Vorrei uno di questi, e’ bello.
(I want one of these)
Photos by PATTIBUM
Beautiful Old Factory
Today I celebrate the Oreo cookie not because
I like the cookie so much but I do love design
and history. Today I did some internet stumbling
and came upon these great images of the design
of the old Oreo Cookie factory in New York.
Sometimes I do wish I lived closer to NYC
to experience some of this first hand but suffice
to say I’ll enjoy the ‘ol factory thanks to
the talents of PATTIBUM.
The first Oreo cookie was made in 1912 at
the original Nabisco bakery in NYC which
is today the Chelsea Market.
Read here for 13 things you didn’t know
about Oreo cookies
Present day Chelsea Market
Beautiful Driftwood
A giant piece of “drift tree” finds its way to the
small coastal town of La Push, WA.
A wow moment for Phil Lachman.
Beautiful Nature
Random moments of natural beauty captured
by an iPhone.
Wet leaves, love the texture and color
I usually can’t achieve this kind of detail with an
iPhone, the lighting must have been perfect to
capture the water droplets
The bright yellow and shadows caught my attention
Surprised to see hydrangeas in late fall.
Photo taken at twighlight
Beautiful Meditation
Rest is something that can be captured as form
of meditation, or a day-dream, the idea of slowing
down and taking notice of the present, re-store,
a point of re-envisioning challenges
and looking at them with intent.
Rest isn’t only a stop, it’s a place on a journey.
An “intermission of labor, mental peace.”
That quiet stance of contemplation,
being in that place, a sentinel, an observant.
Rest, Respite.
Restore, renew.
To look again. To see anew.
Wall of the Harvard Exit Movie Theater
Capitol Hill, Seattle
Greenlake at twilight
Beautiful People
Before They Pass Away is a powerful documentary series by photographer Jimmy Nelson featuring dozens of cultures around the world whose people live in seclusion and are at risk of fading away. Traveling across five continents, the English photographer manages to embrace the various cultures he has encountered and highlights each of the 35 tribes’ unique beauty. There is pure beauty in the photos and what they teach about humanity deeply humbles me.
Huli of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
Goroka of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
Karo of the Omo Valley of Africa’s Great Rift Valley
Kalam of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
Kazakh of Eastern Europe & Northern Central Asia
This story will stay with me for many days….
Is there an especially memorable story from your travels for this project that you can share?
There’s a photo of three native Kazakh men from Mongolia with eagles on their shoulders on a mountain. That picture took 4 days to make, because each morning there wasn’t enough light. On the fourth morning, it was about minus 20 degrees on top of the mountain and the light was beautiful. I took off my gloves to take the photo and they literally froze to the camera. I began crying and turned around and saw that 2 women had followed us there. One of them took my fingers and cradled them in her jacket until I got the feeling back and was able to take a couple of shots. What I didn’t know was that these women were actually strict Sunni Muslims, and broke all codes of modesty to aid me. They saw my desperation and did what they could to help me achieve what I was there for.
AMAZING!
Tsaatan of the remote subarctic taiga of Mongolia
Beautiful Orange
History of Chrome orange:
Chromium was the chameleon-like fruit of a Siberian mineral, called crocoite and discovered in the eighteenth century. The mineral is deep orange, a natural form of lead chromate. It was analysed in the late 1790s by the eminent French chemist Nicolas Louis Vauquelin, who identified the new element chromium as the source of the color. Vauquelin studied the compounds of chromium, and found that he could make bright yellow and rich orange versions of lead chromate, both of which he proposed as potential pigments. Chrome orange became the first pure orange pigment since the medieval use of realgar, a highly toxic compound of arsenic. The chromium colors did not become widespread, however, until the discovery of chromium-containing mineral deposits in France, USA and Britain. By replacing the lead in chrome yellow with other metals, such as zinc and strontium, the color could be tuned to paler or more acidic hues, such as ‘lemon yellow’. Chrome orange was introduced as a pigment in 1809. The world production of chrome orange ceased few years ago.
Beautiful Pecha Kucha
Looking forward to the latest Pecha Kucha Seattle.
Tonight it’s all about story telling presented at the
beautiful Bellevue Arts Museum. If you are visiting
or have time don’t miss the exhibit
Rick Araluce: The Minutes, the Hours, the Days
Sculpture and ceramic art
by Patti Warashina: Wit and Wisdom
Beautiful Stone
There isn’t anything special about this building
located next to The HUB, but I really like and
appreciate the old world stone for its authenticity.
Beautiful Bansky
Controversy surrounding the new World Trade Center
design is a never-ending source of amusement;
now Bansky has joined in.
Beautiful Surreal Photography
Kindra Nikole, a Seattle-based photographer, takes inspiration
from fairy tales and fantasy to yield compelling images.
I especially like the solitude and mystery the convey.
Beautiful Musings 
