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Related: About this forumA few more from the Tehama area
Some times I wish I could have a 1-2 step ladder that folded up small and weighed nothing.
Like this rundown building advertising the lottery
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A few more from the Tehama area (Original Post)
Old Crank
Jul 2023
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CaliforniaPeggy
(152,704 posts)1. Thank you so much, my dear Old Crank! More goodies! Love 'em all. ♥ nt
Old Crank
(5,118 posts)2. Thanks
I apreciate the comments. I have a huge number of transparencies to scan and this stuff is a bit of a break.
usonian
(15,226 posts)3. You are a master of juxtaposition.
"Venus on the half-shell" versus barbed wire.
Old Crank
(5,118 posts)4. Sometimes the composition is there for the taking.
usonian
(15,226 posts)5. Well, you had the good eye to see it. I'll bet that most wouldn't.
I got a copy of "How to See" by George Nelson long ago.
"A Guide to Reading Our Manmade Environment"
Probably only found in antiquarian bookstores these days.
Full of many topics:
Communications
Art
Old Stuff
Mobility
Geometrics and Other Exercises
City
Survival Designs
Standardization/Variety/Evolution
Piques the imagination, but everything is "found" and
Fortune Favors the Curious.
Duncan Grant
(8,567 posts)6. The lotto shot - my kind of juxtaposition.
I always enjoy seeing SF through anothers eyes. Thanks!