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When Appliances ATTACK!

February 21, 2015 — 10 Comments

appliance attack

F/18.0, 1/60, ISO 160, Photoshop CS6.

Day 52 / 365

This easy mixer started it !

Interesting Fact: In 1908 Herbert Johnson, an engineer for the Hobart Manufacturing Company, invents an electric standing mixer. His inspiration came from observing a baker mixing bread dough with a metal spoon; soon he was toying with a mechanical counterpart. By 1915, his 80-quart mixer was standard equipment for most large bakeries. In 1919 Hobart introduced the KitchenAid Food Preparer (stand mixer) for the home. ( http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/mixers.htm )

 

Cold and Hungry!

February 20, 2015 — 8 Comments

Song Sparrow

F/8.0, 1/320, ISO 100.

Song Sparrow

Day 51 / 365

“Got any food? ”

Interesting Fact:   They recognizes enemies by both instinctual and learned patterns, and adjusts future behavior based on both its own experiences in encounters, and from watching other birds interact with enemies. ( http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/146/_/Song_Sparrow.aspx )

Can You Smell The Flowers!

February 19, 2015 — 30 Comments

tulips

F/5.6, 1/60, ISO 100.

Tulips

Day 50 / 365

STOP! Tulips Time.    🙂

Interesting Fact:  During WWII, some people in the Netherlands were forced to eat tulips because there wasn’t any other food. “Bread made from tulips is not very good … like wet sawdust” according to a Dutch man who grew up on a tulip farm during the war. (Also, part of the bulb is poisonous, apparently.) ( http://alloveralbany.com/archive/2011/05/06/20-facts-about-tulips )

Great Balls Of Ice!

February 18, 2015 — 10 Comments

ice balls

F/5.3, 1/60, ISO 100.

Day 49 / 365

You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain
Too much love drives a man insane
You broke my will, oh what a thrill
Goodness gracious great balls of “ICE” ?

( Original “Great Balls of Fire” Song by Jerry Lee Lewis )

Interesting Fact: Presently, 10 percent of land area on Earth is covered with glacial ice, including glaciers, ice caps, and the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica. Glacierized areas cover over 15 million square kilometers (5.8 million square miles). ( http://nsidc.org/cryosphere/glaciers/quickfacts.html )

 

Here’s Looking At You, Kid!

February 16, 2015 — 4 Comments

Merlin

F/8.0, 1/125, ISO 100.

Merlin

Day 47 / 365

“I see you, and after you take that photo I am out of here ”

Interesting Fact: Merlin pairs have been seen teaming up to hunt large flocks of waxwings: one Merlin flushes the flock by attacking from below; the other comes in moments later to take advantage of the confusion. ( http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/merlin/lifehistory )

Freezing And In Love!

February 14, 2015 — 4 Comments

gadwall

F/6.3, 1/320, ISO 1600.
Gadwall Duck
Day 45 / 365

Even on a frozen ocean you can find love today.

Interesting Fact: Gadwall sometimes steal food from American Coots and from other ducks.
( http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/gadwall/lifehistory )

Bonus Valentine Facts: 2. Valentine’s Day may have a rather gory history. As one variation of a popular myth goes, Claudius II, the Emperor of Rome, forbade young men from marrying because he wanted them as soldiers in his army instead. St. Valentine defied him and married people in secret, so he was executed on Feb. 14 in the year AD 269 – or so the story goes. ( http://m.ibtimes.com/valentines-day-facts-history-fun-ideas-free-burritos-singles-awareness-other-things-1813226 )

Guess What’s Tomorrow!

February 13, 2015 — 8 Comments

love

F/22.0, 72.0, ISO 100.

Day 44 / 365

I hope you found your Valentine.

Interesting Fact:  In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who would be their Valentine. They would wear this name pinned onto their sleeves for one week for everyone to see. This was the origin of the expression “to wear your heart on your sleeve.” ( http://list25.com/25-interesting-facts-valentines-day/2/ )

Now Imagine Yourself Being Creepy!

February 12, 2015 — 6 Comments

creppy

F/22.0, 32.0, ISO 100.

Day 43 / 365

And for my next trick I’ll make another photo appear tomorrow.

Interesting Fact: Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses have been manufactured by Ray-Ban since 1956, when their design was a revolutionary break from the metal eyewear of the past. Wayfarers enjoyed early popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. Though the sunglasses had faded from the limelight by the 1970s, a lucrative 1982 product placement deal brought Wayfarers to their height of popularity. Since the mid-2000s, the sunglasses have been enjoying a revival. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray-Ban_Wayfarer )

Stay Classy!

February 11, 2015 — 8 Comments

kodak

F/5.6, 1/80, ISO 100.

Day 42 / 365

“You press the button, we do the rest.”

Interesting Fact: George Eastman and his mother devised the name Kodak with an anagrams set. Eastman said that there were three principal concepts he used in creating the name: it should be short, easy to pronounce, and not resemble any other name or be associated with anything else. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastman_Kodak )