Good Grief! 'Peanuts' Is 60 - A Classic LIFE Photo Gallery

Good Grief! 'Peanuts' Turns 60 - Photo Gallery - LIFE

Some Around Indiana Photos

Really Amazing Color Photos From Pre-Bolshevik Revolution Russia

The Denver Post shared these photos on it's blog. The photographs of Russian chemist and photographer, Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii, show Russia on the eve of World War I and the coming of the revolution. From 1909-1912 and again in 1915, Prokudin-Gorskii traveled across the Russian Empire, documenting life, landscapes and the work of Russain people.


Man and camel loaded with packs; between 1905 and 1915 Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii Collection (Library of Congress).

Old church of Saint Nicholas the Wonder Worker, Nyrob; 1910 Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii Collection (Library of Congress).

Georgian woman standing on a carpet, outside, near a tree; between 1905 and 1915 Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii Collection (Library of Congress).

Dagestani types, Man and woman posed outdoors; between 1905 and 1915 Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii Collection (Library of Congress).

To learn more about the Prokudin-Gorskii, the process he used to create the color photographs, and see his collection, you can visit the Library of Congress, who purchased his glass negatives in 1948.

That 80s Me

Sticking my tongue out and dressed in my trendy 80s ware (never a pastels, rolled-up-sleeve guy) at a party in Bloomington, IN (IU) in mid-80s. (click the pic for a flash-back, retro treat.)

'We have chosen hope over fear'

 

Members of the Tuskegee Airmen, a WWII unit of African American fighter pilots, sat and waited to see the swearing in of Obama.

Photos That Changed The World

These are just some of the photos you'll find at Photos that Changed the World. Go there and be inspired, outraged, awed and humbled. It seems that most of the comments on the site have been invaded by Trolls leaving nothing but hate and invective in their wake. Please do not feed the Trolls, it only makes them stronger and happy.

 

 

 

 

 

A Flickr Mosaic Meme

I'd been meaning to do this for a while, but never got around to it. I really liked the concept, so here it is.

To play:
a.) Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b.) Using only the first page, pick an image.
c.) Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd's Mosaic Maker.

The Questions:
1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name.

1. David Hobby & Chase Jarvis, 2. Pizza Porn, 3. Waldron High School Gym, 4. When I'm sleeping, I slow down my breathing...Living in dreams, dreams that come true...thinking of the color blue... ZZZzzzzzz..., 5. Rachel Weisz hace gala de su belleza, 6. Honey Brown, 7. Scottish Castle, 8. Raspberry - Swirl Cheesecake, 9. The Algonquin, 10. Autumn walk, 11. e, 12. Me
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

The Photography of Steve Schofield

Land of The Free

Photographs of pop-culture fanatics dressed in their natural habitats. Surreal, but also quite beautiful. Steve Scofield describes his work as "exploring the fascination that the British public has with American popular culture and the sub-cultural world of fandom."

Some Summer Pics

 
Looking at PBSkids website. She still loves Dragon Tales the best.

Her best little Smirk.

No, not upset, she was trying hard to pose. I was trying hard to keep her from posing. Somewhere, we met in the middle. I like it.

 
Summer discoveries.

hitchhiker's guide to "tag galaxy"

I discovered this site through StumbleUpon and thought I'd share here. It's really cool.

It's called Tag Galaxy, a very cool visual representation of your Flickr tag search. Honestly, you can search Flickr just as easily from your homepage but not have nearly as much fun!

You start off by entering a tag. I started off with “Indy 500”. Once you click “Go”, the fun starts. You are whisked away to what looks to be a star, in this case labeled "Indy 500", surrounded by planets that represent complementary tags such as Indycar, Indiana, Indianapolis and Race. If you’re happy with your initial search, you can just click the star and you'll be zoomed in to a globe that quickly propagates with images related to that tag, but if you click on one of the planets, you’ll zoom into a specific set of image results associated with one unique tag. Drilling down to that sphere brings you to another galaxy cluster centered with a star and even more orbiting planets. You don’t necessary have to view pictures. The visual treats preceding any image browsing are enough to wow you. Link.