Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Stereoscopy Day 2026

 
Stereoscopy Day V2 logo
Now, even more stereo!
 
June 21st is "Stereoscopy Day".  On that day in 1838, Sir Charles Wheatstone presented his reflecting stereoscope to the Royal Society of London and demonstrated his theory of binocular vision.  More info about this event, the fifth, is at the Stereoscopy Day site https://stereoscopyday.wordpress.com/ or #StereoscopyDay 
 

Let's start the celebration right now!   Presented is a relaxed view 3d stereogram of clouds at different levels:
 
several levels of clouds
Fast moving...
 
You can view my 3d / stereogram / stereograph / stereoscopic images by selecting one of these labels.  These links each should produce the same image results, as I have been pretty good about labeling:

https://skeetmotis.blogspot.com/search/label/3d

https://skeetmotis.blogspot.com/search/label/stereogram

https://skeetmotis.blogspot.com/search/label/stereograph  
 
Enjoy the views!
 

 

Monday, June 15, 2026

Security envelope basket woven

 
basket weave security envelope
Five bars per band

 
The basket weave pattern used for this security envelope is very rustic.  The pattern does take a break at the fold line.
 
 

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Spathe and spadix

 
close-up od jack-in-the-pulpit
Pulpit and Jack
 
A close-up view of a Jack in the Pulpit.  From its colors and striping, this may be the Arisaema triphyllum.  The spathe (the "pulpit") surrounds the spadix (the "Jack"). As the fruit ripens, the red berries appear.
 

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Get a grip

  
front of gripper a
front of Gripper (a)
 
 
back of gripper a
back of Gripper (a)

 
front of gripper b
front of Gripper (b)

 
back of gripper b
back of Gripper (b)

The Scovill Brass Company started in 1802 in Watertown, Connecticut.  It acquired the Oakville Manufacturing Company of Oakville, Connecticut in December, 1923, making it a division of Scovill.  That division was closed in 1973.  The Scovill Company went through some business tribulations; in 2014 it became Morito Scovill Americas.
 
The chronological order of the packets is not certain; they are shown in the order they were found.

 

Friday, May 29, 2026

Some good advice

Some good advice here!
 
 
flyer with advice
black border from scanning; original is 8 1/2 x 11 inches

 
This flyer offers some helpful advice:
 
DO NOT DUMP
INTO TOWER
 FLOOR STACK.
 
PUT IN-LINE
  WITH OFFICE. 
 
That sounds like good advice - for someone.  But who? And about what?
 
The numbers in the lower right corner ( 34-2002-9438-6  0264914.1 ) do not provide relief.
 
 

Saturday, May 23, 2026

Security envelope polygons 2

 
polygon security envelope
Blue polygons

 
this polygon pattern does not seem to want to be mirrored and matched to create a bigger pattern.  Despite that hinderance, it is an interesting pattern.  
 
N.B. this pattern came from an envelope used by the same business that used the previously posted polygon pattern.
 
Addendum:  by doing a V flip and an overlay, it is possible to extend the pattern slightly in the vertical; nothing seems to inspire a further extension in the horizontal or vertical.
 
 
flip and overlay security envelope polygons
Just a flip and overlay

 
Maybe one of the readers can provide a way to extend this pattern?



Sunday, May 17, 2026

Somebody else's sunset

 
sun setting over the sea
Golden glow in the west

 
Somebody else's photo, of some place else's sunset, is their idea of a sunset.  It seems to be, but need not be, a vision from the past.