Tiny Treasures

You may recall that I recently blipped some thread spools on my MIL's old Singer Sewing Machine (which was actually her father's).  Well, I decided to poke around in the drawer on the sewing machine table - it is scarred and battered and fabulous, the keeper of a million stories, I'm sure.  I found these fantastic old bobbins, made of cardboard and an old tailor's tape, made of fabric and still bearing the blue chalk marks from something measured.  As soon as I saw those bobbins, I knew that I had to photograph them.

So, tech details - macro lens, tripod, soft box, mirror, single focal point.  I played around with settings a bit and ended up with images that needed no edits other than a small crop.  If you look closely, you can see that the bobbins are "made in the USA" and hold a patent.  

And now that my blip for the day is done, I can start looking at all the TinyTuesday entries for today!  I will announce my picks on Thursday.

And, the grackles were back bright and early this morning - Hubs estimated about 1,000 before most took off leaving about 100 behind.  I took some dried corn out and scattered it on the snow near the woods to try to divert them from the feeders.  Yikes.  

Cheers.
Debbi