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okay, ONE more pic of my button flowers we made for easter baskets! i really like how this one turned out :) - credit to my amazing son for the design! he made this one just for grandma! isn't he talented?!
I live in Canada ... land of winter .... this is a button I couldn't live without. It's my car-starter. No matter how windy, snowy, cold, and shivery it is, my car is nice and warm when I climb in and the icy windshield is now clear!
For Macro Mondays theme; "Button(s)"
(This tiny button is at the end of my little 4" flashlight.)
HMM to all.
Why would a button be bittersweet? Well, because my 16-year old daughter, Anna, can't work buttons. Sometimes the things I take for granted hit me in the gut. I'm pretty far down this path of mothering a child with special needs, but there are still milestones that sting. It can be something simple like knowing other girls her age are wearing makeup (Anna has no interest) or dating (Anna desperately wants a boyfriend) to the bigger things like getting a driver's license (that won't ever happen) or going to junior prom (Anna should be in 11th grade this year but we had her repeat kindergarten). I remind myself of the progress she's making and that she is on her own timeline, but when I saw this week's theme... "Buttons and Bows"... I got a pang. She can't work a button, she doesn't have the fine motor control, so for me, the button is bittersweet.
D24764. A 1930s GPO telephone in a 1930s public telephone kiosk.
For those that cannot remember this type of payphone, the procedure was as follows:
1] Pick up the receiver and put the coins in the slot at the top.
2] Dial the number.
3a) If the call is answered, press button ‘A’ and the money drops into the box thus connecting the call. The ‘pips’ will go off after a pre-set time, so have some more money ready to put in the slot or you’ll get cut off.
3b) If the line is engaged, or there is no reply, hang up and press button ‘B’; the money will be returned via the little chute bottom right.
Sometimes, people would forget to press button ‘B’ and leave their money in the system and it was the practice of the kids to go round the phone boxes in their area pressing all the button ‘B’s to see if any coins would drop out.
Sometimes they would be lucky! For kids with only limited pocket money, a few extra pennies was a welcome bonus which would often be spent at the sweets counter in the local Woolworth's.
This historic payphone was seen at Cranmore Station on the East Somerset Railway on Saturday, 21st August, 2021. Copyright © Ron Fisher 2025.
On my way to one of my favorite spots to photograph sunsets I took advantage of the warm evening light to capture a few landscapes and some wildlife also.
Has anyone seen the Curious Case of Benjamin Button? Is it just me, or was that film an awesome one?! Great story line...! And if you haven't seen it yet, I urge you to do so! Soon!
Anyway. I took this picture, in Hong Kong, on my P&S camera, didn't turn out too bad, despite it being in an awfully lit place, and I was a little rushed. But it was actually a nice wall mural of buttons... all glued to the wall.... certain sections with different colours. If I had more time, I would've taken shed loads, but my cousin and auntie were waiting for me.
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I've always liked long skirts with button up fronts. This is the only one I have at the moment that actually has functioning buttons rather than just buttons for decorative purposes.
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This is how I felt last year when I was having trouble getting over a bunch of things that changed in my life. I guess this is in celebration of "the ghost" no longer haunting me. I am proud of myself for coming out as a better and stronger person.
Thank you dad for clicking the button and initially being my model so I could set up this shot before stepping in.
Please excuse my awkward expressions in some of the pictures below. It was extremely cold and hard to think about modelling properly.
This was inspired by my favourite Metric song, Satellite Mind.
Exploring my grandmother's button box, I found a curved needle and a metal button and started playing.
A stubborn sun fights to show through cloud and mist for this sunset shot from the Western Explorer road in the Tarkine.
This week's challenge was emboss.
Shot with a 55mm nikkor f3.5 macro lens + extension tube @f11
Model :) was the button of a no fear jeans.
I made these for 2 of my friends who are starting their first year of teaching on Tuesday :) They'll go perfect in their classrooms!
Shot taken for Macro Mondays - Button(s) HMM!
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Subject Size: 42 mm X 22 mm
Subject Age: 50+ years
Button made from tree branch and no two were alike.
Built in 1886 as a button factory this building in Waterloo, Ontario is now an art center named Button Factory Arts.