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Monthly Archives: July 2014
Rainier Cherries
Another experiment with KOLA filters.
A River or a Creek
Here’s a photograph by John Capewell featuring either a river or a creek. If I were to hazard a guess, I would say it’s the Big Timber Creek being that the Capewell family resided in Westville, New Jersey, but I’m … Continue reading
Beauty & The Niece
I was hunting through an old four-drawer filing cabinet in my studio for something that eluded me and has now completely escaped me when I came upon this old snapshot of me under heavy zombie makeup and my niece Jessica … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past
Tagged 1980s, latex, makeup, monster, New Jersey, Ocean City, Plague Productions, zombie
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Waffle BLT with Avocado
Thomas’ Bagel Thins are my son’s go to bread for BLTs, except that we ran out. We were also out of bread. * hangs head in shame * However, there was leftover waffle batter in the fridge, so I fired … Continue reading
Surviving the Summer Thanks to Westinghouse
There’s nothing like an old fan – one that could take a finger off. This fan weighs 13 pounds and was manufactured by Westinghouse in 1941. It takes up residence in my kitchen from June to August. We got the fan … Continue reading
Posted in Curious Clutter, News
Tagged summer in the city, vintage fans, Westinghouse
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Christening Gown
This looks to be one of John Capewell’s sons – possibly John, Jr. – on what I’m guessing is the day of his Baptism.
Posted in The Capewell Glass Negative Collection
Tagged 1906, analog, antique photograph, baby, backyard, Baptism, Christening, Christening gown, Christian, early 20th Century, glass negative, infant, John B Capewell, lodgepole, lodgepole chair, lodgepole furniture, New Jersey, The Capewell Glass Negative Collection, USA, vintage, Westville
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Is There Life on Mars?
KOLA filters are a set of colored, plastic disks that you manually hold in front of your camera lens or flash to color your photos. I’ve done a bit of experimenting with still lifes, but yesterday I took them to the pool to … Continue reading
A Hiccup
My Independence Day project didn’t work out as I hoped.


