Play Your Cards Right!

playing cards

F/20.0, 128.0, ISO 160.

Day 8 / 365

Life is like playing cards, you can win some or you can loose some, but at least at the end you had some fun.

Interesting Fact:  Playing cards were invented in Ancient China. They were found in China as early as the 9th Century during the Tang Dynasty (618–907). ( http://www.theplayingcardfactory.com/history.html )

You Spin Me Right Round, Baby Right Round !

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 )