who am I fooling with the tears?

nobody but me..

Fool Creek is a beautiful stream north of Burgess Junction in the northern Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming. This is a beautiful place. When I was a boy, my dad brought me to fish on this creek usually a little further down from where this photo was taken. Usually I didn't fish much but collected rocks and fossils while my dad and brother fished.

um....april fools!

1. flickr.com/photos/23846787@N00/2240381996/, 2. i don't think there's any question here | day 363, 3. hung over (shhh...) - day 294, 4. three ninjas! (day 96), 5. flickr.com/photos/23846787@N00/2332857004/, 6. flickr.com/photos/23846787@N00/2247534887/, 7. fully clothed (?) in the tub | day 332, 8. flickr.com/photos/23846787@N00/2237871769/,

9. flickr.com/photos/23846787@N00/2221632367/, 10. in the mirror again | day 306, 11. everyone's jumping! day 253, 12. silhouette whore roulette! day 244, 13. these aren't really pants, are they? day 23 / year 2, 14. asslight somewhat bright, 15. flickr.com/photos/23846787@N00/2246254598/, 16. of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she had to walk into mine. (day 318),

17. flickr.com/photos/23846787@N00/2235700109/, 18. gimme them keys to me treasure chest, you scurvy dog (day 255), 19. strange and likeable | day 324, 20. bed is a wonderful place to be (day 175), 21. flickr.com/photos/23846787@N00/2349392262/, 22. flickr.com/photos/23846787@N00/2249514665/, 23. all gray, 24. flickr.com/photos/23846787@N00/1722608072/,

25. flickr.com/photos/23846787@N00/842784929/, 26. it's friday - jump and put your feet up! day 138, 27. jeans | day 305, 28. devil in a patterned dress. day 121, 29. matching my clothes to my front porch (day 144), 30. boots and bamboo, 31. yellow belt, 32. old hollywood alternate (day 42 alt),

33. thriller / closer / day 297, 34. mid-air! day 281, 35. shake your damn face | day 325, 36. i crush your head! day 282, 37. houndstooth, 38. satiny skirt, 39. karate kid meets yoda. day 283, 40. kilroy was here | day 364,

41. bring in the clones! day 92, 42. flickr.com/photos/23846787@N00/1807650832/, 43. i love toast! day 245, 44. flickr.com/photos/23846787@N00/2295855588/, 45. new boots!, 46. flickr.com/photos/23846787@N00/2215509723/, 47. ankle boots, 48. upside down with toby | day 346,

49. just another close up | day 322, 50. lost in space! day 262, 51. white dress, 52. you whore. day 299, 53. flickr.com/photos/23846787@N00/2367595329/, 54. life is messy | day 331, 55. new boots on the table (day 290), 56. oh noes! my house has been invaded! day 160,

57. new boots, 58. flickr.com/photos/23846787@N00/2329880699/, 59. scarf for a chilly day, 60. clothes, 61. flickr.com/photos/23846787@N00/534148104/, 62. jumping husbands! day 99, 63. you may not know... (day 300!!!), 64. caught! day 199,

65. ugly undies (day 61 alt), 66. my little tiara. day 326, 67. teerish: strange little girl. (day 258), 68. 80's-style portrait | day 307, 69. flickr.com/photos/23846787@N00/2355593920/, 70. under the persimmon tree | day 321, 71. day 200!, 72. under the spiral tree (day 190)

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April Fool's Day.

For Macro Mondays theme, "I fooled you".

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The Fools’ Fountain (Narrenbrunnen) in Kleve by the Collegiate Church. By Annette Mürdter and erected 2001. The bronze, water-spouting heads recall the once-present 'head' of society, the king, and six councilors.

Paris #3: Opéra

bad weather coming in

klatergoud, zwaar weer op komst

CAFE discussion

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perfect by nature

icons of self indulgence

just what we all need

more lies about a world that

These plants were fooled by Toronto's surprising warm spells in February. Yesterday actually set a record for February 28th). Tomorrow we expect a significant amount of snow so I wonder what will happen to these plants. They may survive the same way they survived a snowfall last week. Hardy things, these Toronto plants.

This was an April Fool's Day breakfast for Mary and Henry. These are sliced bananas slathered with creamy peanut butter and then coated in crushed graham crackers. The "fries" are pillsbury breadsticks that you cut and slice very thin, roll them in sugar and bake. The "french fry holder" is a business envelope that was sealed and then cut. The ketchup is seedless strawberry jam placed in a mini cupcake liner. Mary and Henry loved it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nfIQVD47H0

Finally.....a beautiful sunset (due to there actually being SUN yesterday!) ...This gorgeous view came out of my camera as beautifully as it was seen by my eyes...actually had to tone down the saturation a bit...Looks like a painting as the sun hits the snow covered branches..

I had to go out and run some errands in the late afternoon...got out the door of my house and turned back to get my camera to bring with me...something told me to...So after shopping...I exited the store when day began to turn to night and this was what I saw...Yes..I ran like a fool with my grocery cart..to my truck...grabbed my camera and started shooting...

(I know this beautiful sunset came to me all the way from Ireland...so thank you Frank for sending it my way as promised!)

Ship Of Fools by Deborah Halpern a Victorian artist. The artist aims to inspire, surprise, delight and dismay.

Beware.

It's april fools day today.

🙈

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Narrenbrunnen in Kleve, Germany, March 2018.

The fountain is dedicated to the first society of fools (!) founded in Kleve in 1381. Sculptor Anette Mürdter.

Pentax 645 + Pentax SMC 75 mm f/2.8

Ilford HP5 Plus (shot at ISO 400)

Ilford DD-X 1:4 7.5 mins at 22 °C

Epson V550 scanner

Happy April Fool's Day from my Christmas cactus. The crazy thing had four buds on it and this one opened today.

This is a work by Ed Ruscha from 1990. It's part of the new Fisher collection at SF MoMA.

fool you twice?

Trompe-l'oeil, Fooling the Eye and other Forms of Eck Eck

Mary Magdalene

Hispano-Filipino

c. 1750-1815

Solid ivory image surrounded by a silver radiance known as a “Rafaga”.

Height of Ivory: 9 in; 13.5 in to top of crown; 17 in to top of radiance.

Overall Height w/ Base: 19.5”h.

This imposing figure is supposedly an ivory carving of the image of Mary Magdalene. But this is an intentional deception in that in this iconography, she is presented as if she were the Virgin Mary. She wears a silver crown. And her entire body is surrounded by a nimbus of light known as the “Rafaga”. At first blush, one is lead to believe that this is an image of the Virgin. And since the Rafaga is traditionally associated only with images of Christ or the Virgin, the addition of this feature was an intentional act to deceive.

According to the auction catalog, this image was formerly in the collection of a Connecticut gentleman and his wife who lived in Columbia for over a decade. This object was purchased from a friend who told him that the image was found in Cali and is reputed to have arrived at Buenaventura, Columbia from Acapulco sometime between 1665-1815.

However, a closer examination of the figure reveals the truth. This is not an image of the Virgin nor any of the Catholic saints. This is a standing image of the goddess Guan-Yin. On her right hand, she holds a rosary-like chaplet of beads but those are just Buddhist prayers beads and have no Catholic symbolism. On her left hand she is supposed to hold the “Holy Grail”. In actuality, she holds a Ruyi scepter, a ceremonial talisman in Chinese Buddhism symbolizing power and good fortune in Chinese folklore.

The dates provided are also irrelevant and misleading. The years between 1665 and 1815 span the entire period of the Manila Galleon trade. Anything and everything arrived in the New World from the East at this time! In other words, they are meaningless.

Although attributed to the Hispano-Filipino workshops, the carving style of the image is not consistent with Philippine carving of images of the Virgin or other female saints. The image wears a long robe which falls in lanky horizontal folds ending at the hem. Her toes do not peep through. She wears no mantle. The edges of the tunic are decorated with geometric designs unknown in Philippine iconography. The carving of the hair is wrong for this attribution. The eponymous “suksuk” or tuck is missing. And her lips are not painted with the trademark orange-red hue of Philippine made saints.

It’s amazing what a little bit of silver can do to fool the eye.

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Happy April Fools Day people!

Anyone play any good tricks?

I babysat my little minions today :)

We went for a bike ride and painted rocks and made a sail boat out of sticks.

Then I told them about camera remotes and they were amazed so we attempted this about a million times.

We can get a little out of hand out of hand.

Some more than others.

But we're capable of pretending we're normal.

And at the end of the day they still love me.

I apologize for all the pictures :P

I've been anticipating an April Fools scout to do an update on the "popularity" of my critters. Granted, the flickr system doesn't make any sense to me. Many of my favorite photos never make it here. But this is what "you guys" have chosen by your visits, comments, favorites, invites, etc.

A breakdown by subject:

Ariel: NONE

Cumin: NONE

Gumbo: 10

Miss Raven: 2

MoMo: NONE

Vidalia: 6

Bogart: 13

Curio: 2

Mr. Grigsby: 2

Magnus: 1

Zinnia: 4

Pandora: NONE

Heidi: NONE

Lulu: 1

Kiwi: 6

Zamboni: 3

Godiva: 1

Frito: 2

Otis: 1

Elliot: 3

Arietta: 1

Amerigo: 1

Smokey: 1

Zinnia's kittens: 13

Diamond: 1

Seuss kittens: 1

Lilly: 1

redheaded woodpecker: 1

flowers: 3

chicken: 1

Out of the ten photos of mine that have officially "made" Explore, only three remain in the top 72. Funny.

Individual photos:

1. A First (18/52), 2. Adoration, 3. My Idol, 4. whiskers, 5. Who Could Resist?, 6. retrato de gumbo (foto #2000), 7. Skilled Huntress, 8. Scrunch,

9. Vidalia SOOC, 10. July Beauty, 11. Such a Sweet Pair, 12. How Tall, 13. Hoping Your Holiday Was Tasty. . ., 14. what a z face, 15. Happy Tongue Tuesday!, 16. kiwi seeing stars (well, the sun),

17. Vidalia, 18. Kitten, 19. A Good Year (52/52), 20. Kitten Piles, 21. Everything's a Toy, 22. how long?, 23. Smokey, 24. Another Handsome Boy,

25. None Handsomer, 26. Pummeling (26/52), 27. Reverence (41/52), 28. Introducing Gumbo (1/52), 29. what eyes, 30. pant, pant, pant, 31. Frito, 32. July Beauty,

33. Face to Face, 34. Wee Elliot, 35. Frito, 36. Irresistible, 37. PRAYERS PRAYERS PRAYERS PRAYERS, 38. Sweet Diamond, 39. Brotherly Love, 40. His Own Brand of Royalty,

41. Golf, Anyone? (49/52), 42. Successful Hunt, 43. face of innocence. . . plus fish, 44. glowing embers, 45. Otis on couch, 46. Peek-a-Boo, 47. Dear Little Elliot, 48. Handsomeness (4/52),

49. Red-Bellied Woodpecker, 50. Zinnia, 51. Wee Family, 52. Da Boyz, 53. Double Tongue!, 54. weebles wobble. . ., 55. What a Look!, 56. Puppy Play,

57. No One Here But Us Chickens. . ., 58. Kiwi, 59. August Beauty, 60. Zzzzzzz. . ., 61. Dear Wee Elliot, 62. Wrestle Mania Begins, 63. Dreamy Boy, 64. Understated Elegance,

65. melt-my-heart eyes, 66. buddies, 67. my handsome, handsome Gumbo, 68. All Four Kittens, 69. beautiful face, 70. Three Gray Girls, 71. And Then There Were Two. . ., 72. Good Momma

They did it again :-p

1. Vintage hippie style, 2. Martina spam, 3. I believe I can fly, 4. 43/52 Weather is crazy, 5. Matilda close up, 6. Re-dressing Matilda, 7. More Duna, 8. Hey, are you there?,

9. First blondie, 10. Hello!, 11. Little presents, 12. 44/52 Bunny or bat?, 13. Last one, 14. New eye- chips, 15. She wants to rest a little bit before traveling back home, 16. Play with me?,

17. Britt, my little frenchy, 18. Cousin Oli, do you wanna play with me?, 19. Mom, I love you <3, 20. New dress, 21. Almost ready... to travel, 22. Cousin Oli, do you wanna play with me?, 23. A new Star in the Blythe sky, 24. More bows,

25. In a valley between mountains, 26. New girls at home, 27. Family pic, 28. Hi, 29. After, 30. Martina, 31. Applying for a summer job, 32. Hey, it's me!,

33. Lock, 34. Cerise, 35. Matilda, 36. Can I?, 37. Exhausted, 38. 1/52: Good cold & white day!, 39. Pinot, 40. Some days are dark despite sun shines in the sky,

41. Fandango is fixed now, 42. Fandango eyelids, 43. I'll miss you!, 44. Cerise, 45. Hi there, 46. Close up, 47. Lilo in Spring colours, 48. Wind of change,

49. Nine, 50. Ready for beach, 51. Martina's day, 52. Lola, 53. Fandango, the girl with a gipsy soul., 54. First blondie, 55. And do my mom recognize me now?, 56. Tyrion,

57. ADAD 38/275, loving our Petronitas, 58. 45/52 Show the love, 59. Hi Flickr, 60. Hugs are free, 61. A modern princess, 62. Dreams, 63. Triplets, 64. I love bunnies,

65. Daydreaming, 66. Enjoy your holidays, mom, 67. Nuka promises, 68. Raining outside, 69. Imagine, 70. My home is that place where my heart is attached to, 71. Hi mom!, 72. ADAD 106/275, too glamorous and perfect to be true

World Premiere of the motion picture Fools' Parade at the Court Theatre, June 17, 1971.

- From the Thomas Burns Fools' Parade Collection of the Ohio County Public Library Archives.

▶ Read about the day that Hollywood came to Wheeling when Fools' Parade made its motion picture world debut June 17, 1971

▶ Read more the making of Fools' Parade in Moundsville

▶ Visit the Library's Wheeling History website

The photos on the Ohio County Public Library's Flickr site may be freely used by non-commercial entities for educational and/or research purposes as long as credit is given to the "Ohio County Public Library, Wheeling WV." These photos may not be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation without the permission of The Ohio County Public Library.

Every picture on Explore?! I wish! Happy April Fool's Day Flickr!

1. [3x6] Quilt Bee Blocks, 2. Basking In The Sun ~ Munki Pears, 3. Tardy To The Party ~ [3 x 6] Quilt Bee Blocks, 4. Just For Fun, 5. It Was A Late Night, 6. [Bee]-autiful Embroidery Inspiration, 7. [Bee]-autiful Quilt Blocks for Amber, 8. Thankful For...,

9. New Pillows, 10. Happy Squirrel, 11. Can You Tell Me How To Get To Sesame Street?, 12. Flea Market Fancy Zipper Pouches, 13. Here Comes Santa Claus, 14. Another Stroll Down Memory Lane, 15. Vintage Fisher Price Light-Up Dollhouse, 16. Munki Munki Corn ~ for swap,

17. On The Cutting Table ~ Fancy Munki Blocks, 18. Heather Ross Mini Quilt Swap, 19. The Keeper of the Fish and The Keeper of the Fields, 20. [ 3 x 6 Bee ] Block For Michelle, 21. Munki Munki Prairie Patchwork Pillow WIP, 22. String Quilt Blocks ~ a little something for me, 23. Heather Ross Munki Munki Alice in Wonderland ~ for swap, 24. [3 x 6] Quilt Bee Blocks,

25. [ 3 x 6 Bee ] Block For Amber, 26. Memory Lane Never Looked So Good, 27. [ 3 x 6 Bee ] Block For Tiffany, 28. Keep On Strolling, 29. Flea Market Fancy Zipper Pouches, 30. Above Abby's Crib, 31. Katie Jump Rope Goes To The Forest, 32. Anna Maria Horner Garden Party ~ swapped,

33. Moda Arcadia ~ swapped, 34. Heather Ross Mendocino Seahorses ~ for swap, 35. Hello Gorgeous!, 36. [Bee]-autiful Quilt Block 2 for Suzanne, 37. Tree Tots Treehouse, 38. Tip of the Iceberg ~ Vintage Fisher Price, 39. Munki Munki Buses ~ for swap, 40. Vintage Fisher Price House ~ West Wing,

41. Clubhouse Close-Up, 42. AJ Peas & Carrots "Pez" ~ for swap, 43. AJ Peas & Carrots Stripes ~ for swap, 44. American Jane Wee Play ~ for swap, 45. Heather Ross Blue & Pink Buses ~ for swap, 46. Vintage Fisher Price House ~ East Wing, 47. Munki Munki Mother's Day For Aunt Jackie, 48. [Bee]-autiful Quilt Block for Suzanne,

49. Flea Market Fancy Yellow Barbells ~ for swap, 50. Heather Ross Orange Dandelion Wildflowers ~ for swap, 51. Planning Something Fancy, 52. Heather Ross Pink Buses ~ for swap, 53. Just A Little More Fun, 54. Sweetest Heather Ross Blue Gnomes ~ for swap, 55. Three Quilts In Three Weeks, 56. [Bee]-autiful Quilt Block for Heather,

57. Another "What The Hell, Heather Ross?" Moment..., 58. Cosmo Textiles Wizard of Oz ~ for swap, 59. Paint By Number Birds ~ for swap, 60. And More Fun Still, 61. Japanese Import Wizard of Oz ~ for swap, 62. AJ Orange Pez ~ for swap, 63. Park Slope, Wee Play, Hello Betty, and Amy Butler Belle ~ for swap, 64. Sneak Peek For Becky ~ Munki Madness Kitchen Swap,

65. Denyse Schmidt Katie Jump Rope ~ for swap, 66. Flea Market Fancy Daisy Dots ~ for swap, 67. RARE Heather Ross Calypso Mermaids ~ for swap, 68. Quilt As You Go, 69. Mendocino ~ for swap, 70. Japanese Fairy Tale Fabric ~ for swap, 71. Moda Authentic Text ~ for swap, 72. Was Off To Such A Great Start

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This is me about sometime in Vienna surfing our computer while drinking whiskey, I might be a tad bit intoxicated why I have face paint, I don´t know but that wasn´t unusual at that time and space in life, the haircut is one of my fashionable own invention, not a lot of people copied it, although I actually stole it from those who by laws of follicle hair laws are missing hair on the top part of the head (common among human males above a certain age)

I am nor normally Crosseyed but I think I am just trying to look beautiful for the photographer (who is probably my wife at the time) I thought this picture was to pretty to hide for you so now I publish it here :)

Peace and Noise!

/ MushroomBrain the fashion model

A fool sculpture in high relief above a door in Loches castle (France).

I was surprised to see such a topic on an outside door.

1. Flower Gritty, 2. Fontana di Trevi HDR, 3. Fagaras Mts., Romania, 4. These types of images get explored a lot, so..., 5. M Wildflowers, 6. I think I'm gonna help myself, 7. Fontana di Trevi HDR & Cross Process, 8. Glass of carbonated water - EXPLORED!,

9. Fontana di Trevi HDR (2), 10. Purple Coneflower Picnik, 11. Sunset over Denton, Texas, 12. Really Dark HDR, 13. Leaf lace, 14. I think I could do this all day long, 15. Y Spring in Texas, 16. What bird is that? Do you know?,

17. It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from going under., 18. Belis, Romania, 19. Bucegi Mts., Romania, 20. I <3 Plants, 21. Frogs of Costa Rica, Picnik collage, 22. Casino HDR - EXPLORED!, 23. "Your Buddy Icon" Gritty, 24. Shamu Show,

25. Hang on (Gritty), 26. TWU fountain, 27. Balea Lake, Romania, 28. Poppy flower - Explored, 29. Capri Island, Italy, 30. Striking Orange, 31. Giant Amazon Water Lily, 32. Shamu Show,

33. Bomba HDR, 34. Texan dandelion in December, HDRish, 35. Dallas, Texas Black and White, 36. British Rail HDR, 37. Playful Izzy, 38. Spring beauty, 39. Amalfi Coast, Italy HDR, 40. Fagaras Mts., Romania 2,

41. Pink star, focal zoom, 42. Day 23 - Izzy, the gymnast, 43. Arenal Lake, Costa Rica EXPLORED, 44. Focal Black and White Again, 45. Happy Birthday! Pencil Sketch, 46. Tulsa HDR, 47. Posterized, 48. Fagaras Mts., Romania,

49. Focal Black and White, 50. Zinnia, 51. Sarmizegetusa and Mts. HDR, 52. Day 9, 53. Handsome rooster (Explored), 54. Sunflower, 55. Rhododendron bud, 56. Clouds in ... water,

57. Textured TWU, 58. R Turk's Cap collage, 59. Fagaras Mts., Romania 3, 60. Typed on my Kindle - DAY 26, 61. Costa Rica's Toucans, Picnik collage, 62. Buzias, Romania, 63. Crocus beauty, 64. Lichen collage,

65. St. Peter's Basilica, 66. Corvin's Statue, 67. Buzias, Romania, 68. B Bells, 69. Texas wildflowers, 70. Y More dandelions, 71. Day 3, 72. Blenheim Palace

Local Model Wendy Chance (Mayhem #1285340)

Wendy 's Boyfriend Jack came along to the shoot and ended up in a few shots himself.

Strobist Info...

2 x Elinchrom D-Lite flash heads

Camera left fitted with a large soft box set to full power.

Camera Right is a small soft box set about 2/3rds power

Camera settings F11, 1/125s, ISO 100

I went half mad trying to find this fool before discovering him relaxing under some plants in the backyard.

Breathtaking project, 2013. Model: Ire Fool. Fashion Designer: Elena Massari.

Not true, but it's still fun to see my photos in order of interestingness like this:

1. Dots, 2. Original Little People, 3. silver snow - day 56, 4. Frosty Heart, 5. Cookies & Cream Doughnut, 6. Biscuits, 7. hearts & bows - day 101, 8. Chibi Kitty,

9. Flee, 10. Elmer the Patchwork Elephant, 11. Not so Mini Moopy, 12. Chopped Chocolate, 13. Vintage Fisher Price "Play Family House", 14. glazewear - day 123, 15. Glamorous Housewife - day 70, 16. The Perfect Gift,

17. Feetsies - day 31, 18. chocolate therapy - day 63, 19. Muggins Becomes A Hero, 20. spring bloom, 21. Wish You Were Real, 22. The Elusive Monarch Butterfly, 23. for the love of chocolate, 24. Candy Corn,

25. Roly Poly Chime Ball, 26. Retro Xylophone, 27. Deliciously Naughty, 28. Carefree Country Girl, 29. Ring-Around-the-Tuna, 30. In the Closet, 31. HELLO, my name is Jennie - day 5, 32. Dreaming of a British Christmas - day 42,

33. Sonny the Bunny, 34. Industrial Yellow - day 86, 35. Leave It To Me - Round 4, 36. British Food in America, 37. 7-Up goes to a Party!, 38. Time for Bed, 39. England 1-0 Paraguay, 40. 2007 is here - day 59,

41. Cranberry Wheels, 42. Thrifted Abacus, 43. Shy Duckie, 44. sunshine & snow shadow - day 74, 45. British Babe, 46. Bread & Butter Pudding, 47. Cherry Ames Chief Nurse, 48. 10¢ a vintage cup,

49. dressy - day 65, 50. I Voted - day 4, 51. Chocolatey Goodness, 52. Blackcurrant & Licorice, 53. Leave it to Me - round 5, 54. Ben made dinner., 55. Us in Cereal - day 75, 56. Today's Exercise - day 48,

57. Then she ate the mud., 58. Rudolph the Red Nosed Cupcake, 59. In Flight, 60. Farmyard Freebies, 61. working the thrifted magnets - day 66, 62. Button Tin, 63. Splat, 64. Jennie x 4 - day 25,

65. Goodbye Mars Bar, 66. Gladioli, 67. Mother & Grandmother in the Kitchen, 68. Soft Soled Shoes, 69. me & my camera, 70. Modern Little People, 71. Sunday Sunshine Shoes, 72. Mother & Father 50s Style

primosteez.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/fool-for-life/

with mini soccer balls : )

World Premiere of the motion picture Fools' Parade at the Court Theatre, June 17, 1971.

- From the Thomas Burns Fools' Parade Collection of the Ohio County Public Library Archives.

▶ Read about the day that Hollywood came to Wheeling when Fools' Parade made its motion picture world debut June 17, 1971

▶ Read more the making of Fools' Parade in Moundsville

▶ Visit the Library's Wheeling History website

The photos on the Ohio County Public Library's Flickr site may be freely used by non-commercial entities for educational and/or research purposes as long as credit is given to the "Ohio County Public Library, Wheeling WV." These photos may not be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation without the permission of The Ohio County Public Library.

kiss me you fool

Last one from the roof of the Playfair Project before heading up The Mound to the Old Town.

This is the Bank of Scotland Headquarters on The Mound. Now part of, and rescued by, Lloyds Banking Group as a result of its mortgage divisions' involvement in the sub-prime mortgage crisis of 2008.

5 secs / f/9 / 24mm / ISO100 / -0.33EV

愚者の帝国

Pinhole photography, Zero Image 2000

Fool's Paradise (Doris McCarthy House)

Doors Open Toronto 2016

Fool.

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It looks like the cross between a chip that has fallen out of some electronic device and a delicate piece of designer jewelry that I probably need to bring for my wife to pacify her for buggering off to Africa by myself again. Think again because it has legs and even can fly! It is a beetle in the weird and wonderful subfamily Cassidinae, popularly known as Tortoise beetles. There are many species of these small but exquisitely beautiful beetles all over the tropics.

The one we found today did not generously flaunt its beauty for all to admire but was hiding under the bark of a dead tree. It immediately played dead when we uncovered it looking even more like some small inanimate object. That at least made it fairly easy to photograph