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Not a fan of typical souvenirs. I usually buy rings or small items made of glass. This is a macro of a glass bowl bought in Scotland.
Purchased at Margate when I visit the Shell Grotto. It is 4cms tall. A great little memento for my trip.
Hiking reflector offered by a professor from the University of Jyväskylä (Finland) in a visit and class given in Portugal.
Taken with 7artisans 60mm f2.8 Macro
The Macro Mondays theme for this week is "Keepsake". The pen knife is a 70 year old keepsake gift from 3rd grade Sunday School teacher. Background is wallet that was my father's.
This is a memory from way back in August 1979, on my first trip abroad. It was a Sunday, possibly rainy, and we traveled on our hosts' 2CV to Perouges. I don't remember much, apart from charming cobbled streets on a hilltop. I bought this (2-inch wide) coat-of-arms embroidered on a piece of felt and I have kept it as I quite like it. I have just looked up Perouges on wikipedia, which says it is located 30 km north-east of Lyon.
The first of four brass pins in the shape of a "pigskin" that I was awarded for participating in varsity football all four years of high school (1960-63)--in other words, I was a 4-year letterman in football (and to be clear, that was American football, not soccer). The pins were attached to my embroidered varsity letter, which was sewn onto my varsity jacket. The jacket is long gone, but I still have the treasured block "G" (for Galien High School) varsity letter and the pins. The pin itself is 1 inch long.
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Taken for the "Macro Mondays" theme of 6/26/2023: KEEPSAKE.
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K - Knick-knack / Keepsake
Trinkets. Baubles. Mementos. Souvenirs. For this theme, we must see a knick-knack and/or keepsake somewhere in your photo. It can be an object that holds sentimental value, or it can simply be part of the diorama. Perhaps your doll has a shelf with snow globes collected from his/her world travels. Maybe your doll loves nautical décor, so there are miniature sailboats and mermaid statues sprinkled throughout the living room. Or maybe your doll always wears a family heirloom necklace close to her heart. The only requirements are that there must be a doll and at least one knick-knack or keepsake included in the photo.
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Elyse the Antiquarian
Elyse has had a very good day at the auction house and is sorting through and valuing the various items she has bought ready to put them on sale in her Antiques shop.
I love antiques shops (in fact I love any kind of shop where you don't know what you might find...). They are such treasure troves with endless new curiosities to delight the eye and stimulate the mind...
Elyse j'adore la Fête wears Full Spectrum Veronique red dress
Most of the mini 'objets' in this photo are thrift store finds:
- Desk: musical jewellery box
- Mantel Clock (working miniature)
- Mirror
- Chest (filled with ceramics and hairbrush and hand mirror from Heirloom collection)
- Mini Buddha incense holder
- Enamel bowl
- Tea light holder upturned as stand
- Mini vase
Teddy: gift from a friend
Suitcases: made by me
Stool: reel from decorative braid
Hallmark Wednesdays at the Bijou Planks...
The archetype super-hero, the Man of Steel, from the pages of the comics to three-dimensional adventures, SUPERMAN never falters in his fight for truth and justice!
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Hallmark
Keepsake Ornament
Comic Book Heroes
Superman
Handcrafted
2008
From the box back:
"The last survivor of the doomed Planet Krypton, Superman burst from the pages of Action Comics nearly seventy years ago. Rocketed to safety from his exploding home world, young Kal-El landed on Earth, where he was found and taken in by a Kansas farm couple.
Lovingly nurtured by his adoptive family, the unusual boy soon realized he possessed extraordinary powers - powers he would use to protect and defend mankind.
Now, as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter, he's a simple citizen of Metropolis - but when danger threatens, this hero bravely rises up to save the people of the world as... SUPERMAN.
Each of the ornaments in this new series will feature a different Comic Book Hero literally bursting from the pages of a miniature comic - with a story you can actually read!
Robert Chad Hallmark Keepsake Artist
First in the Series. Look for 1 on this ornament."
Superman in Paprihaven:
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... of our last summer vacation. ;-)
"No matter how much we scorn it, kitsch is an integral part of the human condition."
(Milan Kundera)
This ring belonged to my mom. I've been wearing it on my pinky finger for 15 years. I carry my keepsake of her always.
2020 Weekly Alphabet challenge: Keepsake
I know, questionable. History tells us that European settlement began in roughly this area of Sydney Harbour. The Union Flag, it is reasoned, was raised somewhere behind me and across Circular Quay. The embayment ahead is Farm Cove, so named for the early failed agricultural pursuits on what had been an initiation ground for the locals. Do not get seasick! The horizon isn't so much tilted as an illusion as the coastline curves around to Mrs Macquarie's Chair.
That tall tree is in the Royal Botanic Garden, Government House is a little out of the frame to the right and the stone structure in the foreground, and behind the pontoons, is known as the Man O'War Steps, so named for the original version's association with the Royal Navy. Be patient, we're getting there.
Your photographer has their feet firmly planted on what is, in effect, a balcony of the Sydney Opera House adjacent to the Joan Sutherland Theatre. Now we're getting somewhere! Surely we all know that there was a tram depot here, on this site, before there was an Opera House. No? Well there was. I won't tell you it's name because that would give away the game.
Macquarie's name pops up a bit around here; except not here! You see, you'd have to demolish the structure on which I'm standing to find what we're looking for: the foundations of a stone-built fort which stood on this site, at the behest of Governor Macquarie, from about the second decade of the 19th century. Drum roll for the big reveal, please! By 1901 Macquarie's fort had long outlived its usefulness, alike to the world's last built Martello Tower, Fort Denison, just across the water. So they knocked most of Fort Macquarie down and built the Fort Macquarie Tram Depot on top. The tram depot being unsuited to the performance of opera, was in turn demolished to make way for where I'm standing.
It's a lovely temperate night here on the harbour, except perhaps for that intrusive spotlight aimed back unsympathetically at the Opera House "sails". Anyway, it's time to head off for a sherry, and to wish this spot goodnight.
"Sometimes we lock our hearts away, hoping to protect them from pain. But in doing so, we also deny them the chance to feel
love, joy, and connection." 💖✨
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“The most useful asset of a person is not a head full of knowledge ... but a heart full of love, ears open to listen and hands willing to help.”
This tiny sketch pad was given to me by my dear cousin Charles and his wife Hilary when they visited me in 2011 from Melbourne, Australia.
Thanks for visiting, stay safe and healthy. #BeKind
This old barometer reminds me of my dad & my old home. It hung at the foot of the stairs, where he checked it every morning. When I moved to my present home, the barometer came too but now I check it every morning. It’s one of my oldest possessions & a bit scruffy, but something I will always keep as part of my home.
We all have things that are just hanging around. Things that were given to us or purchased by us and then mostly ignore. This was a gift from one of my brothers who passed away not long afterward. So I couldn't give it away.
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My greatgrandmothers Embroidered Handkerchief from Switzerland ...Probably over a hundred years old .
This is one of mine, designed and crafted by CT artist Diane L Wright...She is still as pretty as the day I received her, Diane!
K - Knick-knack / Keepsake
Trinkets. Baubles. Mementos. Souvenirs. For this theme, we must see a knick-knack and/or keepsake somewhere in your photo. It can be an object that holds sentimental value, or it can simply be part of the diorama. Perhaps your doll has a shelf with snow globes collected from his/her world travels. Maybe your doll loves nautical décor, so there are miniature sailboats and mermaid statues sprinkled throughout the living room. Or maybe your doll always wears a family heirloom necklace close to her heart. The only requirements are that there must be a doll and at least one knick-knack or keepsake included in the photo.
Gouache and Pen on Paper, 2011.
I thought about the future today to the point of becoming totally petrified. Then I called a friend and apologized for being a bad friend, then I watched Scarface, then I played Mario Kart, then I contemplated with my roommate how many girls must have rejected me in my lifetime, mostly for very valid reasons. What will tomorrow bring?