@ffffound.com for excellent #screensaver images #graphics posters

ffffound.com provides a steady stream of bold images and graphics from websites around the world. We hooked their feed into the screen saver on Macintosh - which is a form of entertainment in itself for the whole family as weird (infrequently PG-17 rated) images scroll across the screen with the "Ken Burns transition".

Alchemy lab postcard awarded top views from #Zazzle http://goo.gl/NVfs2 #Alchemy

alchemy lab postcard from Zazzle.com

The Alchemy Lab Postcard got the 10 #Postcard Views Award on February 05, 2011 @zazzle

Three exhibits at The Royal Alberta #Museum (RAM) in St. Albert

Trio of tales to tell | Local A & E | St. Albert Gazette:

• Illegal Killer Trade – Habitat destruction is a major cause of species extinction. However, the unlicensed commercial exploitation of animals comes second and the destiny of most endangered species unfortunately lies in the hands of collectors and tourists.

“One hundred years ago, tigers numbered about 100,000. In the world today, there are less than 6,000,” says Mark Edwards, RAM curator of mammalogy.

• Better Choose Me: Collecting and Creating with Tobacco Fabric Novelties – Aggressive marketing strategies are often credited to the post-war boom that fuelled big business dreams. However, American tobacco companies laid the blueprint for seductive marketing nearly 50 years earlier.

Better Choose Me takes us to the Victorian era from 1880 to 1920, a time of intense competition for tobacco sales. While anti-smoking bans became popular only in the 20th century, many turn-of-the-century women frowned on the manly pursuit of smoking cigars/cigarettes and chewing tobacco.

• Heart and Soul: Quebec Folk Art – Originally designed by the Canadian Museum of Civilization in 2008 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Quebec City, this touring exhibit showcases the donated collection of art dealer Nettie Covey Sharpe.

Featured in the exhibit are carvings, sculptures, paintings, ceramics and other creations that highlight the traditional rural landscape of la belle province. The oldest dated work is a 1741 set of the Holy Family. That contrasts with a funky contemporary truck built from green Labatt’s bottle caps.

Tresors D'Art Populaire Quebecois / Folk Art Treasures of Quebec

Just for Nice: German-Canadian Folk Art

Poster artists websites Posters

Jojo's Posters

Human Shaped Robot

Jon Smith

Rafa Jen

Butterfly #Collecting Book Review: An Easton Author Tracks the World’s Most Infamous #Butterfly Smuggler

Books: An Easton Author Tracks the World’s Most Infamous Butterfly Smuggler - Fairfield County Weekly:

 

"Jessica Speart's “Winged Obsession,” is a nonfiction thriller. About butterfly collecting. And the baddie is a gay little Japanese man who wears a fanny pack.

Subtitled “The Pursuit of the World’s Most Notorious Butterfly Smuggler,” “Winged Obsession” is an absolutely absorbing tale of one plucky U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agent named, amazingly, Ed Newcomer, as he's drawn into the web of Yoshi Kojima, a sociopathic smuggler known for his ability to obtain and distribute rare and endangered butterfly species."

Poster #Collecting #cigar aficionado 1997 posters

Rock of Ages: Poster Collecting | News & Features | Cigar Aficionado Huge article on San Francisco poster scene 1997

It's Only Rock & Roll, But I'll Buy It: Rock Posters from the Psychedelic '60s Are Today's "Electrical Age Folk Art."