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<p>
	I walk around a lot. Quite a bit, really! And I tend to notice weird little bits on the ground.
	I pick these things up and cherish them.
	And I'll catalog them here. My good little bits of scrap :D
</p>

<article id="wrench_2023-08-07">
	<header>
		<h2>Wrench</h2>
		<time datetime="2023-08-07">Aug 7th, 2023</time>
	</header>

	<img src="wrench-2023-08-07/wrench_third.jpg" class="left" alt="a half-inch wrench sitting on an open palm." />
	<p>
		look at my wrench! I found it in a crack! Where a parking-lot-blacktop met the concrete transition
		from the road. I'm quite surprised I saw it; It was very well hidden. While I was
		walking over it I noticed a glimmer, kept walking, and then double-took with a
		sort of "what was that?" And there it was!
	</p>
	<p>
		It's of the half-inch variety, a crescent on one end and a box-head the other. Oh, it's just so good! A proper
		spanner! This find elates me so.
	</p>
</article>

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<article id="aeropostale-prehistory">
	<header>
		<h2>Belt Buckle</h2>
		<p>time forgotten</p>
	</header>

	<img src="aeropostale-prehistory/dramatic_third.jpg" class="right"
		alt="a belt buckle branded Aeropostale in cursive, stylized writing sitting on bricks." />
	<p>
		This little guy I found next to a brick, industrial building in Bensenville, Illinois. I was
		very excited to find it! It's a belt buckle! That's so weird! How was it separated from
		it's lengthy leather companion?
	</p>
	<p>
		The body of the buckle seems to be some kind of stainless steel, but I can't be sure. It
		has "Aéropostale" written on the frame where you might thread the belt material through.
		The branding appears to be cast into it. The bar is very rusty and I would guess is a kind
		of mild steel.
	</p>
</article>

<article id="grace-prehistory">
	<header>
		<h2>Grace</h2>
		<time datetime="2022-09">Sep, 2022</time>
	</header>

	<img src="grace-prehistory/top_third.jpg" class="left"
		alt="a small, metal placard with the word grace written on it haphazardly in varying tones of grey. there is a color test chart in the top-left corner." />
	<p>
		I found this walking through an under-construction bike path. It was mysteriously lying in a mound of dirt along
		the path.
	</p>
	<p>
		The metal feels lighter than steel and it's not magnetic; it might be made of aluminum? The writing feels rough.
		I think
		it's an etching or engraving.
	</p>
	<img src="grace-prehistory/testchart_quarter.jpg" class="smright"
		alt="The top-left corner of the placard cropped on the colour chart" />
	<p>
		The little colour test chart is very interesting. Along the top it's labelled A through D
		and the side 1 through 6. Only sixteen of the positions appear to have a colour. Most are
		shades of yellow or grey. A-2 is a very nice blue, C-5 a pleasing pink. They get darker as
		the rows go down, the sixth being too dark to make out much hue.
	</p>
</article>

<p style="font-style: italic; max-width: 20rem; margin: 0 auto">i have lots more prehistory to add as i go through my
	little box and take photos</p>