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I've been creating bathroom art for a long time. Something to look at while you sit, or stand or whatever you do. It has to be lively and engaging, generally colorful and interesting.
As it turned out I am allergic to the jarden clos perfume, so I just spritz it in my shoes; here the bottle is helping to support the torn out page from Vanity Fair magazine.
So I shot this on Leap Year Day 2008 - seems appropriate...
(from top to bottom, left to right: carry-on daypack, clothes, cotton underwear (for easier handwashing), books, rolling camera suitcase (canon 5D, 3 lenses, grundig shortwave radio, point and shoot camera, external flash, external HD), knitting needles and yarn, toothbrushes, floss, toothpaste, qtips, lotion, shampoo, deodorant, face wash, moisturizer, 3 bars of soap, pack towel, contact solution, year's supply of contacts, portable solar-powered shower (gift from erin), 5 bottles of sunscreen, anti-aging lotion (from mom), daily vitamins (one-a-day, greens, iron), airborn, large rolling suitcase, soup and sauce packets, kitchen knife and sharpener, plastic cutting boards, rubber gloves, non-stick frying pan (hard to find in country), garlic and onion powder, salt and pepper, crystal light drink packets (to make the murky brown water taste like lemonade), ziploc bags, 3 film cameras to run youth photography workshop, star chart, collection of dvds, yoga dvd and exercise bands (don't laugh, angelina), chaco hiking sandals, sewing kit and safety pins, duct tape, amazon kindle, digital pedometer, LED headlamp, brookstone power adaptor, solio solar charger, battery alarm clock, batteries, inflatable sleeping pad, mosquito tent, sleeping bag, hiking poles)
Rolleiflex T, German TLR.
Shutter Synchro Compur CS-1112-242a
Now that the Compur is re-assembled again it's a good moment to clean the inner surfaces of the Tessar lens.
I use a Rocket Blower, ROR (Residual Oil Remover) with lot of Q-tips and (untreated) facial tissue.
~Macro Mondays~
Theme: Smallest Devices
As well as having an obsession with tweezing my eyebrows, I am known to clean my ears more often then is required.
I know that the wax is there for a reason and it can become unhealthy to clean the ears frequently. I have cut down a lot but I used to have a daily (sometimes twice daily) obsession with jamming these little Q-tips in my ears.
I remember in grade four a girl in our class who never cleaned her ears. The orange wax caked her whole inner ear and this is what started my obsession, mostly in fear that my ears would end up in the same state. The vision plagued me for years. Later on it was just the "eargasms" that I craved.
I heart Q-tips
Cotton balls & q-tips have a home now. The rest of the bathroom is still sort of up in the air in terms of organization.
F E B R U A R Y A L P H A B E T F U N : Q
"Quinn the quixotic Q-Tip is quite the quirky gal. She loves dressing up her coiffure in pretty, quaint bows. She can quaff her coke quicker than anyone else and still manage to look like a queen while doing it. "
I love cleaning my ears. That's probably really gross to admit? I dunno, I don't care. I like it. Every day after my shower I pull out my q-tips, brush my hair back, and make funny faces as I get that wax outta dem ears.
Quinn is made of half of a tube of Ikea wrapping paper, acrylic paint, fiberfill, watercolor paper, and a bit of pink ribbon. I'm wearing some stuff you can't see and my nerd glasses. Because I felt ever so nerdy after making a giant q-tip :D
** beeteedoubleyou, I know that they're actually called cotton swabs, Q-Tip is the brand name. So sometimes I cheat, so what?!
Spirng semester hasn't started yet so this is just the stuff I have been taking back and forth to work.
I excluded some sketches I'm working on.
Shoot a beam of light
In the war against evil
Laser Laser Zap!
1 - a light bulb (the top)
2 - toiletries (cotton swabs)
3 - sepia (high contrast dark brown-gray)
It's nice having my new iPhone 4S. Should have my matching Joby tripod and case soon, but with the Camera+ application, it waits until the camera is completely steady, then takes the picture. Sweet, eh?
Day 68:
Saturday nights are my favorite time part of the week, but
Sundays can be just as good, especially during football season.
I’ve been teaching Sheri how to play the game and she’s really
enjoying watching with me. So today that is pretty much all
we’ve done aside from catching up on shows that we missed
during the week.
It was such a nice, relaxing day and a beautiful one as well.
While Sheri was taking a short nap a little while ago, I decided
to do my photo. I got a little experimental with fire and of course
it’s not a smart thing to play with fire indoors, but since Sheri was
asleep, I figured I could get away with it. :D
Not exactly what I wanted, but it I liked the smoke.
Until I saw this strange flower in a Japanese Ikebana arrangement at the Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park, I always thought q-tips were made in factories. :)
If you know the name of this flower, please share it in a comment or a tag.
Best Viewed Large.
boston, massachusetts
march 1959
a trip to the vet
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
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Mar 19 2008
Another day of studying = another snapshot.
Medical Knowledge Of The Day #1:
Key Word: Qtip
Your external ear canal is a well-known wax producer. Earwax is good. Earwax (cerumen) protects you from bacteria, bugs, and from damage to your EAM (external acoustic meatus). For some reason people have this uncontrollable urge to remove the wax with a Qtip. DON'T DO IT! Earwax is only produced by the outer half of your EAM and it slowly moves towards the outside of your ear. It will get rid of itself. By jamming a stick with a fuzzy end on it into your ear you push the wax (filled with dust and bugs and bacteria) further down the canal in the opposite direction it wants to go. And there it stays. If you keep jamming wax down every day, you will soon end up with a cerumen impaction and you won't be able to hear your ENT doc telling you not to use Qtips. Not only that, Qtips can scratch your EAM, leading to an external ear infection, they can damage your ear drum, leading to hearing loss, and they can leave little/big bits of cotton in your ear, leading to inflammation or infection.
I know it feels good. I know. But you must resist the urge.
Q-tips! :D
After the drama that was last night's photo, I had to be a little silly today.
I'd really like to thank everyone who left a comment or sent a flickrmail (or both) giving me hope and encouragement. It's awesome to know that when times are tough we have such a great group of peeps supporting us here in the Flickrverse isn't it? So again, THANKS YOU WONDERFUL PEOPLE!!!
For February's Alphabet Fun - The Letter Q.
For TOTW - Color: Between the Lines (White, because there are white lines and white q-tips :)