the last accordion repairman, Alex Carozza

Alex Carozza is New Yorks last accordion repair man, and has been building and repairing accordions in New York City since 1960. A dying craft, Alex is the living memory of a once vibrant musical culture that has all but disappeared from New York.

http://www.greatbigstory.com/stories/new-york-city-s-last-accordion-repairman

cartoon plane that actually flies

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check this lovely cute plane straight out of a Moebius cartoon – and it flies!

The Stipa-Caproni was an experimental Italian aircraft designed in 1932 by Luigi Stipa (1900–1992) and built by Caproni. It featured a hollow, barrel-shaped fuselage with the engine and propeller completely enclosed by the fuselage—in essence, the whole fuselage was a single ducted fan. Although the Regia Aeronautica (Italian Royal Air Force) was not interested in pursuing development of the Stipa-Caproni, its design was an important step in the development of jet propulsion.

work in progress

shiel's mommywith only 2 days to finish the thing, the background stencil is done, and looks OK. in the middle of re-doing one eye so hopefully will hit the deadline – still a little wet.

image is of my mommy when she was younger and lived in Saudi, which was taken from an old skool black and white passport photo (which I can’t seem to find now).

it is crazy the volume, or glut, of photos we all produce now compared to our parents generation. I can hardly find any photos of me growing up but my daughter – I could create a stop motion movie of her entire life so far. The sharing, but not so caring, generation.

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winter coats for the homeless

what a great idea and am about to dig out some old coats and see what Jay has left in her room. hats off (coats off) to Andrea Lisa Robson, from Sunderland, who first came up with the idea and posted it on facebook – https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153342700464150&set=o.155734271426&type=3&permPage=1

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