Wednesday, October 31, 2012

pumpkin type

Freshly Carved Pumpkin Typeface

by Jessica Kuhn for How Magazine Blog

One Kentucky-based advertising and branding agency combined their flair for creativity and love of Halloween to create a typeface carved from pumpkins. Intrinzic, the firm that brought this ghoulish typeface to life, carved each letter and character from slabs of ripe pumpkins, which were gathered from a family farm in the rolling hills of Kentucky.

In a true collaborative fashion, each employee created a letter of the alphabet for what they call Pumpkin Face. Check out the results below!



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Thursday, October 18, 2012

looking back

This Dutch windmill in Lawrence, Kansas was photographed between the years of 1890 and 1899.


This is a cyanotype showing the old Dutch windmill, which stood on west Ninth Street in Lawrence, Kansas. Construction on the windmill started July 1, 1863 by A. Plum and G. H. Wilder. Fourteen men were brought from Sweden by Plum to build the windmill. It was destroyed in Quantrill's Raid and rebuilt in 1864.

It was octagon shaped, four stories in height, and the basement had walls of stone six feet thick. The mill had four millstones, two for wheat and two for corn. The capacity of the mill was twenty bushels daily each of flour and meal. With the wind blowing at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour the mill would have eighty horse power. The mill ceased running in July 1885 and a fire destroyed it in 1905.

photo courtesy of  Kansas Historical Society
Item Number: 227455 Call Number: FK2.D4 L.7 *23
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 227455

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

hold on tight, Kansas

According to the Associated Press, Kansas driver's licenses are about to get a new look and some new features.


The Department of Revenue is unveiling the new design at an event Tuesday with Governor Sam Brownback and Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan.

Motorists will begin receiving the new licenses this week. Among the elements are new security features to protect against identity theft or illegal duplication.

Revenue Department spokeswoman Jeannine Koranda says Kansas updates its driver's licenses every four to six years as technology changes.

Stay tuned for the results...

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

colorful San Antonio

Thanks so much to everyone who participated via Facebook, twitter, or blogger direct. The location of the photos that I shared in where in the USA? and where in the USA? more hints was San Antonio, Texas. What a beautifully, colorful city.

Congratulations to Amanda Eilders & Amy
for correctly guessing the location!


Here are a few more favorites that didn't get posted for fear of spoiling the game completely.

Mi tierra Cafe & Bakery


Quarry Market


What's a San Antonio post without a mention of the River Walk?






I plan to share more photos along the way and hopefully I'll get even more people to participate.