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#779 The Mona Lisa makes me smile

Posted on 2017/03/21 by Troy — 15 Comments ↓
mona lisa smile

Ah yes, the Mona Lisa, one of the today’s most cherished paintings centered solely over a beautiful woman with the famous smirk. Said to have been created between 1503 and Continue Reading →

Posted in Art, Travel | Tagged art, France, Italy, Leonardo da Vinci, Louvre, Mona Lisa, Paris | 15 Comments ↓

#813 Kaleidoscope brings color to your life

Posted on 2016/03/14 by Troy — 4 Comments ↓
Kaleidoscope 2

The kaleidoscope, we all had them as children and spent hours looking through them and watching the shapes change and create beautiful and different patterns. Invented in 1817 by Sir Continue Reading →

Posted in Art, Discovery, Education, Science | Tagged art, kaleidoscope, mirrors, parks | 4 Comments ↓

#821 Hand shadow puppets

Posted on 2016/01/02 by Troy — 5 Comments ↓
hand shadow puppets squirrel puppet

Who doesn’t remember staying up late at a sleep over with your trusty flashlight making imaginary animals on the wall out of your hand shadows? I can remember being up Continue Reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Entertainment | Tagged camping, flashlight, hand shadow puppets, puppets, toys | 5 Comments ↓

#832 The sugar skull helps get the party started

Posted on 2015/09/28 by Troy — 8 Comments ↓
sugar skull white

Last November, I found one of the coolest, most unique, if not slightly macabre, things I had ever seen. It was at a Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) Continue Reading →

Posted in Art, Holiday | Tagged Calaveras, Day of the Dead, Día de Muertos, sugar skull | 8 Comments ↓

#857 Yard flamingos are more than just lawn kitsch

Posted on 2015/03/16 by Troy — 5 Comments ↓
yard flamingos house

With spring right around the corner, nothing says smiles more than some yard flamingos. Heck, yard flamingos are fun all year around if you ask me. You know the ones, Continue Reading →

Posted in Animals, Architecture, Art | Tagged animals, birds, flamingos, yard flamingos | 5 Comments ↓

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