Young Goat at Russell Orchards
Taken at Russell Orchards in Ipswich, Massachusetts
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Viewing Flickr Feeds on My Yahoo
Participating in Flickr groups is one of the best ways to get involved with the community. There are groups on almost every possible topic, including different subjects, locations, techniques, cameras and more, and if you can’t find one that matches … Continue reading
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Random Sets on Flickr
A few months ago I added something new to my Flickr account, a set of random photographs that changes every day. This isn’t a Flickr feature, it’s just one of many things you can do using a third-party tool, dopiaza’s … Continue reading
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Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania
Mount Gretna is a unique and beautiful community. Originally established in the 1880s as a summer resort community, it soon became home to two institutions, the Mount Gretna Campmeeting, and the Pennsylvania Chautauqua, enriching the spiritual and cultural lives of … Continue reading
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North Korea on My Mind
The news from North Korea continues to be disturbing, and I can’t get it out of my mind. North Korea is pretty close to Dalian, the Chinese city where I taught English for three summers. One hot weekend in 2004, … Continue reading
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Made You Look…
In my old neighborhood, kids teased each other by pointing at your feet and saying, “Your shoe’s untied” or pointing up to the sky and saying “What’s that???” or, more imaginatively, pointing behind you and saying “Look! There goes Mr. … Continue reading
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Commenting the Commons
Every time the Library of Congress adds new photographs to their Flickr Commons site, I jump right on them, flipping through looking for interesting photographs. I especially love the News in the 1910s set, black-and-white news photographs from the Bain … Continue reading
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Suffrage Pageant Flower Girls
Here’s a great photograph of suffragists to kick off Women’s History Month. It’s from the Library of Congress collection on Flickr. The Library of Congress was the first participant in The Commons on Flickr, a project where cultural institutions share … Continue reading
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Multicolr
[Cropped screenshot: click to see the full screen] This time of year, when Christmas is over, the trees are bare and snow covers the ground, I always start thinking about color. Multicolr is an elegant site that lets you browse … Continue reading
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Fantastic Flickr Photographers
Fantastic Flickr Photographers — This PC World slideshow features the work of some of Flickr’s best photographers, with an emphasis on the way Flickr groups encourage experimentation and appreciation of different photographic styles and techniques : Fake Tilt Shift, Underwater … Continue reading
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