365

You Spin Me Right Round, Baby Right Round !

January 6, 2015 — 12 Comments

record player

F/25, 76.0, ISO 100.

Day 6 / 365

That photo makes me break out to a Dead Or Alive song.

♪ ♫ You spin me right round, baby
Right round like a record, baby
Right round round round  ♫ ♪

Interesting Fact: Thomas Edison began to understand the principles of recording and playing sounds in 1877 when he discovered how to play back a recorded message through the telephone. Edison released his idea to the world when he invented the first record player on November 21, 1877. ( http://www.ehow.com/about_5052873_record-players.html )

 

 

Sorry For Mooning !

January 5, 2015 — 14 Comments

moon

F/6.3, 1/250, ISO 100.

Day 5 / 365

It is a perfect night for watching the moon, or mooning, that can be fun too. ( Ha Ha Ha )     🙂

Interesting Fact: The moon’s diameter is about 1/4 the diameter of the Earth. About 49 moons would fit inside the Earth. ( http://www.moonconnection.com/moon_facts.phtml )

 

Just Keep Swimming, Just Keep Swimming!

January 4, 2015 — 12 Comments

canvasback ducks

F/6.3, 1/60, ISO 320.

Day 4 / 365

I wonder where they can be swimming in such a hurry, maybe they are late to be somewhere or maybe they are just afraid of me. 🙂

Interesting Fact: Canvasbacks are diver ducks well equipped with their own form of flippers—large webbed feet that make them smooth and graceful swimmers. They spend much of their time in the water and use their long bills to feed by digging through bottom sediments in search of aquatic plant stems and roots, or submerged insects, crustaceans, and clams. ( http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/canvasback/ )

I Have An Idea!

January 3, 2015 — 18 Comments

light bulb

F/11.0, 1/250, ISO 320.

Day 3 / 365

Sometimes you can get an idea by just turning the light on. 🙂

Interesting Fact: Electric arc lighting, invented in 1809, was much safer but far too bright for use in a small area. A smaller light was needed, and in 1880 Thomas Edison patented the first commercially viable incandescent light bulb. ( http://classroom.synonym.com/important-thomas-edison-invention-light-bulb-6305.html )

Stairway To Heaven

January 2, 2015 — 16 Comments

Bridge

F/6.3, 30.0, ISO 100.

Day 2 / 365

To some people it may look like a stairway to heaven, but to most of us it’s just a New Jersey Turnpike. ( Which is no heaven )

Interesting Fact: If you wanted to visit Bruce Springsteen’s hometown of Freehold, what NJ Turnpike exit would you take?  Exit 8 is Heightstown – Freehold. But don’t go to Freehold expecting to visit a Springsteen Museum – there isn’t one. According to an article by fellow Freehold native Mark Hyman in “Business Week” in 2000, that’s the way The Boss likes it. Apparently he wants things to be low-key and “normal” when he goes there to visit his old haunts. ( http://www.funtrivia.com/en/subtopics/The-New-Jersey-Turnpike-What-Exit-297450.html )

 

 

365 Project-The Beginning

January 1, 2015 — 12 Comments

Happy New Year 2015

F25.0, 20.0, ISO 100.

1 /365

The time is here to start my 365 project. First photo of the year seems proper.  Stay tuned to see my other ideas for this project.

 

Interesting Fact: The earliest known New Year celebrations were in Mesopotamia and date back to 2000 B.C. ( http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/12/world/new-years-fast-facts/ )