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These small scissors have shaped blades & a tiny locking structure that allows the length of cut to be fixed. I think they must be almost a hundred years old. The thread colour is “autumn rust” - not very seasonal! Just the fabric & buttons are modern.
Loved this business sign, which Ken observantly pointed out to me on a recent visit to Franklin TN! We had such fun there!
I decided to start today earning some 'Brownie points' as I call them, for when I want to get away with something. That something happens to be a nine day trip to Iceland leaving my wife at home. So on my list this morning amongst other things were, clean the cooker, walk the dog, wash the kitchen and utility floor and hoover up around the place.
Despite being easily distracted, and finding my way to do other more pleasant jobs for myself that weren't on my wife's list, I found myself in the front hallway with a 'need to tidy up' mentality. My daughter had left some of her junk and gone off to Florida and I was just tidying her stuff up when I noticed a small object on the carpet which I was going to hoover as soon as I stopped being distracted.
Bending down to pick it up I raised the curious object to my eyes and was pretty amazed to see that the tiny things were actually a pair of scissors. And that is them balanced on the end of my finger. They are that small!
Well, one of the things on my mind was "Macro Mondays" theme of "Cutter". Until that moment I was going to do something with some large serrated kitchen scissors but suddenly....!!!! Well they must have dropped out of my daughter's dolls house stuff. Rarely have I been more pleased to be told to do some domestic chores, when this was the prize!
Right! Back to the house work. Need alot more points.
(PS. The scissors are 15mm long)
I ran around in my truck trying to chase this (and others) down to get a bird in flight shot, but I had to settle on a sitting one.
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Scissortail Flycatcher
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Scientific name: Tyrannus forficatus
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Unfortunately, despite repeated scrutiny of the relevant notebooks, I have been unable to pinpoint from the minimalist records contained within them the exact date of this photograph. The best I can do is narrow it down to sometime between 30th October and the end of November 1976. However, the precise date probably doesn't matter that much: it's identifiable as Cambridge station with its well-known scissors crossover clearly visible. For many years Cambridge had only one through platform, seen here on the right (numbers 1 and 4), and the crossover allowed multiple trains to use the platform at the same time. According to Wikipedia it's the third longest platform in the UK. In 2011, a new island platform was opened - just behind where the Class 08 shunter is parked - which added two more through platforms. I considered converting this one to monochrome but in doing so I would have lost the red light so I decided to leave it as "colour".
For the Macro Mondays group, on the subject of 'Found in the Kitchen' - this is the blades of a pair of kitchen scissors.
Quite a minimalist shot, and I think it works fairly well...
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After: Rene Schute
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Our Daily Challenge 9-14 Dec : Rock, Paper, Scissors.
I had to look it up on Wiki, as it is something I have never understood, in spite of it being explained to me by several folk.
Why not just toss a coin?
See a coloured one here www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/?image_id=2657220
Osprey / Fischadler (Pandion haliaetus)
First bite. The expertly created scissors touch the face of the fish as they go to work on the soft flesh.
Rock-paper-scissors is a hand game played by at least two people. The game is also known as roshambo, or by other orderings of the three items (with "stone" sometimes substituting for "rock")
Watching the 3 items here, the rock, the wood, and the grass, all three in this natural setting, I couldn't help but thinking about the rock-paper-scissor game - though the items are not the same. :) PS: Of those 3 in my picture, grass wins.
Exif: ISO 100 ; f/5.6 ; 1/125 ; @14mm
ND Grad for the clouds
The Scissors Dancers of Peru at the Raritan Native American Heritage Celebrations & PowWow 2024 Held in Middlesex County Fairgrounds, East Brunswick, NJ.
The Scissors Dance, Peru's Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity :
Folklore is undoubtedly one of the greatest sources of pride for countries. The inhabitants of a country identify with local artistic expressions, including traditional dances. In Peru, there is a wide variety of traditional dances that are known internationally, including the “scissors dance”, recognized by UNESCO as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on November 16, 2010.
The scissors dance is an Andean ritual that is practiced in different cities in Peru, mainly in the Departments of Huancavelica and Ayacucho. It stands out for its originality, ancient roots, and symbolic value. The man who dances plays the role of the “mediator” between Mother Earth and the Andes and the settlers, managing the connection between them.
The origins of the dance date back to the 16th century when it was called “Taki Onkoy”, a Quechua expression and movement of the time that means “the rebellion of the Huacas”. It originated in the ancient region of Chanka (which today corresponds to the departments of Ayacucho, Huancavelica, and Apurimac), where, after the Spanish conquest in Peru, the priests of Taki Onkoy announced throughout the country that the centers of worship or huacas that had been destroyed by the Spanish were still in existence, in addition to proclaiming the end of the oppression by the conquistadores. These priests were driven by the force of the APUS and the PACHAMAMA to dance and communicate the message that everything that surrounds us on Earth and in space has life.
This representative dance from the mountainous regions of Peru is very colorful and powerful. It includes impressive acrobatics by the dancers, who are called “Danzaq”, whose creativity and dexterity in the dance steps amazes spectators. During the scissors dance, the man dances while carrying scissors called “female” and “male”, shaking, clinking, and moving them in the different choreography sequences.
--- peru.info
4061c 2023 11 11 File Scissors and Parker Pen clip {Arrow}
Test Shot for 11/14/23 CrAzY Tuesday Theme: Pointed
Rock Paper Scissors - Unpack - [Chris Two Designs] at the Equal10 Event on Feb 10th maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/equal10/210/128/89.
VIDEO TUTORIAL www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOwGGqyW8So