Thursday, April 11, 2013

cool retro movie posters

above: Mademoiselle Strip Tease {1957, France

above: New Orleans Uncensored {1955 USA}

Thursday, April 4, 2013

three facinating places: windmill in the Netherlands and "The India Gate" in Delhi and Makati, Manila, Philippines




above: Windmill near Groningen, Netherlands
Not so long ago, windmills played an essential role in daily life in the netherlands. Grist mills ground wheat to flour, polder mills (drainage mills) managed the water level, saw mills cut trees to timbers and boards, oil mills pressed oil from different kinds of seeds, bark mills ground bark for tanning, hulling mills peeled barley to pearl barley, and dye mills ground pigemnts to be used in paint. Even now, some mills perform thes tasks.