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So, I got this cool digital microscope for Christmas…

I am sure that your first thought was: wait, don’t you already have a small, hand-held digital microscope? And yes, I do. But this is next level. It has it’s own monitor. And lights. And a few different lenses. And … Continue reading

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I used my digital microscope on those ceramic bowls I made… part 2…

This is how you put the multi in multimedia. You take a ceramics class with your daughter… You make a couple of bowls, wait for it to get kiln-baked… You go back and slap a bunch of glazes on it … Continue reading

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I used my digital microscope on those ceramic bowls I made… part 1…

Hard to believe that these are really these… It is a whole other dimension… or universe… when you get small. Okay, I have more, so see you later.

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Snake eyes…

Before I go any further, I have to apologize. I killed a rattlesnake yesterday. It had my daughter and her friend trapped in a car. They couldn’t get out, or move without running it over. I would have moved it … Continue reading

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Making the big money… part 1…

Just playing with my digital microscope. I am almost done with the paper money, including ones from my travels. This post focuses… HA!… on an American two-dollar bill, and a British pound note. I am starting the post with the … Continue reading

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Show me the money!!! More micro-photography fun…

I figured, as long as I had my digital microscope out, I would do some more pictures of money. That looks like a blanket made out of popcorn kernels… but it isn’t. Melanoma moles??? No! These photos, not including the … Continue reading

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To bee or not to bee: more micro-photography fun…

That little spike at the left, dear readers, is a bee stinger. I decided to play with my digital microscope. I might be able to get some wet web images with it when my younger daughter comes home later today … Continue reading

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We interrupt our regularly scheduled photos of snowy mountains and flower fields to bring you really close-up pictures of a dead bug… you’re welcome…

Hey, I know, but I was vacuuming the floor the other day, a regular occurrence with two dogs and a cat, and right before I sucked it up, I spotted this dead mosquito hawk. (no, I don’t know why they … Continue reading

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Try to guess which of these are human food and which are pet food… yes… I know I said I wasn’t going to do anymore silly guessing games with the digital microscope I got for Christmas, but you don’t have to guess what kinds of food they are… just what kind of mammal eats them…

You don’t really have to guess. Here is what I looked at up close… My wife is now making homemade sourdough bread from starter. So just about every other picture above is of that… except for the one of some … Continue reading

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Holy f*****g s***t, do not ever use a microscope to look at yourself too closely!!!

Oh, don’t panic. That isn’t even the gross part. That is just my puckered lips. This, despite the title of this particular post, is still a family-friendly blog. But if you ever do get one of those digital microscopes that … Continue reading

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