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I found this cool, old sign in Murfreesboro, TN while visiting a couple of weeks ago with the family during Spring Break. It is for GE Major Appliances and has a third section that was probably for the name if the local business. But...the coolest part is the big arrow with all the light bulbs! I bet it was great looking back in the day...
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D5000 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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The above is a slightly larger version of an image taken for the Macro Mondays group that exceeds the group's 3-inch guideline, but is presented here to provide context for how it was worn. The smaller macro version that was posted to the group is in the first comments box.
This vintage tool was among my father’s things when he died. It was probably worn by him when he was a young man or perhaps by his father before him for use in harvesting corn by hand.
The tool consists of a metal hook riveted to a formed leather piece that straps around the hand and wrist using attached straps and buckles. Users walked beside horse-drawn wagons in the fields as they husked the corn manually and threw it into the wagons. The hook on the tool was used to rip the corn husk open so that the ear could be easily broken off the shank that leads to the stalk. Though labor-saving machinery was available for corn harvesting by the 1920s, some farmers still husked and harvested corn by hand into the 1940s.
The text on the tool metal says “The Raidt Make, Shenandoah, Iowa.” A bit of Googling reveals that there was once a company called Raidt Mfg Co. in Shenandoah, which is not far from where members of my family have farmed for generations in Southwest Iowa.
HMM
My mom also had this very heavy glass dish with a protuberance coming up from the middle that fit the Macro Mondays theme of "Back in the Day." This was my grandmother's juicer. Can you imagine how laborious it was to cut citrus in half and mash it over this glass piece to get juice? Wow. Some modern advances certainly are convenient! I feel so blessed that my mom held onto these kitchen tools and I hope to pass them along to my children. They are a piece of history!
Alternate take on this week's Macro Mondays theme, BackInTheDay. This didn't work out quite like I had hoped but still interesting details.
This wine has great resonance...and it boasts a wild undertone of robust raspberry notes, with a stale, left-open can of Ocean Spray finish.
Typewriter is a forgotten tool. I still remember when I was a kid. My father's company was still using these to type the documents up.
I cannot forget those typing sounds, "Chik-chik." If you make any typing mistake, you cannot simply just hit delete key as there is none. You will have to erase it by using a whiteout and type on it again.
As a kid, I thought it was the cooling thing ever. I always thought the person who uses the typewriter must be good at piano as the sound coming off from the typewriter is so good. Looking at this retro typewriter makes me think how far we've come... :)
Location: Richmond, BC (Steveston Shipyard)
Constructed in 1912 on Illinois Central Rail Yard.
These coal towers still standing are getting SCARCE.
Electromotive Division (aka EMD) SD70MAC Demonstrator in CSX Yeoman (Freight) Yard (formerly Seaboard Air Line Freight Yard). This yard serves the CSX S-Line (aka: Former Seaboard Air Line). The S-Line the CSX Freight Line between Tampa & Jacksonville, Florida. Yeoman Yard is located at: 5656 Adamo Drive, Tampa, FL 33619.
Behind the EMD Demonstrator is CSX EMD GP60 Number 6898.
CSX Yeoman Freight Yard and Uceta Passenger Yard (A-Line) are both part of the CSX "Tampa Terminal" Subdivision !
For More Information about Tampa Terminal Subdivision, see:
The roadhouse in Retreat.
Photo; Elaine Woodbridge
She collects and restores old colour slides and to see more of her wonderful work go to; backintheday.co.za/browse/
Coquille River Lighthouse at sunrise.
Bullards Beach State Park, Oregon
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MUST BE SEEN LARGE
Check out little m's stunning close up of this lighthouse:
www.flickr.com/photos/little-m/3962033614/
and check out all her shots here:
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Here's a black and white version of the lighthouse I took during the same trip:
19" Tall customized LEGO figure for "Back in the Day" retro-toy inspired art show in San Diego. By Andrew Bell
two letters i didn't use/post for the macromonday's theme on 4/2 of "back in the day"
#MacroMondays and #BackInTheDay
One the most beautiful original castles we've ever seen… Located in Germany, near the Black Forest. :-)
After visiting Tenryū-ji, I decided to explore the neighborhood of Arashiyama. One of most common ways to get around the neighborhood without making yourself tired is to hire a rickshaw.
Hiring a rickshaw isn't as expensive as I thought. He will also become your tour guide and speak about the history of the neighborhood. Only a few rickshaw can speak both Japanese and English. Remember to ask before riding one :).
Location: Arashiyama, Japan (Kyoto)
Parker out in front of Jacksonville garage. Employee said it was owned by the garage and they were going to repaint it.
Love It.
Her selfie in the hallway mirror, obviously into her photography that day. She could draw anything, painting anything, weave, make baskets, sew, knit, do macrame, grow anything in the garden, and loved putting together jigsaw puzzles.
At first she would replace pieces missing from puzzles she bought at garage sales. She would draw the shape of the piece on thin cardboard, cut it out with an exacto, and hand paint the part of the image that was gone.
When she got bored with that, she started turning puzzles over and painting her own puzzles on the back!
She would copy Picasso, Miro, any famous painter that she liked, covers of the New Yorker and Vogue magazines, book illustrations, old family photos from the 1900', comic strip characters, and hand paint in all the colors.
Putting her jigsaw masterpieces together was one thing we did together when I visited her each Christmas. Several years ago, I noticed she had stopped making any art at all. She would ask me the same question over and over, every five minutes.
We found out she had developed Alzheimer's. She lived five more years gradually losing touch with herself, with speech, forgetting her past, and unable to recognize her own work. I know many of you have gone through this. It is unbearable to watch.
I have all her puzzles and drawings. I may post some pictures of them here. Her natural, self-taught skill as an artist I can only dream of having.
I am the copyright holder of these September 11 pictures. I took them from the Village with my 35mm SLR.This was taken seconds after the south tower was struck. See the rest of these pictures here: www.flickr.com/photos/themachinestops/albums/1654163