Missed nut
Williamsburg, KY, January 2009
I've always found it ironic that signs are literally everywhere you look, but they seem to pass through our lives almost invisibly. Maybe we're so saturated with commercialism that we've trained ourselves to experience them subconsciously. Either way, a few months back I started looking more closely at these briefly literary mirrors of society. And I was intrigued with the way even a seemingly plain sign like this can hold stories for anyone who stops long enough to give it some thought.
So for the next week, Thematic Photographic explores signs. They can be mundane, unique, commercial or handmade - if they somehow deliver messages to in a sorta public manner, they're in. Are you?
Your turn: Time to get snapping and sharing. Here's how this nuttiness works:
- Every Wednesday evening, at precisely 7 o'clock Eastern, I post a new Thematic Photographic entry.
- Each entry has a unique theme. This week's is...signs!
- You post a similarly themed image over on your blog.
- You paste a link to your entry in a comment here.
- If you've already posted something that fits (on a blog, Facebook, MySpace, wherever) simply post the link to the existing entry. Old or new, all photos are welcome.
- You may post as many photos or links as you wish. For the next week, I'll be supporting this theme with a related picture/posting each day. I encourage you to do the same. This is all about sharing, so feel free to share to your heart's content!
- Please share this link with friends, too, and encourage them to join in. The more, the merrier.
- And please accept my thanks for your enthusiasm. Your participation has made TP a true highlight for me each and every week.
After a short absence I am again participating in your challenge. Signs is such a great topic I couldn't resist. Here is my first entry.
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this made me miss one coffee stop in Virginia..really good Wawa coffee. i'm early this week [if not the first]! yay!:)
ReplyDeleteanother traffic jam rant [and photos] here!:)
ReplyDeleteDamn I wish our gas was that low, it has gone up about 20 cents in the last week!
ReplyDeleteI wonder how close your dollar and ours are in value?
Carmi, in reading your post it makes me think.... signs may be more in control of us than we will admit! Then that bleeds into the concept of commercialism in its entirety and the fact that it may be shaping how we live our lives.
Such a simple theme but it makes a person think....
Shows how much I pay attention the shot was taken in Kentucky? LOL Ha!
ReplyDeleteI do love signs!
ReplyDeleteMy contribution is up now:
http://bobie-almostthere.blogspot.com
I've got quite a few for this theme. Here are my signs.
ReplyDeleteOne of the first things I thought of when seeing your sign photo was the year I worked for a store and I had to do the sign letters. It was a pain, lifting up the pole with the suction cup on the end, and trying to keep the plastic letters stuck long enough to fit them in the slot. It was also a time to get creative with the copy, if you ran out of letters, lost them, or had them break - that's how P's become lower case d's, or I's become 1's. And of course sometimes they don't fit in the slot and fall off.
ReplyDeleteMy sign photo is up - thank you for this theme, because I've been wanting to post these two beautiful signs for a long time.
www.doves2day.blogspot.com
Hi Carmi! I'm in this one. Here's todays offering: http://ups-and-downs-with-anastasia.blogspot.com/2009/05/thematic-photographic-signs.html
ReplyDeleteThought I'd play too.
ReplyDeleteSo happens my Wordless Wednesday photo was a sign. Find that here: http://tinyurl.com/ortbm7
Found an old one too, that I took but never knew what to do with. That one's here: http://tinyurl.com/o9cech
http://www.babylonezoo.fr/photo.php?no=304
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Hi again,
ReplyDeleteMine is up, too.
Inspired by a unique design. Can be found right here:
http://nihalcrossroads.blogspot.com/2009/05/global-signs.html
Thanks for this opportunity to join in.
My touch of OCD (ha ha) makes me cringe when I see that little "d" at the end of all those upper case.
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My Sign language is posted.
Here's one from me
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Just posted mine, here it is:
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I love signs but no one ever really reads them.
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good morning! mine is up :
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what a fun idea. :)
I'm guessing you didn't see t hat sign here in the States... at least not recently. That's Canadian dollas per liter, right?
ReplyDeleteI can't figure out if this means I'm ahead or behind, but I'm already up to v.2.0.
Thematic Photographic 50: "Signs" v.1.0Thematic Photographic 50: "Signs" v.2.0
I love this theme. Signs... they're everywhere and so easy to ignore. Here's my entry.
ReplyDeleteI agree, I wonder sometimes who is putting up those signs and what are they thinking....
ReplyDeleteBut, what I want to know more... oh, yes... back in January.... nevermind. Gas here today is $2.25 most places, but back in January it was that low.
My sign is here.
here's mine.....I chose one of a kind signs.... great theme Carmi.
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I have another entry for today! http://ups-and-downs-with-anastasia.blogspot.com/2009/05/thematic-photographic-50-signs.html
ReplyDeleteI'm back to playing again:
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Hi Martha of Menagerie sent me here. I'm gald I came by. I have a fun unusual sign that I shared on my blog today. It can be found here:
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I look forward in seeing what other kinds of signs people found.
I haven't participated in a while ... end of the school year and all that entails. OK, so I a lot of sign pictures that I narrowed down. Here are two of them:
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Here is my sign contribution Carmi.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for stopping by Snapshots. I appreciate your comment, very much!
http://snapshotsfromthebackporch.blogspot.com/2009/05/thematic-photographic-50-signs.html
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ReplyDeleteHere is my entry for topic SIGNS:
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I have no clue how you come up with a theme every week. Thanks so much.
Joyce
Hey Carmi - somehow my Peaches link ends up at your blog...here's the correct link to my Signs post:
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Here are a couple of "signs" on http://vickisppsphotos.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteI love your neon sign! I played too this week ...
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First time visitor and This is such a favorite subject of mine. Thank you so much!
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Thank you so much!!
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It made me miss $1.49 gas!
ReplyDeleteI can't resist ... I like signs ... here are 2 more :)
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I saw this - http://notesoflife.co.uk/?p=283 - and thought of you! :D
ReplyDeleteSuch fun! It's great fun looking through here- thank you so much for hosting this Carmi.
ReplyDeleteMine is here....oh and here as well.
Posted one photo from my archives earlier, but then spent the weekend looking at signs I normally don't even see. Thanks for opening up my eyes, Carmi. I think I'm going to enjoy this meme.
ReplyDeleteCheck out my viewpoint here:
http://tinyurl.com/love2bhomeschoolers
I love this theme for the challenge!
ReplyDeletePlease come look at my signs and tell me which one is your favorite!
My Signs
This is a link to an older post of mine about signs.
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It's about universal symbols - and how they change.
One last SIGN before the next theme
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