From Grits to Chopsticks

During the Mid-Autumn festival, most of the local construction projects halted, delivering a wonderful improvement in air quality. Susan posed in front of the clear, moonlit sky with a mooncake:The zoom lens on our Canon point-and-shoot camera did a good job of capturing the harvest moon:
Some friends of ours in a town to the northwest didn’t get to see the moon due to overcast skies, but they did watch an amazing meteor light up the night sky (click to see Meteor):The story was reported here the next day.
Here are some other miscellaneous photos:  A friend of ours recently returned from India and gave me an unusual leather wallet.  Can you guess what it’s made of?(the answer is at the end of the blog).
Here is a picture of the rules for riding an elevator:Do not use professional doors, stop in the hallway, or slap your friend.
In case you want to ride the “straight and narrow,” here is the bicycle brand for you:
Even though I’ve been an economics teacher in China for seven years, I still don’t understand Chinese economics. Here is a recent cut/paste of two seemingly contradictory articles from my news feed:While waiting for the bus, we saw this amazingly overloaded tricycle:

Here is the answer to the wallet question:Yes, the leather is made from chicken feet. Unlike the Chinese people, Indians do not eat chicken feet, so they are an experimental leather source. Perhaps this would be a big seller for USC Gamecock fans…?