Check out the visitor we had on our porch windowsill. A baby bird! It was still drizzling outside, and I thought Amazon delivered a package, so I checked the front porch. Lo and behold outside on one of our windowsills was a little baby bird! The momma bird was sitting next to the baby bird, …
How do you defeat the Asian Murder Hornet? Beekeepers in Asia use tennis rackets to defeat the Murder Hornet. Scientific American takes a look at how Asia handles this monstrous hornet: Beekeepers can help by installing entrance traps over the doorways of managed hives that have holes large enough for a bee to pass through …
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Whip cream and Coca-Cola sounds pretty good, right? The quarantine trick is to not use a glass for the Coca-Cola. Just spray the whip cream directly into the can. Fitting the whip cream nozzle into an aluminum can is so quarantine. The act of fitting the whip cream nozzle into an aluminum can is so …
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The photo printing service Snapfish sent me an email saying that if I don’t order any prints, they will delete my photos. Which is completely fair. They shouldn’t have to host my photos if I’m not ordering any prints. To pull on the emotional strings, they included a photo inside the email. Here’s a screenshot …
For 40 years, my twin brother and I didn’t know if we were fraternal or identical twins. We looked close enough to perhaps be identical. But we had enough differences between us that people could easily tell us apart. Whenever someone found out that either of us was a twin, the first question always asked …
Whenever snow falls in April, it always is a bit of a surprise. We tend to think of April as a spring month. The temperatures start warming up. And then boom. Snow. Snow? Really? When there isn’t a global pandemic keeping everyone at home, I can understand how most people don’t want to see the …
Lately everyone has been sharing creative projects to do at home. Usually they are cute like putting a teddy bear in your front window. But how about a quirky project? Photograph all the doorknobs in your residence. Ever pay attention to your doorknobs? They are so critical and intimate. To open a door, you need …
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Can a photo captured with a 2-megapixel camera from 2002 still be popular today? Well, of course it can—if the subject matter works. Photos taken in the early 00s are in a weird in-between time The early digital photography years are before the era of social media and sharing online. They come after the days …
People are setting teddy bears in their front window, so people can walk around on a #teddybearhunt making your neighborhood friendlier. Here’s our little purple bear. Put a bear in your window. More teddy bears people have put in their window
Looking for a completely different way to make a drawing? How about making your drawing directly on public art? (video) Let’s start with one of the most famous public artworks in Chicago. The Picasso. This hefty icon stands 50-feet tall, weighs 162 tons. A quirky figure that can interpreted in many ways: a woman, a …
