Museum Monday: Stone Jaguar
This stone Jaguar is from the Museo Nacional de Costa Rica in San Jose. A cute stone Jaguar Museum Monday is an every other week series about museum news, objects, and reviews.
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08, 2016
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08, 2016
Souvenir Saturday: St John Clay Works
Hands on experiences are always the best, and I had a chance twice to visit the Maho Bay Clay Works in St John, USVI and make my own pottery. This was my first little bowl I made, and it actually turned out pretty well! It use to be a nice purple color, but an Irish flag once got caught in some water in the bowl and the color changed slightly. I have another pot at this same trip in 2010, but it came out very weirdly so haven't taken a photo of it. My second trip I was more
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08, 2016
Hodor
I'm a complete and utter Spaz. Yesterday was a long day for me. I had a early call with a client so was up 1.5 hours earlier than normal and made it into the office extra early. I then had a meeting go late after work, and then we had a company baseball game. I didn't know if I could bring in my laptop to the stadium (for future reference that is a yes), so left it in the office with the plan of retrieving it. I was good at the game, not drinking much, and so by the time
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08, 2016
Dogs Day of Summer
Tessa loves to play fetch! Every Friday Lili shares her favorite photography & the stories behind the photos.
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08, 2016
Travel Missteps: Beware the Peanut Butter!
Source Ah Peanut Butter! A tasty snack and critical component for cheap breakfasts and cheap sandwiches. Which is why my mother tends to pack a jar of it along with other cheap foodstuffs when we go on road trips. Always a great way to save money. However, she and my sister found out the hard way that while its a great idea for road trips, its a horrible idea of air travel. In my last year of college, we as a family decided to visit my Dad's best friend. He lived in Maui, Hawaii and so my mother
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07, 2016
Adobe Wall at Mission San Xavier Del Bac
Wandering the grounds of the Mission San Xavier Del Bac, I came across some old adobe buildings missing their roofs. I had to quickly snap some photos as it was quite apparent that a large storm was about to roll in. Every Friday Lili shares her favorite photography & the stories behind the photos.
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07, 2016
Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
Source The mysterious Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa in Alexandria were discovered a little more than a hundred years ago when a donkey disappeared into a hole in the earth. What was uncovered was a complex of 3 story underground catacomb. While the upper floor is pretty bare from design the middle floor has a unique tomb that combines Egyptian, Greek, and Roman iconography. Above the entrance you can see many Uraei (cobras) with the sun disk, and the winged vulture, a common sight of Egyptian temples. But on the side you see a greek Agathodaimon (serpent) wearing the double crown
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07, 2016
Museum Monday: Chasmosaurinae Dinosaur Family
Recently I made my way down to my favorite museum in Denver, The Denver Museum of Nature & Science and stopped in to visit the Paleontology lab found at the end of Prehistoric Journey. I was delighted to see two members of the Chasmosaurinae Dinosaur family being worked on! The first specimen is a no brainer and my all time favorite dinosaur - TRICERATOPS! This one was found in Wyoming. The second skull is from a Kosmoceratops part of the same "family" as Triceratops, but with noticeably different frills. Definitely a treat to see both of them! Museum Monday is an
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07, 2016
Souvenir Saturday: Clay Shot Glass
I use to be a little obsessed when souvenir hunting. I had a mental checklist of items I needed to add to my collection. Which is why I searched high and low for a unique shot glass in Guatemala. I shopped in El Mercado for hours but not finding anything. I was being too picky. And then I saw this little clay shot glass, small and dirty and for some reason I thought it was perfect. And so I bought it! And then a few stores down I found the actual perfect shot glass...but I had spent all my money!
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07, 2016
Colors of Ancient Egypt
One thing many people don't realize is that the monuments and temples of Ancient Egypt were actually vividly painted. But time has erased many of the colors or they are hard to see in dimly lit temples where flashlights and flash is outlawed to protect what colors remain. Which is why when I visited the Cenotaph Temple of Ramesses II at Abydos, a mostly ruined temple, I was excited to not only see amazing colors, but they were close enough to the light outside to take good photos! Every Friday Lili shares her favorite photography & the stories behind the