Cotton swabs are lined neatly in their box.

Testing the new old Topcor Re Auto 35mm f/2.8 lens.

Something about a new box of q-tips all neatly stacked and pristine that just calls for a macro. Unfortunately once you get them out of the box, they may still be pristine, but are no longer anywhere near neatly stacked.

237/365?

Take Aim: new

Thank goodness for the internet!! Because I would not have had a clue on how to care for this mouse. He made it thru the night! I got up and fed it about 3am. Stuart was already up and wriggling! Same thing this morning, except now he has a little squeak! I took this just before his bath. Just like a baby, when they have had enough they fall asleep. But apparently "mother mouse" then gives them a bath which helps circulation and digestion...so, this little guy will get a QTip bath next.

'roid week spring 2010 / day four

the impossible project

px100ff film

Have a nice weekend and happy shooting!

Project 365 - one photo every day, a year long!

Projekt 365 - jeden Tag ein Foto, ein Jahr lang!

who knew q-tips made perfect paintbrushes for little hands?

his incredible, magical pixie of a pre-school teacher, that's who.

This is my mom's cat Q-Tip, Q-ee for short. He's got such an interesting, exotic little face and the odd eyes (he hears just fine, if you're wondering). He's a loveable little bugger and I heart him.

Mind you, my mother always hated cats. When she told me one day last year she'd gotten two cats (one for her and one for my aunt - they live together), I asked her who she was and what had she done with my mom. I still can't get used to my mom being a cat person. It's way cute. :)

Casey is one of those cats that you hear all the time, but you never really know you are hearing them. Casey honed his skills at the legendary Apollo theater and got signed to a major label right out of high school. But if you know anything about the music biz in the last 10 years, labels have folded left and right, and that is what happend to Casey. Today he plays with all the folks you know: Mos Def. Bilal, Q-Tip, Mary J and on the Jazz tip Victor Baily, Robert Glasper and Stefon Harris. He has many projects coming out in early 2009 including a record by his group Heavy. This was shot in Williamsburg BK with unfiltered daylight and Kodak Portra 400.

From above with texture

Blue & Pinkiesh Spring

I wanted to share a bit of hope to the soon to come Spring time.

using blue and white as the base colours. Then pink and gold for accents.

I hope you enjoy this styling :)

Detailed items.

*Some items are not listed, that is because I build them or they are full perm.

tarte.

tarte. allison room divider (white) w lights

dust bunny

dust bunny . sweet dreams . fur stool

dust bunny & con . lauren bathroom . radiator . gold

dust bunny . lauren bathroom . hanging robe . b

dust bunny . lauren bathroom . cotton ball container

dust bunny . lauren bathroom . qtip container

dust bunny & con . lauren bathroom . wall light . gold

dust bunny . sweet dreams . wingback bed

dust bunny . sweet dreams . lamp

dust bunny . sweet dreams . alarm clock . gold

Ariskea

Ariskea[January] Office Shelf

Dutchie

make up clutter

nail polish

Lotion and creams

Fancy Decor

Magazine Stack 1

Prescott Tray

Luann Art

Jordan Wall Art

Grantaire Mirrors

Pieter Cabinet (white)

Caron Buffet & Mirror

-tres blah-

-tres blah- Jolie - Makeup Organizer

{vespertine}

exotic plants / button fern

peace lily plant

aloe vera plant

exotic plants / pilea

hanging pothos.

summer peony bouquet

chevron copper trash bin 8

rainbow book clutter

potted monstera variegata

alpaca natural cushion

jar with blues

frag.ment's /

/ frag.ment's / Rose Aroma with Frame

Apple Fall

Scented Candle

hive

bleached jute rug . blue

.peaches.

Eryx Laptop Clutter

brocante.

corduroy floor pillow (Box not included)

Nutmeg.

Tea Cup

French Cafe Teapot

Summer's End Peonies

JIAN

Kitty Shelving :: Cushioned Snoozin

The English Alphabet Project.

The project will last for 26 days, each day will represent a letter from the English Alphabet, Starting from letter A to Z.

In this project

Deema .. & нeүaм & αbduℓℓαн

A young woman entices a butterfly to climb onto a cotton swab soaked with nectar.

Cause you had every chance to close this,

and let it all in and out of sight.

Where there's nothing to hide.

Where faith buries strife.

- 36 Crazyfists

The Tide And It's Takers

My Website

While obliviously brushing my teeth this morning I noticed this little guy, clutching for dear life, about to be washed down the drain. I only had a split second, so I shut the water off as fast as I could. It was too late; down he went. Damn.

I had no idea how long his struggle lasted, but to be so small and put up a worthy fight against the great deluge led me to hope that there might be a possibility that he held on to the drain filter on the way down. I pulled it out and there he was.

He looked dazed and it took him a bit to regain his tiny composure. He was also partially plastered in the normal gunk you would find collecting in a sink filter so I grabbed a Q-Tip to give him some purchase to escape the filth.

This cool little insect is a spider beetle (thank you interwebs). Appropriately named because they resemble a spider with their long legs and large abdomens. I've never seen one of these before and that's because they prefer to forage for food at night and reside in dark places. These guys eat practically anything from wool to dried soup, yes... dried soup says the internet. My apartment has an abundance of anything, so I think he's going to be right at home for the winter.

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Yashica Mat 124G. Japanese 6x6 TLR.

Removing contact glue from painted surfaces is a monks work !

Normally you would use acetone (nail polish remover) but in this case that's not wise because the acetone also will disolve the paintwork. I tried and immediatly stopped when the Q-tip got black smears.

Instead i used Q-tips (earswaps) drenched in lighterfluid and rubbed the glue off. In crevises wooden toothpicks can be used.

Took about 3 hours to clean thoroughly and maybe that's why there are so few professional repairman doing this work. Or maybe they use other methods in their workflow.

349/365

I originally wanted to do white socks.... but i have a foot phobia, so that was a no go for me. As I searched for something white and interesting, Maija pointed out that her Q-tips for her make-up were white. Voila.... I think they make for a pretty cool looking picture.

ODC: WHITE 5/5/11 Happy Cinco de Mayo!!!

After his defeat last night at cribbage, Lord Vader was having a hard time finding the two victorious troopers. Where could they be hiding?

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Q-Tips at the Marquee Club, London in June 1980.

Q-Tips broke up in early 1982 when singer Paul Young went solo. Paul Young went on to have a number of hit singles which included "Love of the Common People", "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)", "Come Back and Stay" and "Everytime You Go Away". He also appeared at the Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium in 1985.

Marquee Club

90 Wardour Street

London

W1F 0TQ

I have owned this cash register for several decades now, of which I rescued from a fire damaged pharmacy on New York's Lower East Side around 1995. (At that time, one of the owners of the pharmacy chain I was working for (Thriftway Pharmacy) had a side business of buying out sundries & merchandise from bankrupt and smoke/water damaged retail stores at substantially cut prices, and reselling them at nominal prices thereby substantially increasing the profit margin.

In the process of clearing out one such place, I happened upon this cash register lying on its side under the pharmacy shelves in about 2 inches of murky water.

To be quite honest, it almost was not rescued, as my transportation that day was my bosses brand new Mercedes 500SEL, and as you can imagine he was extremely reluctant in allowing some dripping, sooty monstrosity in his new car. He wouldn't even allow it in the trunk. I managed to convince him to allow me to take it but only after I wrapped it in three contractor bags and agreed to hold it in my lap for the hour long ride home.

Upon my getting it home, I immediately proceeded to clean it up. I took note that one of the glass panels were broken (the customer side) and the top glass completely gone. The NO SALE flag was also missing. I had my local glazier cut me replacement glass and I installed it, but not before I made a crude NO SALE flag out of cardboard and a Qtip..

The dealer markings reflect that this machine was sold by:

Bronx Cash Register

341 East 149 Street,

Bronx, NY

established 1912,

MOtt Haven 9-5888

As it turned out Bronx Cash Register was still in business and I contacted them but they could not offer information, sales records or parts.

It operates fairly smoothly, then out of the blue, the keys will jam. I learned the mechanism pretty well from my cleaning, so I pretty much know how to unjam it without too much effort. Upon my examination I discovered that someone very crudely tried to repair the dollar position advance wheel and cam on the days tally wheel.

The tally advance up to 99 cents but does not advance the to the next dollar. I loosened up the set screw and pushed it off to the side, disabling the dollar advance.

After getting it all cleaned and lubricated I put some circa 1928 currency and older silver coinage in it. And it sat on my desk in my room for years. My father enjoyed its presence as he also had an National cash register (see other album), but his is a much younger Model 1098 that came from a toy store "Waldell's Hobbies on Cortelyou Road, Brooklyn) that bought out. (Model 1098 - s/n 2726474). I think is can be a safe conclusion that my affection for cash registers came from him!

After the internet makes its way into my life, I was able to determine it is a 300 series.

I subsequently move upstate and continued displaying it and has been a focal point of my furnishings.

Recently, events in my life have seen me relocate to Texas and of course, the register came with me. Space is a little more at a premium, so it was in storage. So for a rainy day project today, I decided to get the register out of storage and clean it up. Also, the keys got jammed again when a friend tried to operate it.

So, I took the case apart, vacuumed and blew down the innards with an air nozzle, and got the mechanism to release. Somehow that welded cam wheel slipped back to its original place in moving.

I lubricated all moving parts with a liberal application of PB Blaster and wipe down. Upon reassembly, and as I now had the advantage of the internet as a resource for parts and information, I decided to do a little research

After finding a lot of 300 series in brass, I found none painted. This made me slightly suspicious. Mine is clearly black wrinkle finish paint. Honestly, it appears quite well done, with all parts inside & out evenly coated. I couldn't help but feel it was a factory paint. I searched eBay, and the web, but alas couldn't not find a painted model.

I learned where the model number should be, but on first exam, it was not present on my machine and my tag area appeared blank. But, after a closer exam, there were in fact screws holding down a plate, so after quick work with a screwdriver, I realized the model s/n tag had been screwed on to the machine face down and painted over! This must have been done before I owned it as I would not have done such a thing..

This would now lead me to believe the machine has been painted after original purchase and now perhaps not original as I once thought.

Once I turned the tag over, I learned it was a Model 312, with s/n 1283677. (Made after 6/6/1913 if I understand the data records correctly). I also took the cash drawer out and read the guarantee label affixed to the bottom:

Register Number 2388283

Size 711

Finish Mah

Tracer (blank)

Customer (blank)

Not listed on the label but confirmed from collector websites is the ornate pattern on the case is "Dolphin" and was designed by none other the Tiffany.

So now my questions. Internet references reflect the following versions of the Model 312:

( A ) Bronze, oxidized and relieved

This cabinet was a solid bronze casting that was dipped in a black oxide chemical, which turned the cabinet black. The flat edges and the high points of the casting were polished, leaving the black in the low areas and highly shined bronze edging. It was then lacquered to maintain the finish.

( B ) Nickel plated*

This cabinet is usually a solid yellow brass (or sometimes cast iron)* casting that was nickel plated. The drawer front was generally solid nickel because the nickel plating would easily wear off when closing the drawer. Yellow brass is made from copper, zinc and tin. Bronze is copper and tin. Both copper and tin are expensive, so the zinc makes it a lot cheaper to make and was used for most plated machines. Often if they didn't have all of the parts in brass, they would use a bronze part. After many years of wear, the nickel becomes worn off in spots. If you remove all of the nickel, you often find 3 colors, red bronze, yellow brass and solid nickel. This machine will have to be re-plated? Highly polished and lacquered.

( C ) Bronze, natural color.

This cabinet was solid bronze castings. Highly polished and lacquered.

( D ) Oxidized copper and relieved*

This machine is usually made with yellow brass (or cast iron)* casting which were copper plated. The copper was thicker than nickel and would not wear off, so the drawer front was also copper plated brass. It was dipped in the black oxide chemical and the edges and high points of the pattern were highly polished, leaving bright copper edging with the lower areas black. Also lacquered.

( E ) Yellow brass, Natural color

This machine was solid brass castings that were highly polished and lacquered.

( En ) Black enamel, ornamented. (Class 100 only)

This machine is solid yellow castings that were dipped in black oxide and the edges and high points highly polished leaving the black in the low areas. Also lacquered.

Wood Cabinets

Some of the early machines were offered in a solid wood cabinet. These cabinets were made from Oak, Quarter Sawn Oak, Birch, Mahogany, Black Walnut and many other expense woods. They had burled veneer and fancy inlayed patterns of different wood veneers. These were often accented with brass and nickel inlays, as well as nickel plated drawer pull and other hardware.

Many inlay patterns were named such as: The Shell Pattern,Lilly of the Valley, Tulip Pattern, and the Persimmon pattern.

Clearly, my machine is NOT any of the above. It is NOT an early machine (those being 1800's), but my drawer is marked for Mah (Mahogany) and it's obvious there is no wooden cabinet. Was the current drawer a replacement?

What does an original Model 312 in Mah finish look like?Does that mean a brown paint? This machine is clearly black wrinkle finish and the only wood is the base, which is painted black as well.

I looked at some of the locations where the paint was chipped and the underlying metal does appear to be polished nickel. Therefore, would the paint be original from National or is this a customer applied paint job?

Hours of research on the web does not turn up painted examples of a 312. Also the case is mostly not magnetic, however in some areas this is a weak pull, but I'm concluding the magnet is attracted to the cast iron internal frames.

If the black wrinkle finish is not original, whether to leave the machine as is or strip the finish is to be decided. I wish to make it clear, I know this decision is up to my preference, but I also wish to make it clear the machine is more of sentimental value than monetary value, so a restoration to original condition for eventual resale or to increase in value is not my intent as I have no plans to sell it..

The denomination keys "buttons": I looked at the vintage catalog, and it shows white numerals on black for all keys except NO SALE which is black on orange. My register however has:

- black numerals on white for the 10 cent denominations (10, 20, 30, 40, 50);

- white numerals on red for the cent denominations (1 through 9 EXCEPT the 5 which is black on white).

- black on orange for NO SALE.

I know that the 5 button on adding machines, calculators and other registers almost always contrasted for easy recognition so this I figure is original, and as dad's model 1098 is the same way.

I would like to replace the NO SALE flag with an original. An unrestored one to match the other flags would be preferred. As the NO SALE flag appears to be in the same position on all the 300 models (far right for the clerk - far left for the customer), I would conclude all the 300 series NO SALE flags are compatible.

The drawer front is clearly smooth painted metal. All the images I've encountered show the cast National drawer front. Is mine missing or was there / this a "budget" model 312 omitted some of the ornamentation or perhaps there was a wood front in Mahogany?

On the right side of the keyboard, the numerals 5145 are stamped into the front edge. This number is also stamped on the inside of the back metal case. It does not match the warranty registration or the serial number.

So many questions abound. If you have answers, please feel free to contact me at bedt14@aol.com

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And it, and it begins, he walks outside for a cigarette break

And thinks how many cigarettes does it take

He takes a long drag with the sun in his eye

He squints, he thinks he starts to sigh

Sometimes he cry

When he think about his girlfriend on his side

She held him down, she made him better

Fought the love, through the fucked up weather

And she thinkin about her life

With no more work just being a wife

But instead her love, she gave it to a man

Who fought against her lovely plans

So when she go to work, plus go to school

Plus fight the love, she must feel like a fool

She want the ease that come after pain

She fights for love, thats her campaign

We fight, we love

We fight and love so much sometimes

I get confused of who we are

Maybe if we just stop and chat and

It will find out who we are

[x2]

Fighting just a little bit

Loving just a little bit

Fighting just a little bit

Loving just a little bit more

We just keep on...

Fighting just a little bit

Loving just a little bit

Fighting just a little bit

Loving just a little bit more

[x2]

And it, and it begins, he's off the ball

He left his friends, he ain't home no more

He's in a place, that's far away

Where he can't understand what they say

They say salaam, they cary bombs

In crouded places, and cause alarm

You're the infidel who's uninvited

But really an American boy who's slighted

It ain't your fault, you want identity

So you join this big fraternity

You get to travel the world, its cheaper than college

And you get guns and you get knowledge

Lookin for your soul, and WMD's

You can't find nothing, cause its empty

You got your gun, and he's your friend

And he's your man, until the end

We fight, we love

We fight and love so much sometimes

I get confused of who we are

Maybe if we just stop and chat and

It will find out who we are

[x2]

Fighting just a little bit

Loving just a little bit

Fighting just a little bit

Loving just a little bit more

We just keep on...

Fighting just a little bit

Loving just a little bit

Fighting just a little bit

Loving just a little bit more

[x2]

Early Q-Tips box.

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I bought these in a dollar store on 14th st, Manhattan

52 in 2019 challenge

1/52 the letter Q

Clean ears

Check out those cool neon colors on top.

Took these pictures quite a while ago but completely forgot about it in my harddrive.

Crayola crayons in a q-tip case. Useful recycling of box :)

some people need a place to hang their hat. i just need a place to hang my earrings. ;)

soooooooo much fun! and so easy to do....

ceramic tiles...scrub surface of tile with blending fluid using a tooth brush(used tim holts/ranger )....dab on alcohol inks(also tim holtz line)....sprayed on inks.....manipulated with qtips,brushes, blown with straw, add salt (results still waiting to be seen- needs to dry)....let dry completely...varnish with water based solvent....(have not done this yet)....when attempted before totally dried, it started to smear).

thanks for the link joanne....

I've seen so many of these and I decided that it was time I did one myself.

1.Sparkly bangles

2. my heart necklace

3.mac pen eyeliner

4.mac eyeshadow..satin taupe

5.mac eyeshadow...(I'll get back with thee name)

6.mac coverup...studio fix

7.mac lustreglass...love nectar

8.ipod nano

9.five react gum

10.eyeshadow brush

11.Louis Vuitton wallet

12.q-tips,bandaids and chapstick

13.flower ring

14. the best thing you can get for chapped lips...blue container

15.mac bronzer

16. deodorant

17. iPhone

18. britney spears hidden fantasy

This page has a lot of free Sheep craft idea for kids,parents and preschool teachers.

www.preschoolactivities.us/sheep-craft-idea-for-kids/

DSLR Digital Sensor Cleaning Kit for my Canon-Camera.

D-SLR Digital-Sensorreinigungskit für meine Canon-Kamera.

You can find me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/andiliciouscom

Or through my Website: www.andilicious.com

Hier findest du mich auf Facebook: www.facebook.com/andiliciouscom

Oder über meine Website: www.andilicious.com

Gratitude :: For Creativity

Without the option of being creative, do you how bored we would be. We are creative in so many ways I don't even think many know how creative they are. So I have decided to list the ways that I feel I am creative just for thought since I have been thinking about it alot lately and I am so happy to have this creativity be apart of me.

1.I'm a LOVING mother

2.I'm a GIVING & WILLING wife.

3.I'm a COMPASSIONATE family member.

4.I'm a GRATEFUL & GENEROUS friend.

5.I'm a GODLY woman.

Just to name a few & if you can't see the creativity in that. Then think about this.

What IF I was the opposite of ALL those things.

Get in touch with your creativity.

Barry realized his fatal mistake much too late: never bring a Q-Tip to a Matchstick fight.

My mom's and aunt's cats have destroyed my mom's wicker shelving unit by turning it into a cat hammock. That's Q-Tip on the left and Frisky on the right. They're so cute.

with Q-tip

Oak Cliff

set: www.flickr.com/photos/guyr/sets/72157629685314903/with/70...

iPhone

Doctor's visit today... I liked the jars lined up on the counter. Going to a new dermatologist... she's much nicer than the last one I saw. Things are looking up.

Yashica Mat 124G. A Japanese 6x6 TLR.

I cleaned the Mirror without removing it from the Body.

Firts blow out the complete Mirror box while holding the camera upside down.

Then i used a lot of Q-tips and a lot of lens cleaner fluid (ROR) to clean the mirror.

First just gently dab up the dust with the wetted Q-Tips. Only use a Q-Tip for a small part of the Mirror and then throw it away. This will cost you some Q-Tips but the reward is very satisfying !

After the dust is dabbed of you can start cleaning again with wetted Q-Tips but this time gently rotating them. The Mirrors surface might be fragile so only use the lightest of lightest of pressure. Again frequently swap a used Q-Tip for a fresh one.

When the Mirror is dry again blow the Viewer Box out one more time to remove any strands left by the Q-Tips.

Gummy Bear 365 : Days 064 - 072

I should have posted this 19 days ago, but I forgot and I was well into last weeks photos

Before I realized it. So I just watched until the next 9 days we due and post them at the

Same time. :)

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"There has been much ambiguity about the composition of Mona Lisa, which have now become novel qualities that have resonated into modern artwork and have even contributed in today's digital photography portraits. ~Tomitheos

Click to see the first step of the painting process or see it finished.

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Jack White @ Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, on Friday, January 30, 2015.

Lazaretto Tour Setlist:

Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground (The White Stripes song)

High Ball Stepper

Lazaretto

Hotel Yorba (The White Stripes song)

Temporary Ground

Cannon (The White Stripes song)

Broken Boy Soldier (The Raconteurs song) (with "Cannon" reprise)

Love Interruption

We're Going to Be Friends (The White Stripes song)

Three Women

Top Yourself (The Raconteurs song) (Black Math Intro)

Ball and Biscuit (The White Stripes song)

Encore:

That Black Bat Licorice (With Q-Tip)

Excursions (A Tribe Called Quest cover) (With Q-Tip)

Sixteen Saltines

Astro (The White Stripes song)

Steady, As She Goes (The Raconteurs song)

Would You Fight for My Love?

Just One Drink

Blunderbuss

Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes song)

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