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April 29. 2012

★~ Today’s Quote: I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it’s such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her. Ellen DeGeneres

★~ Pinhole Photography Day:

On the last Sunday in April, a strange and wonderful phenomenon takes place. *Every* object around you transforms into a camera. Let Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day redefine your idea of what a camera can be.  From your own fist to a saltine cracker, Photojojo has rounded up astounding pinhole cameras with tips for your own camera creations.http://content.photojojo.com/diy/pinhole-photography-day/

★~ Shrimp Scampi Day:

Toss some shrimp, butter, wine and garlic in a skillet and celebrate this ohhh so tasty dish! I have made the 16-Minute: Shrimp Scampi and it turned out great!

★~ Today in History:

♥~ 1968 – Hair made its way from Greenwich Village to to the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway. The show certainly opened eyes. It was the first time that actors appeared nude in a Broadway musical. Hair ran for 1,844 shows on and off Broadway. It was even more successful in its London run later. Big songs from the show: Hair (The Cowsills) and Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The 5th Dimension).

♥~ 1985 – George Steinbrenner, owner of the New York Yankees, fired manager Yogi Berra. Berra was canned after only 16 games into the young baseball season. In his place, Steinbrenner brought Billy Martin back … for the fourth time.

♥~ 1988 – Molloko, the first California condor both conceived and hatched in captivity was born at the San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park.

♥~ 2005 – JAG ended it’s ten-season TV run with a flip of a coin — frozen in mid air — that still leaves us wondering if it was Harm, or was it Mac (Sara), who gave up their career in order for the couple to be together.

★~Born Today:

♥~ 1727 – Jean-Georges Noverre, the creator of modern ballet. His is birthday is also now observed as International Dance Day.

♥~ 1899 – Duke (Edward Kennedy) Ellington musician, composer, bandleader; died May 24, 1974;

♥~ 1957 – Daniel Day-Lewis Academy Award-winning actor: My Left Foot [1989]; The Unbearable Lightness of Being, In the Name of the Father, Age of Innocence, Gandhi, A Room with a View

♥~ 1954 – Jerry Seinfeld Emmy Award-winning producer: Seinfeld [1992-1993]; comedian, actor

♥~ 1955 – Kate Mulgrew actress::Star Trek: Voyager, Columbo, Ryan’s Hope, Roots, Daddy, Throw Momma from the Train

♥~ 1958 – Michelle Pfeiffer actress: Dangerous Liaisons, Batman Returns, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Grease 2, Ladyhawke, Scarface, The Witches of Eastwicke, The Age of Innocence

♥~ 1970 – Uma (Karuna) Thurman actress: The Truth about Cats and Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Mad Dog and Glory, Final Analysis, Robin Hood, Henry and June, Dangerous Liaisons,Kiss Daddy Goodnight

★~ Did You Know:

♥~ Pinhole photography is lensless photography. A tiny hole replaces the lens. Light passes through the hole; an image is formed in the camera.

♥~ A common use of the pinhole camera is to capture the movement of the sun over a long period of time. This type of photography is called Solargraphy.

♥~  Sir David Brewster, a Scottish scientist, took some of the first  pinhole photographs, in the 1850s. He also coined the very word “pinhole”, or “pin-hole” with a hyphen, which he used in his book The Stereoscope, published in 1856.

♥~ A pinhole camera can me made from practically anything–it is basically a box with  a tiny hole at one end and film or photographic paper at the other end.

♥~ How to Make and Use a Pinhole Camera 

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Have a wonderful Sunday. I am off to direct the moving of the entertainment center. . .stay tune.

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