Quote Originally Posted by Mike_Oettle View Post
I have seen some absolutely beautiful Scottish thistle belt buckle designs which I would be proud to own, but something inside me says I should look for a protea, a strelitzia, a springbok, a blue crane or a secretary bird (to name a few possibilities).
There's something to think about!

I suppose here the motifs could be things like racoon, coyote, road runner, palm tree, cactus...

Which reminds me, I met a family visiting from Australia who were absolutely convinced that racoons, road runners and coyotes were imaginary creatures. I told them I recently saw a coyote in my back yard and that racoons prowl around every night, but they thought I was putting them on/pulling their leg.