Distelfink

Hex signs are cool, there I've said it. Maybe it was that wet-bottom shoefly pie I ate for breakfast this morning, but the PA Dutch in me has always admired this stylized folk art medium for its rainbow of colors and ingenuity. Case in point, the distelfink. A brightly-hued symbol of PA Dutch design, distelfinks are mythological avians based on the goldfinch who have thistle smorgasbords and also industriously use thistle to line their nests. Somehow 'thistlefinch' morphed into distelfink, our lucky bird of paradise (see the pix below, right-hand column, keep scrolling down, section called "About Me").

Since spring is officially here, maybe it's time for me to take a drive down to Lancaster County for the day and enjoy hex signs in their natural habitats, "chust for pretty."

Today's MUCH: Yes, but what do hex signs mean?

Another MUCH: Hex vex, or powwowing

Today's SUCH: Too bad I can't afford to take classes here...