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Circles & Curves – CFFC

Dan Antion
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In the past many weeks, I’ve been sharing some photos from deep in the archive to satisfy Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge. Today I’m adding a few new photos to the mix. Cee’s challenge this week:

“This week our topic is Circles and Curves. Have fun.”

Those curves in the center is what this fence is protecting.
Heavy duty, carbide tipped, Cts through concrete like butter.
Circle for the fence pole and a spare tire for Fred Flintstone
Curves and circles, including the one surrounding the fence post.
Maddie’s is about a mile from Great River Park.
I always smile when I see that someone got up early and did some donuts in the lot.
No, theses aren’t Krispy Kreme donuts. The closest Krispy Kreme shop is 42 miles away, tucked inside a casino.
Not all work and no play. Kennywood Park on a trip to Pittsburgh.
A few curves in the benches
I had to get low for this one, but I like how it came out.
A sample of Skrewball Peanut Butter Flavored Whiskey
“If you’re going to work, go. Work. We can play little-foam-ball later.”
This hole had formed in one of the bushes after it was topped with over a foot of snow.
The squirrels like to get up on some higher perch to eat their peanuts.
Here you can see that the curved windows are somewhat of an illusion. The are square but they include many curved elements.
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60 responses to “Circles & Curves – CFFC”

  1. Judy@NewEnglandGardenAndThread Avatar
    Judy@NewEnglandGardenAndThread

    Thank you for starting my day with a smile at the Fred Flintstone wheel line. :-) Also, you could definitely write a column on where to find the best breakfast. Wow – that looks tasty.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      I’m glad you liked that. I can’t help myself. I look at something like that and I think “it has to be good for something.” The problem with that breakfast is, that’s one from the archives. All I have today is the toast. I hope you have a nice week!

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  2. Oddment Avatar
    Oddment

    I’m with Judy — good one about the Fred Flintstone wheel, though I have to admit it took me a couple seconds to get it. With only one cup of coffee (so far) I’m not too quick. However, I’m quick enough to appreciate that portrait of breakfast! Those tomatoes make it a real eyeful. And it looks like rye toast. But where are the grits? As for curves, I really like those benches. Benches seem so neighborly.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Sorry to disappoint, Maureen, but grits aren’t happening here at No Facilities. I went to school in Georgia for one year. I tried – I really did – to like grits. I just can’t. They are an option at one of our regular breakfast places. I haven’t tried theirs. That is rye toast, and it’s always a good choice, unless they offer sourdough. I hope you have a nice week.

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      1. Oddment Avatar
        Oddment

        I can’t imagine not liking grits, but I suppose it happens. I will just have to make do with sourdough and rye toast! By the way, my calendar says that today is National Better Breakfast Day. Nice timing!

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        1. Dan Antion Avatar
          Dan Antion

          I tried. I even when home with a few kids from the dorm who said, “You’d like my mama’s grits.” Of course, I had to choke them down and say, “mmmm” but it wasn’t working.

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          1. Oddment Avatar
            Oddment

            Much as I like grits, I think I can imagine not liking them. You were noble indeed to manage that “mmmm.”

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  3. Murphy’s Law Avatar
    Murphy’s Law

    You nailed this prompt!

    “….and a spare tire for Fred Flintstone.” I can’t stop laughing. MiMi’s tail curved around her while she’s shooing you away so she can continue to nap! Those windows are beautiful. I want them!

    I like the curved chain with Old Glory in the background.

    Peanut Butter flavored whiskey! Seriously?

    Hope this week doesn’t throw you any curves or has you running around in circles!
    Ginger

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      I’m glad you enjoyed these, Ginger. I rarely have anything at the bar other than beer, but the peanut butter whiskey was a new thing and the bartender was offering samples. I could find myself in need of a ride home.

      I’m glad you liked the flag behind the chain. Finding a way to include a flag photo in these challenges is often the hardest part. This one worked, but required getting low without kneeling on wet grass. Let’s just say, it was good no one was around.

      I’m still running around finishing some projects, but hopefully I’ll stay on the straight and narrow. I hope you have a good week, too.

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  4. Rivergirl Avatar
    Rivergirl

    You’ve showcased two of my favorite circles. Donuts and shot glasses… though peanut butter whisky is an abomination.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Ha! I forgot your dislike of peanut butter. I’m sorry for that. Have another donut, on the house.

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  5. GP Avatar
    GP

    Good choices, Dan, including the squirrel’s tail!!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks GP. The tails are my favorites.

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      1. GP Avatar
        GP

        I can understand that!

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  6. lois Avatar
    lois

    Yay for the shout out to old Freddy-boy!
    Peanut butter whiskey…I don’t think I have ever had whiskey, but that flavor sound so good.
    We have a Krispy Kreme just down the street from me, but where we head for donuts is Parlor Donuts. Oh my gosh. They are really a croissant and donut mix–cronut–but the flavors are unreal. If you come across one in your travels, I highly recommend stopping in…for a dozen or so. Have a great week, Dan.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      As soon as I saw the piece that came out of the drill, that’s all I could think of. I don’t drink whiskey very often, and I never thought I’d like flavored stuff, but that was an amazing taste, It’s a good thing I was getting ready to leave. Cronuts? That sounds like something I’d have to try.

      I hope you’re not in the path of that storm.

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      1. lois Avatar
        lois

        Thanks, Dan.I’m up in the Panhandle (NW Florida) and while we were just on the edge of the cone of uncertainty, it now looks like Tampa is going to get hit by Ian–their worst hurricane in 100 years. Ian looks to be a Category 4; the strongest hurricane I’ve ever been in is Cat 3. Way too scary to even think of what Tampa will look like when Ian leaves.

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        1. Dan Antion Avatar
          Dan Antion

          I saw lines near the panhandle and wasn’t sure.

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  7. John W. Howell Avatar
    John W. Howell

    Gotta love that carbide cutter. Very clever curve photos, Dan

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks John. My wife bought those hole saws by mistake. They were on sale for a ridiculous price. She didn’t see that they were for concrete. They were so cheap, I kept them. I’ve had them for years. I was amazed at how fast it cut through that paver. It was fun.

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      1. John W. Howell Avatar
        John W. Howell

        I’m sure it was. 😁

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  8. dweezer19 Avatar
    dweezer19

    Such a niceLy diverse selection of curves and circles Dan. A man and his tools… I think Ilove the snow covered bush circle tunnel most of all. While I love whiskey I might have to pass on the PB flavored one. I’ll bet it’s used in shots a lot though. With Chambord would make a greatPB&J shot!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Those funnels form when we have Nor’easters. I think the whiskey is mainly used in a special martini. At least that’s what the person was ordering. I do like the idea of a PB&J shot ;-)

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  9. Teagan Riordain Geneviene Avatar
    Teagan Riordain Geneviene

    Cool curves and circles, Dan. I love the bay window. Hugs on the wing.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks Teagan. That bay is in a turret on a Victorian house. The owner was a client when I had my cabinet shop. I made those windows. Hugs!

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      1. Teagan Riordain Geneviene Avatar
        Teagan Riordain Geneviene

        Oh! I imagine in a house that old, getting things “square” (if I’m using the right word) was a big challenge. You did beautiful work.

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        1. Dan Antion Avatar
          Dan Antion

          Thanks! And yes, that’s the right word and the most difficult task.

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  10. hilarymb Avatar
    hilarymb

    Hi Dan – great selection of curves and curls or circles … and yes I love the bay-square (!) windows … but I’d rather not have a drink there especially if it’s ‘Peanut Butter flavoured whiskey! Seriously?’ per Ginger. Is that Mumu or Mimi that’s telling you off ?… cheers Hilary

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Hi Hilary. I’m not a big whiskey drinker, and not a fan of flavored drinks. It was tasty, though. I made those windows for a customer of a cabinet shop I owned in 1985. That’s MiMi giving me a little attitude.

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  11. Cee Neuner Avatar
    Cee Neuner

    I love the series on drilling the hole for the fence. I really like your photo with the curvy benches :D :D

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      I saved those drill photos for this challenge :-)

      Thanks!

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  12. Jan Sikes Avatar
    Jan Sikes

    Great shares, Dan! You got creative with some of these!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks Jan. This one was fun.

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  13. quiall Avatar
    quiall

    Nice to see how everything is put together. The picture of the hole in the snow is absolutely brilliant.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      I’m glad you like that one, Pam. Those weird little holes for when we get a lot of snow during a Nor’easter.

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  14. sustainabilitea Avatar
    sustainabilitea

    My husband would favor the curves of the doughnuts and the breakfast, while I enjoyed the benches with the flag and snow hole. Mine definitely had less calories but was still a feast for the eyes.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      I try to put something out there for everyone. I was happy with the fence curves. I love the snow hole, but I had to include the donuts.

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  15. acflory Avatar
    acflory

    I love circles and curves, especially if they become spirals! I think my favourite shape of all time is the spiral staircase. I seem to make something with a spiral in almost every graphic I make. :)

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      I do have photos of spiral staircases, from a lighthouse, but I used them in an earlier challenge. I do like them.

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      1. acflory Avatar
        acflory

        Mind linking to that one?

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        1. Dan Antion Avatar
          Dan Antion

          There are two. A small one – Split Rock Lighthouse on the north shore of Lake Superior – https://nofacilities.com/2021/10/14/split-rock-lighthouse/ And The St. Augustine Lighthouse. https://nofacilities.com/2017/05/18/thursday-doors-st-augustine-lighthouse/ – But, if you want to see the stairs in St Augustine, you have to check out this post – https://nofacilities.com/2017/05/17/one-liner-wednesday-exercise/

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          1. acflory Avatar
            acflory

            Thank you! I checked out all three but totally fell in love with the stairs at Saint Augustine’s lighthouse. Looking down through the grating past layer after layer is extraordinary. :D

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            1. Dan Antion Avatar
              Dan Antion

              That lighthouse is beautiful.

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            2. acflory Avatar
              acflory

              It really is. :)

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  16. circadianreflections Avatar
    circadianreflections

    I laughed reading “ Fred Flintstone wheel”.
    Those windows in the Turret are beautiful.
    All in all a great collection of curves and circles!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks Deborah!

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  17. Dale Avatar
    Dale

    Nice response to the challenge. 😊

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks Dale.

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  18. Gift N. T. Avatar
    Gift N. T.

    Curling tails are such a creative idea for this theme. And funnily, I thought of Krispy Kreme too before seeing your caption, haha.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      I try to include the animals when I can. I couldn’t resist the fonuts

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  19. Paul Avatar
    Paul

    You’re 42 miles from the nearest Krispy Kreme, but I’ll bet you’re never more than two blocks from a Dunkin’ Donuts. I like them both, but I gotta give KK the edge. They are sinfully good.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      There are two Dunkin’ Donuts in our little town, plus one inside a gas station.

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      1. Paul Avatar
        Paul

        They’re so ubiquitous in the New York-Washington corridor. We have two within three miles of my house.

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  20. robertawrites235681907 Avatar
    robertawrites235681907

    Hi Dan, another lovely selection of photographs. I have upgraded my blog so I have more space for pictures and videos. I will be able to take part in more photography prompts now.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Yay! That’s great news, Robbie.

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  21. marianallen Avatar
    marianallen

    “A spare tire for Fred Flintstone.” LOL I love the picture of the false-arch windows. So cool!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      From the outside, those windows look like beautiful little arches.

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  22. Jennie Avatar
    Jennie

    The arm of the bench is my favorite. Well done!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      I like those benches.

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      1. Jennie Avatar
        Jennie

        Me, too!

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