Random picture thread for Friday
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Trip to Harrisburg, PA a couple weeks ago.

"If I say something in the woods and my wife isn't there to hear it.....am I still wrong?"
My Washington Quarter Registry set...in progress5 -
The adoption process has begun, wish me luck for this little girl, Lily...
~HABE FIDUCIAM IN DOMINO III V VI / III XVI~
POST NUBILA PHOEBUS / AFTER CLOUDS, SUN
Love for Music / Collector of Dreck13 -
Yesterday's beach finds. I love The Beach and Pacific Ocean

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I'm always in awe of the awesome talent and of the amazing eye sight of coin die engravers.
This artist, though, has got to take the cake.
The interior dimension of this boxwood piece is......
wait for it....
only 4.7 cm which translates to 1.85 inches in old money.1500-1525 A.D. Northern Netherlands

"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
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Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
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Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
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Northern Flicker (woodpecker) on an ash tree eating the tiny furry flying bugs that collect there this time of year.
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Third dozen at lunch with the wife.
Collecting Peace Dollars and Modern Crap.11 -
@ECHOES said:
The adoption process has begun, wish me luck for this little girl, Lily...
Pretty cat!
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More leaves and trees





Proud recipient of the coveted "You Suck Award" (9/3/10).14 -
Great song for the times...

"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.3 -
A rare one.
@SoCalBigMark said:
Finally cooling down in Southern California, this is the mist flowing into Cucamonga Canyon yesterday.
Flatbiller country.
Looks like what you see on your way to Vegas.
Glicker's foothills look nicer.
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Alfred Hitchcock?



"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.6 -
Two years ago I sent away to the Canadian Library and Archives to see if there was any info on my grandfather who served in WW2. This week, to my pleasant surprise, I got an envelope of 21 documents and a photograph. The photograph was the most surprising thing of course, because I wasn't expecting it at all.

One of the documents had a nice, succinct bio.


Some of the documents are hard to read because of abbreviations, acronyms, and shorthand. It's hard to pin down what exact squadron he was with. If I can figure that out I can explore the Library and Archives more in depth and hopefully find some more photographs.
Radiant Collection: Numismatics and Exonumia of the Atomic Age.
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Stephen's Big Purple rose. Red at first and turns almost purple after 2-3 days in a vase. Very rich fragrance.
I never thought that growing old would happen so fast.
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@PCGSPhoto said:
Two years ago I sent away to the Canadian Library and Archives to see if there was any info on my grandfather who served in WW2. This week, to my pleasant surprise, I got an envelope of 21 documents and a photograph. The photograph was the most surprising thing of course, because I wasn't expecting it at all.
One of the documents had a nice, succinct bio.


Some of the documents are hard to read because of abbreviations, acronyms, and shorthand. It's hard to pin down what exact squadron he was with. If I can figure that out I can explore the Library and Archives more in depth and hopefully find some more photographs.
What’s beautiful is that you’re both photographers. Did he inspire you to take up photography?
He who knows he has enough is rich.
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@philographer He died when I was very young, four years old. I remember liking him a lot, and being so scared seeing him a shell of himself after a major stroke. He left behind a Windsor Newton watercolor set I first started painting with, and I still have his Minolta SRT-201 SLR camera. Still works, still use it. So yes, there is indeed some inspiration there.
Radiant Collection: Numismatics and Exonumia of the Atomic Age.
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@Swampboy said:
I'm always in awe of the awesome talent and of the amazing eye sight of coin die engravers.
This artist, though, has got to take the cake.
The interior dimension of this boxwood piece is......
wait for it....
only 4.7 cm which translates to 1.85 inches in old money.1500-1525 A.D. Northern Netherlands

That is amazing! Is that yours? If so, can you post a pic with a dollar bill for size reference?
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Painting with my Daughter tonight
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"Tootsie Roll". My house is 5 blocks away. Some nights, you can smell the tootsie rolls!

"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.6 -
Driving threw Camp Pendleton and a neat looking helicopter/airplane, aka Osprey.
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@ms70 said:
@Swampboy said:
I'm always in awe of the awesome talent and of the amazing eye sight of coin die engravers.
This artist, though, has got to take the cake.
The interior dimension of this boxwood piece is......
wait for it....
only 4.7 cm which translates to 1.85 inches in old money.1500-1525 A.D. Northern Netherlands

That is amazing! Is that yours? If so, can you post a pic with a dollar bill for size reference?
@ms70 that's a piece in the British Museum.
It measures 5" top to bottom

"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
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Aside from their bad reputation mine are calm and gentle but protective of my kids when we walk them.
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These are from my late grandfather's war book. The document I find most interesting and intriguing is the evacuation document to a US Hospital Ship but it's in german and what made it so significant that he kept it??



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And on the Homefront, here is a Sunrise Sequence from this week's Friday:



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And for good measure here is a late afternoon view taken later Friday from the office.
Pictured is a rare atmosphere magnified view of Mount Foraker, the sixth tallest mountain in North America at 17,402 feet contrasted to its sister mountain, Denali f/k/a Mt. McKinley, at 20,308 feet which holds the record as the highest.
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Great pictures this week! I really like the family history shared on here, it's really interesting. You guys make this thread awesome!
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Pretty sure I pinned down another photo of my grandfather from the Archives based on the info I got. Corresponds to the date and location of the completion of his first photographic course in early 1941. Second from the top right.

Radiant Collection: Numismatics and Exonumia of the Atomic Age.
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@ECHOES said:
The adoption process has begun, wish me luck for this little girl, Lily...
It didn’t work out, I am really bummed. The veterinarians discovered a problem with her spine. I felt it best not to have her in a home with another cat, Lucy can be a handful. Turns out though, there were two other people interested in her, she will have a home soon.
~HABE FIDUCIAM IN DOMINO III V VI / III XVI~
POST NUBILA PHOEBUS / AFTER CLOUDS, SUN
Love for Music / Collector of Dreck3 -
From my travel archives:
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Went out on the Kayak last night looking for some bugs.
Found 5 nice ones, yummy!
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Cameo business strike?


"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.3 -
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Getting a head start on tomorrow Friday.
Views from a neighborhood walk this week to the Ocean Overlook at the nearby Estuary Nature Preserve along with a haunted Headless Horseman and a creepy creature encountered enroute.





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"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.3 -
@Swampboy said:
I'm always in awe of the awesome talent and of the amazing eye sight of coin die engravers.
This artist, though, has got to take the cake.
The interior dimension of this boxwood piece is......
wait for it....
only 4.7 cm which translates to 1.85 inches in old money.1500-1525 A.D. Northern Netherlands

Must have done that when in there 20's. Eyesight 20/20!
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@PCGSPhoto said:
Pretty sure I pinned down another photo of my grandfather from the Archives based on the info I got. Corresponds to the date and location of the completion of his first photographic course in early 1941. Second from the top right.That's great, congrats

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Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb, Ricko
Bad transactions with : nobody to date
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@bearcave young eyes for sure even if their bodies were old!
I saw this in Vegas at the Treasure Island Casino. The scale is much greater on this mammoth ivory carving but I'm still in awe of the artistry and craftmanship.




"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
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WOW! And that is a wooly mammoth tusk!
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@Downtown1974 said:

Looks like Santa during the Summer months. Lol
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.3
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