look up from the ground through the center of the 5 trees, and where Fade claims the pentagonal treehouse mall use to be positioned.
* Also in the earlier post, Gene Fade explains that he use to own a business he called a cappery, which produced what we might call baseball-type caps
Other… January 5, 2009
“Thanks for being here in the middle of the night again Wheeler.”
Wheeler:
I’m here. Greetings.
bb:
To the reader, primarily [first]: I think our trip to Otherland may have to be cancelled.
Wheeler:
Oh don’t do that. Are you punishing poor, little Esbum?
bb:
She’s been bad lately. Escaped our watch.
Wheeler:
She is…
Hucka D.:
Hello guys.
bb:
Hucka D., do you know Wheeler?
Hucka D.:
We are adjacent.
bb:
Interesting. I wanted to ask Wheeler about RS7, I believe. Tonight.
Hucka D.:
Wheeler cannot talk about that any more right now. He’s helped a lot already, though, hasn’t he?
bb:
Yes. (pause) So Hucka D…
Hucka D.:
Yeah?
bb:
Baker Bloch saw Hurla Dontbee last night for the first time.
Hucka D.:
That only interests me now as synchronicity.
bb:
You’re lemon stand was still there as well. I was frankly surprised… it’s been awhile.
Hucka D.:
It *is* synchronicity.
bb:
Do we still need to go there?
Hucka D.:
*Yes.*
bb:
Logging in, then.
*****
bb:
“Oh, Hucka D. I forgot to talk about Notherton I was so excited about going to Otherland.
Hucka D.:
Yes, we need to talk about that.
bb:
Is this a Mossman establishment?
Hucka D.:
Obviously. Not far from Mocksity. North of that. North Otherton. Notherton. Almost a palindrone, actually. [but not really]
bb:
What is it?
Hucka D.:
An ancient city site.
bb:
Is it connected to Otherland in SL?
Hucka D.:
Might be.
bb:
Has Grassy ever visited the place? Or Gene Fade?
Hucka D.:
Not yet, but soon.
bb:
Can you say anything more about it?
Hucka D.:
Notherton is within the contiguous Frank Park, and fairly central within. It was a northern Mossman temple center. They worshipped [delete name].
bb:
I don’t think that’s possible. Did they know of the Ubertemple?
Hucka D.:
They, of course, knew of Mocksity.
bb:
Is Mocksity the same as the Ubertemple?
Hucka D.:
Sylver Forest. You must study more.
bb:
What do the pentagon shaped group of trees mean?
Hucka D.:
A sign… that you’re on the right track. You need to take pictures. And you…
bb:
The microcosm I found. Then I lost it. Mysterious, perhaps.
Hucka D.:
Lost. From view. Microcosm. Island.
bb:
Should I talk to Grassy about it?
Hucka D.:
Mocksity should not be visited until the late spring, when the trees and plants are out again. Notherton can be visited anytime. Central.
bb:
Should I get rid of…
Hucka D.:
*No.*
bb:
Alright. Thank you.
Hucka D.:
Sleep tight.
Mossman (Gene Fade) and Salad Bar (Grassy Noll) Visit Mossmen Homeland September 1, 2008
Well, Gene Fade and Grassy Noll, after loading up on ample supplies of liquor and liquorice both, attempted to steal the 1st goodmobile from 1st tree yesterday, only to find that the Mmmmmm elders had already hidden it away in anticipation of this move. After that the two gave up, and took the less souped up and smaller (but more dependable and certainly much more modern) goodmobile offered to them by these same elders to fly to the Mossmen’s homeland, a much shorter journey than to Edwardston in Mythos. Gene Fade (aka “Mossman” from those Salad Bar Jack movies) knew exactly where to land, and guided the goodmobile close to the rock below, which lies at the very heart of this homeland. The Mossmen simply called the huge boulder Moss Main. The large, flat mossy surface at the top is considered the most sacred of the *mossmen’s” land holdings, although not-at-all the most sacred of their whole mythology. I’ll clarify that statement in a moment.
From this angle you can better see the flat nature of the top.
But, as Fade explained to Noll through the haze of their mutual hangovers, the Mossmen actually didn’t live on or around Moss Main but instead at this location on a nearby creek that empties into [RIVER]. The name? You guessed it: Moss Creek. And the village’s name, according to Fade, was Moss Most, as in the place with the most moss. Indeed, as Grassy and Gene looked around, there was a lot of moss in the immediate vicinity.
Below is a snapshot of Bare Rock, not to be confused with Bear Right Rock. Gene Fade patiently explained to the still groggy Grassy Noll that Bare Rock is so called so because it contains no moss on its surface. Neighboring Bear Right Rock, in contrast, was so named because you “bear right” at it to reach Bare Rock, the main rock attraction of the Moss Most area.
Mossman is obviously very proud and honored to be sitting on Bare Rock here. It is said that mossmen who sit on this sacred rock isolate themselves from the rest of Moss Most and become microcosms unto themselves, as Fade put it. When Grassy asked what the f— that actually meant, Fade again patiently explained that it is as if the whole of Moss Most was compassed by his physical body, the common people the arms and legs of his body, the scholars his head, the surgeons, psychologists and counselors his heart, and the few truly useless and expendable among the moss people his appendix.
Grassy didn’t understand what he considered this mystical mumbo jumbo one bit, but his hard little eyes lit up, as they say, when he and Gene spied what Fade called a lime liquor distiller in the middle of Moss Creek just behind Bare Rock. Gene Fade said it was the drink of choice for most moss people, and he was not suprised to see evidence of its mass consumption left behind. In fact, there were two such massive distillers found in the creek at the former location of Moss Most. Grassy was very disappointed to find both completely dry now and without any trace of liquor left.
Gene and Grassy enjoy the amazing view of RIVER from a cliff atop Moss Most, but Grassy was too sober to fully enjoy it. He was ready to go home to his own liquor cabinet at this point.
But Gene Fade insisted they at least attempt to climb nearby Moss Main, since they’d come so long to see this place. Grassy grudgingly gave in, and was only mildly disappointed when they both kept slipping on the wet upslope, unable to go but a short distance up the huge boulder.
Adn then a picture of a flowery field the author took on the way home from the Moss Most photo shoot. 
Herman Park, Frank Park, Boulder July 1, 2008
So I’m now *way* behind in creating texts for my posts. I’m gonna make a quick run of this one, since it’s mostly location shots. The 1st is of the spillway featured in the new Salad Bar Jack movie now in production. This is at the Drink Lake Dam; Drink Lake Beach is just off-camera here to the right of the viewer.
Next is a more recent picture of the 4th portal on the RIVER. This portal system has not been mentioned in this blog in a while. I’ll try to rectify that more soon.
This is a photo of what I call the Square Forest, also located in Frank Park like the 4th portal. As you can see, there’s a picnic table positioned just outside the forest, in a meadow just west of it.
Path leading into the Square Forest. Lots of poison ivy in there; I don’t dare to enter until Fall.
Then we come to the main subject of this post, which is a rock face within the Boulder city limits (to those who don’t know, Boulder is the town that both Frank and Herman Park lie just outside of to the north). Tucked under this largish rock faces is a marshy area with a small brook running through it. My guess is that this area use to hold a small pond.
Within the often boggy areas of this small space are a number of tires and also what appears to be, perhaps, the remains of an old chimney. The chimney, especially, interests me as a possible shot location for a future Salad Bar Jack production. I’ll return to this subject.
One last look at the rock face. Notice the old, deflated basketball.
Frank Park Rd. May 7, 2008
I messed up my last attempt to take pics at STREAM (above my rl house) so I thought I’d substitute these sunset photos taken while walking on a border road of Frank Park. Thanks for adjusting my camera settings Edna!
