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Bird’s Eye Views
Category Archives: photography
Basic Simplicity …Floral Friday
The timing, the conditions, and the materials all fell into place to help this week’s Floral Friday to work out according to plan. The basic idea was to assemble very simple arrangements using materials I already had on hand utilizing … Continue reading
Posted in Floral Arts, Hobbies, photography, projects
Tagged Holley Ross Pottery, McCoy Pottery, natural light photography, simplicity
2 Comments
Thinking About A Few Gadgets
While searching for an old diary journal, I stumbled across the two user manuals for my vintage Canon AE-1 35mm film camera. I had purchased the refurbished camera back in 1978 from a shop in downtown Norfolk, Nebraska after having … Continue reading
Posted in cultural highlights, Gadgets, Hometown, Meanderings, photography
Tagged appliances, cameras, cars, high tech
5 Comments
More Postcards
It’s been several months since I’ve shuffled through the collection of vintage and antique postcards I keep in a couple of antique wooden cigar boxes. For amusement, I grabbed a handful to enjoy. For today, I’m sharing four cards that … Continue reading
Posted in cultural highlights, Hobbies, Meanderings, photography, Travel, Vintage Collectables
Tagged tourist attractions, vintage postcards
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Souvenir Coins
When traveling, it’s fun to bring back souvenirs. Years later, they are memory jogs for pleasant reminiscing. Souvenirs aren’t only for tourists, small gifts received as rewards for special events serve the same purpose. I prefer regular pocket change coins … Continue reading
Posted in cultural highlights, photography, Travel, Vintage Collectables
Tagged foreign coins, pocket change, U.S. Proof Sets
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Out In The Boondocks
For World Photo Day today, I will share a few photos taken in my special place in the world. Nebraska is sometimes derided as a mere “flyover state”. However, for those of us who live here, the locale and the … Continue reading
Create Something
I dreamt that I had invented and marketed a portable solar window adapter. It was a two part device so that it could be used on two windows at once. It terminated with an electrical outlet so the user could … Continue reading
Posted in art, Contemplation, cultural highlights, Hobbies, Meanderings, music, philosophy, photography, projects
Tagged advertising, create something, creativity, dreams, products
7 Comments
Some Fun With UV
There’s a vintage Ingersoll alarm clock on a shelf in the bedroom that is so old the luminescent dial markings do not glow more than a couple of minutes after being charged up with a flashlight. I like the style … Continue reading
