Category Archives: Photography

TCS: Mad Englishman Near the Midnight Sun — Part 5

Good Morning! ____________________________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a … Continue reading

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TCS: Mad Englishman Near the Midnight Sun — Part 4

Good Morning! barred owl I’ve streamlined The Coffee Shop for you early risers on Monday mornings. There’s less small-print text to read, more story to see. This is still an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion … Continue reading

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Coffee Shop: Mad Englishman Near the Midnight Sun – Part 3

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. —oooOooo– In an open thread, there’s no hard and fast rule about staying on topic, especially if you have a personal story burning a hole … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: June 29, 2016

June 29th is: Camera Day Hug Day Almond Buttercrunch Day Waffle Iron Day International Mud Day National Holidays from Around the World Switzerland – Feasts of  St. Peter and St. Paul Italy – Feasts of  St. Peter and St. Paul … Continue reading

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The Coffee Shop – The Octographer

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From Sony New Zealand: I think she is laughing at us. 🙂 —oooOooo– This is an open thread. There are several hosts, each host … Continue reading

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Morning Open Thread – “The Old New World” Photo-based Animation Project

Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From seccovan, “travel back in time with a little steampunk time machine.” Stills and behind the scenes —oooOooo– This is a daily open thread. There … Continue reading

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Morning Open Thread – Flying over evil with a drone

Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day. The growing hobby of quadricopters, when mixed with high definition video cameras, has opened doors to places, people and things we could only imagine before. … Continue reading

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Morning Open Thread – Rescuing historical photos from WWII

Today is the first day of a new feature series on Flowers for Socrates. Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day, hobby and fun things, what you did on your vacation, and … Continue reading

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Word Cloud: CALL-AND-RESPONSE

by Nona Blyth Cloud Call-and-response is one of the most ancient forms of human expression  — in music, it is a phrase played by a musician or a group of musicians which is answered by another musician or group of … Continue reading

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