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The most recent hobby that I started in 2022 is quilting. I quickly learned that "we quilters" like are gadgets and this is one that my daughter bought me from a small quilt shop. We like to support small businesses, now more so than ever since they continue to struggle and more and more are having to close their doors for good. I heard this morning that they have now come to the point where they must raise their prices to keep afloat due to the higher cost of staying in business, like heating, their cost of merchandise or ingredients to make products, etc.,
This is a new PIN holder. It is a tiny (1.5" tall, 2.5" wide) cup with an extremely strong magnet at the bottom. What makes this special is that you can drop the pins from 5-10" overhead and they land sticking straight up in the cup. So what, you say. Yes, I heard you! Well, when you go to retrieve a pin, all the pins are sticking straight up, if you turn the caddy over or if it gets bumped, the pins stay inside and do not spill out. It is difficult to explain why this works so well, so I think I shall stop before I bore you anymore. But the darn thing really works great.
Only after the invention of fire arms, Katz Castle had to be substantially reinforced. It was also upgraded as bastion against Maus Castle in the Electorate of Trier. At the same time the donjon of Katz Castle was raised to approx. 197 feet to ensure eye contact with Reichenstein Castle which is approx 1.9 miles away.
In 1479 the family line of the Counts of Katzenelnbogen died out. In succession of long-lasting disputes on heritage, Katz Castle and Rheinfels Castle were besieged, demolished, rebuilt and extended several times. Even though repairs had been made in 1800, Napoleon blew up Katz Castle in 1806.
In 1896 District Administrator Berg acquired Katz Castle, to reconstruct it as close as possible to the original design. From 1946 till 1951 Katz Castle served as local High School "Institut Hofmann" including board
Since 1989 Katz Castle is private property of a Japanese and accommodates the hotel Katz Castle.
Now that I'm retired, I truly intend to "up my game", as George says, when it comes to my Caturday photos but this week the moment was too perfect to not just pick up my phone and grab a quick snapshot.
This week's Caturday theme is "greatest human invention" according to our cats. Although both cats love their heated mats Pippi fell in love with my space heater the first time I turned it on. She is never more than a few inches away when it is on. This week I was watching a movie and as soon as I turned the space heater on, Pippi moved from my lap to my desk so she could be even closer. We share our love of heat.
Happy Caturday: Greatest human invention
I LOVE COTTON... pure cotton, it keeps you cool, it keeps you warm...
The fiber is most often spun into yarn or thread and used to make a soft, breathable textile.
The use of cotton for fabric is known to date to prehistoric times; fragments of cotton fabric dated to the fifth millennium BC have been found in the Indus Valley Civilisation.
Although cultivated since antiquity, it was the invention of the cotton gin that lowered the cost of production that led to its widespread use, and it is the most widely used natural fiber cloth in clothing today.
It comes in the most gorgeous colours. I chose this beautiful combination... watercolours? Turquoisy green and royal blue...
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Impressionist photography.
Impressionism and Photography
The invention of photography had several different lineages. The first permanent photograph was made in 1826 by Joseph Niepce, but photography became more widespread in 1839 after Louis Daguerre (France, 1787-1851) invented the metal-based daguerrotype and William Henry Fox Talbot (England, 1800-1877) invented the paper and salt print process involving the negative/positive approach that came to be associated with film photography.
Photography became available to the masses in 1888 when George Eastman (United States, 1854-1932) created the point-and-shoot camera.
The invention of the Kodak handheld camera in 1888 energized the working methods and creative vision of many post-impressionists. Several of the leading painters and printmakers of the day used photography to record their public spheres and private lives, producing surprising, inventive results....The artists sometimes translated their photographic images directly into their work in other media, and when viewed alongside these paintings, prints, and drawings, the snapshots reveal fascinating parallels in foreshortening, cropping, lighting, silhouettes, and vantage point.
Location, Aber falls, Abergwyngregyn, North Wales.
Coordinates: 53°14′02″N 4°01′08″W / 53.234°N 4.019°W / 53.234; -4.019.
"And death cries quickly, in a flash of voice, Keep you, keep you, I am gone, oh keep you as My memory, is the mother of us all..."
– Wallace Stevens
(If this looks fuzzy, reload. The image is clear, but Flickr has been acting up of late.)
P.S. Initially I had a difficult time posting this image because I didn't have a title. That may sound strange, but some images demand of me titles and/or poetry or music.
Then my Aunt Theodora was admitted to the hospital and suddenly the image had a purpose. She was my late father's last surviving sibling. She passed away yesterday, with family by her side. I visited her in the hospital 2 day's ago and for just a moment, she smiled and winked at me.
One of the Sound Mirrors at Denge located on an island that I meant to visit for some time. These concrete structures were pre radar inventions located along Britain’s coast as an early warning system against invading fleet of the enemy aircrafts.
Happy New Year to you ALL!!!
Canon EOS 5DmII EF 17-40mm f/4 at 17mm f/5.6 ISO1000 and its 170x30s exposures combined.
The modern pencil was invented in 1795 by Nicholas-Jacques Conte, a scientist serving in the army of Napoleon Bonaparte. The magic material that was so appropriate for the purpose was the form of pure carbon that we call graphite. It was first discovered in Bavaria, Europe, at the start of the fifteenth century; although the Aztecs had used it as a marker several hundred years earlier. Initially it was believed to be a form of lead. It was called graphite only in 1789, using the Greek word ‘graphein’ meaning ‘to write’.
just doodling on the back site of a calender (yupo effect) and quotes ,everything what's in the mind..... just draw and write
Sorrow sucker. The more I drink the happier I get! lol
This is for FGR...maybe.
I'm def. not an inventor, so this is as good as it gets.
The 6th graders are Worland Middle School all had to invent something. All of their inventions were then showcased at an "Invention Convention". Carmen's invention was a slanted lap deck that doubled as a pillow.
The sculpture was created by Eduardo Paolozzi, one of the most important artists to emerge out of Britain during the post-war era. It was commissioned by the Design Museum’s founder, Sir Terence Conran, to commemorate the opening of the museum in 1989.
(designmuseum.org)
The invention of the HFG, or hydrophobic field generator, made it easier to pass over water without the resistance of the waves beating against the hull. Breeze's Heir, a small transport ship captained by Tillen Harrower, is one of the oldest working examples of this revolutionary technology. Still one of the fastest solar sail powered ships above the seas, Harrower transports goods for a certain clientele that prefers that their shipment go undetected to its destination.
Thoughts: The thing I love about this is that it all started from the angle of the wedge plates on the engines. From there it grew into something almost spacepunk-ish. Think Treasure Planet and you'll know what I mean. Mixing old and new is always fun.
Enjoy.
Completed January/2011
Images for Inventions Project (responding to television) Final Outcome tshirt including this image and phrase "Rescue your identity. Stop Watching Start Living".
That's why, when Philo Farnsworth invented the first all-electronic TV set in 1927, he should have forever destroyed the prototype once he learned that one day, an asinine concomitant TV-borne instrument would arise called THE SITCOM!
Alexander Calder’s invention of the mobile liberated sculpture from a static base, setting it in motion. These abstract forms are inspired by the jacaranda tree, which the artist saw during a visit to Brazil. Hints of the long, graceful branches and eaves can be seen in the carefully balanced wires and floating forms.
Yet another smaller build. I have two Bricklink Orders on the way, and I'm excited to start building for SHIPtember :D I have a plan that I really like.
In terms of this build, I just wanted to use the Chima speeder thing for something.
Sola Deo Gloria!
Hope is a strange invention --
A Patent of the Heart --
In unremitting action
Yet never wearing out --
Of this electric Adjunct
Not anything is known
But its unique momentum
Embellish all we own --
Emily Dickinson
I got this flyer in the 1980's from the boss of Moxy Records, who had a stack of them! I don't know if it's original, or a repro?
There's one of these (framed) on the wall of Frank Zappas' studio, in Los Angeles.