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Monthly Archives: July 2021
Coming Soon to My Sketchbook
This is my latest acquisition. It is a cake of water soluble graphite that I will be using in conjunction with standard graphite and other water soluble pencils. The results are like ink washes, and I’ve been having a blast … Continue reading
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Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged graphite, Viarco, water soluble
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Garlic Beef and Vegetable Ramen
Ramen noodles are a handy item to keep in your pantry. You can usually score them three for a buck at the grocery store, and if you toss the seasoning packets – you’ve got noodles that cook in about three … Continue reading
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Posted in Lovin' from the Oven, News
Tagged heavy on the veggies, ramen noodles, what to make for dinner
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Rainier Cherries
It’s that time of the year!
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Posted in Glorious Food, Italian Market, Photography
Tagged 9th Street, Rainier cherries, stone fruits
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A Lady Cabbie and George Sanders’ Brother
Here’s another satisfying but forgotten mystery movie the likes of which used to play regularly at local movie houses when there were local movie houses. Eventually films like this would pad out the schedules of local UHF channels to be … Continue reading
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Posted in Movie Matinee, Weird World of the Roku
Tagged 1945, amnesia, murder, mystery, Pub-D-Hub, Roku, Tom Conway
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One Touch Colorization
A new set of features in the recently updated Photoshop make it unbelievably easy to cheat by making the painstaking process of colorizing photos into a one button process!
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Posted in Computers, photo manipulation, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 35mm, colorize, film, Neural Filters, Photoshop, Self portait, Tina Garceau
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Stormy Sky
Early evening last night in South Philadelphia.
