Theme Day: Mystery Object

Hmmm, theme day comin' up. Topic: Mystery Object. 

Shall I post something I find to be mysterious? 

Or just enlarge an image until it's unrecognizable?

Here is it's info from a collectors' website:
"The No. 42 is a double petticoat type, with a long, smooth leakage path 
on the inner petticoat. It sits close to the cross-arm, thus giving the pin protection against rain splash. Its threads are accurately formed 
for a tight grip on the pin. The wire groove is a modern square type shown in Spec. 1-A-33 of the Association of American Railroads, and is accepted as standard for most telephone construction."


Hell, I just think they're pretty and have been fascinated by them
since childhood, when I first noticed them atop telephone poles.
Now I have three of my very own.


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Back of the Bus

One evening, as the bus I was riding came up to its stop, I noticed this design on the bus in front of us. At first, I thought it was a part of its paint scheme; instead it was from the adhesive-backed advertising design that had been removed.

And now for the ubiquitous utility pole. I'd been trying to make a Mondrian-like grid from the lines and insulators. Between the street-gray bus and the pole, the stares I got from people as I took the pictures were enough to fill a large sack with question marks. 

"Tourist?"

"Nope."

"One of them arty types?"

"Yep."

"Oh."