Twittering the Tiles Friday, Aug 28 2009

27 August 2009

I worked the glass studio again this morning . . . we made a whole pile of pumpkins! I took this fun shot of the furnace door after we were done.  Too busy to take pictures while working! Again, I did various apprentice-y things, including playing with the gold leaf!

The next adventure of my day was the meeting with the contractor and our craft coordinator about our very leaky roof. I’ll be waiting anxiously for the estimate for those repairs.

When I was finally free of all that, I ran out to do my necessary errands of the day.  Next to the brand new FedEx/Kinko’s store, was this!  I had to take the photo—I knew Kyle and Ronnie, at least would appreciate it!  Who knew Kenosha would get a Games Workshop store?  After a Target run, I then met Ginger and Kelly and Kat at George’s house for pizza and mah jongg. George has this gorgeous set of “enrobed” mah jongg tiles that we all love to use! I wonder how easy it is to tell whose hands are whose in my photo of the day?

~MB

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Foosball Thursday, Sep 18 2008

11 September 2008

The game of Foosball. Recently, friends of mine that I normally play pool with, have started playing foosball instead. I don’t get it. Perhaps my hand-eye coordination isn’t great enough. Perhaps it’s just too different from real football that I can’t wrap my head around it. Either way, I don’t like foosball, never have. I’ve played it with these friends just to make sure I wasn’t being stubborn. But, the reality is…I just don’t like foosball.
Cheers.

~KR (Written on 17 September 2008 )

Listening to:
With Portfolio by Mogwai
from Young Team

Camera: Canon PowerShot SD850 IS
Exposure: 0.05 sec (1/20)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 5.8 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

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Eyeball Bender – sorta Thursday, Jun 12 2008

10 June 2008
Epiphany. Last night, my wife said, "Hey, I found a GAMES magazine we haven’t looked at yet, wanna play Eyeball Benders?" I realised right then, that my love of macro and extreme close-up photography probably stems from that crazy game from GAMES magazine. I’ve been a nearly-but-not-quite-constant subscriber to that magazine from age 12 and Eyeball Benders, while not a regular in the magazine has long been my favourite game. So, here I am 28 years later creating my own Eyeball Bender photos on a regular basis:

Cheers.

~KR (Written on 11 June 2008 )

Listening to:
Reel Around the Sun by Bill Whelan (Composer)
from Riverdance

Camera: Canon PowerShot SD850 IS
Exposure: 0.125 sec (1/8)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 5.8 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

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The Red Dragon Tuesday, May 13 2008

11 May 2008
Happy Mother’s Day, Mum!
What a relief from Saturday. A front moved through early, early, early Sunday morning pushing out all the humidity and bringing with it a cool breeze. The morning air was crisp & cold, almost fall-like.
The attendance was great, much greater than the past few Mother’s Days we’ve had at the faire. Perhaps it was the weather. Whatever it was they were happy and in a playful, spending mood…at least in my shop. We had another robust day pushing our year over year way up. My new manager seems to be making a world of difference for East Wind Games. And, speaking of East Wind Games, it’s time to show off another product. This is a new product line that I just picked up.

It’s a backgammon set with Red (pictured) and Blue dragons guarding the ends. It’s beautiful.
Cheers.

~KR (Written on 13 May 2008 )

Listening to:
Back to me by the Positions
from Mastered CD!

Camera: Canon PowerShot SD850 IS
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 5.8 mm
ISO Speed: 125
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

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Knight’s Move Friday, Apr 18 2008

12 April 2008
The sight of an armoured individual playing a delicate looking wood game is lovely dichotomy. I love this photo for that reason.

The game is Hneftafl (which for simplicity sake, we call “King’s Table“); it is part of a larger family of games called the Tafl games. The concept of the game is simple; the strategies involved in winning are not.
Cheers.

~KR (Written on 16 April 2008)

Listening to:
High by Hyper Go Go
from Wigan Pier Klub Klassics 3

Camera: Canon PowerShot SD850 IS
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 5.8 mm
ISO Speed: 80
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

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