World Photo Day
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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.
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
Seguo la natura senza poterla afferrare; questo fiume scende, risale, un giorno verde, poi giallo, oggi pomeriggio asciutto e domani sarà un torrente.
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Aforisma di Claude Monet
"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.
Extra 2720 South, a Norton turn job, is arriving Smiley, Va. on June 8, 1984. In consideration of the heat, the front door has been propped open with a broom. Necessity is the mother of invention.
My deepest respect and greetings to all the photographers of the world.
Many people that have mentioned that they’ve never heard of World Photography Day. Why is that? World Photography Day wasn’t ‘created’ by a big brand as a marketing tool. Rather, it’s a day where photographers had started to come together to celebrate photography, just because they could. Any excuse to throw a party right? Slowly, groups around the world have started to get on board with the idea of World Photography Day and you will find traces of World Photography Day being celebrated over the last 20 years or so. Each year, World Photography Day has gained momentum and this year, we’re hoping to bring photographers together once again with an even larger audience.
Why August 19th?
World Photography Day originates from the invention of the Daguerreotype, a photographic processes developed by Louis Daguerre. On January 9, 1839, The French Academy of Sciences announced the daguerreotype process. A few months later, on August 19, 1839, the French government announced the invention as a gift “Free to the World.”
Another photographic processes, the Calotype, was also invented in 1839 by William Fox Talbot (it was announced in 1841). Together, the invention of both the Daguerreotype and Calotype mark 1839 as the year that photography was invented.
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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’.
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.
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!
Inventions.
Weerstandloze bewegingen dansende standbeelden onbewust genot animatie wandtapijten cavaliers tongen nauwkeurig onderzoek van de onderdanige rust van de nauwkeurigheid,
ελκυστική εμφάνιση παθιασμένοι πόροι ακούσια αντικείμενα παρεμπόδισαν την ύπαρξη πολλαπλασιάζοντας τον ενθουσιασμό που φαντάζεται τις αφαιρέσεις συνειδητές στιγμές,
coquilles brillantes répandant des signaux langues hautes étoiles ludiques poissons sans voix examens extraordinaires félicitant les réponses des juges roulants,
necăjitori chinuiți chinuiți obiceiuri zvâcnitoare inamici vizibili ceasuri amare care se apropie dinți întuneric îngrozitor diferite temeri flăcări vicisitudinale,
porte spregevoli ingoiare persecuzione insulti molestie oltraggi motivi volti tremanti vizi invadenti frasi popolari ostentate,
生気のない労働者の表情アテンダント暗い鉄鋼インテリジェンスアカウント不安な審議無期限の雲が羊皮紙をつかみ、結果をまとめる原稿のコミュニケーションが冷たく配信された.
Steve.D.Hammond.
Taken with a new invention I have been working on. (See below)
This is a shot of the Phoenix Convention Center taken last night from about six feet above my head.
I never thought this thing would be stable enough to do long exposures, but this shot was a one second exposure, and it's crystal clear.
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!