Image of the Day: Peonies and Ants

Photo by Terri Lukens-Gable

You can read about the beneficial relationship between ants and peonies at this link.

Image of the Day: "Moiré" Amsterdam

Morey Amsterdam's tie is strobing with a moiré pattern.

More on moirés can be found at this link, and more on Morey Amerstam at this link.

Image of the Day: Open

Image of the Day: Prescription Diet Watermark

On my light-table at work, the watermark "Crown Line" shows up very nicely.
This is a companion to my post on 5/23 "Image of the Day: Prescription Diet"

Image of the Day: S. Cooke Imgraham's Books

Welcome to My Desktop, Mac Pro

We'll be phasing out the Mac Pro Towers at work for the newly designed versions over the next several weeks. Of special note, the Apple decals are in matte black! I'll post an updated images of my desktop when we get the dual monitors set-up. 

Image of the Day; Heavier Stationery Paper and Not Cocaine

Earworm of the Day: Chvrches "Tightrope"

I first heard about this song on NPR. Chvrches cover Janelle Monáe's "Tightrope" Live at Billboard Women In Music 2013

Image of the Day; The Request

Outside of the note . . .

and the inside of the note.

Image of the Day: Prescription Diet

Earworm of the Day: The Who's "Love reign o'er me"

Listen to it here.

Image of the Day: Oldest and Newest Business Cards

My oldest business card, most likely circa 1880s that I discovered with other S. Cooke Ingraham ephemera,  and the newest addition picked up by my son in NYC.

"This Looks Like a Job for the Penn State Mark Police!"

Penn State Creamery Gift Card

Burger King

IST Building

IST Building

Giant Food

Giant Food

Images of the Day: Raising of the Chipmunk

Weighing in at weighs 6500 pounds, the Chipmunk logo is  ~35 feet by 25 feet.

Image of the Day: Hook & Ladder

Another version of this can be found here; love the way the ampersand overlaps itself.

Image of the Day: Friends with a Lock

Images of the Day: Snow Pack

On the Penn State University Park campus, remnants of our brutal winter. Photos taken this morning at 6:20 a.m. 

At their peak, the piles were over one-story tall,  and were created from plowing and dumping snow off of the upper levels of the parking deck. They are on the northern side of the deck.

Image of the Day: Never Take a Finish Line for Granted

"Never take a finish line for granted." — Bart Yasso

Mooch

“My heart has joined the Thousand, for my friend stopped running today.” 

― Richard Adams, Watership Down

Mooch, me, Molly, and Henry

Image of the Day: Plastic Army Guy

Discovered today in the parking lot at work.

Among friends in my office.