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One Half–Plus or Minus CFFC

Dan Antion
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I am nearly at the end of an easy week. i’ve been skipping some blogging activity, but I thought I’d try to find some photos that might fit the prompt for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge. She suggested:

This week our topic is Half of Any One Item. Through this entire series, creative cropping could be a fun choice. Be creative and have fun with this challenge.

I will be slow to respond to comments, but I hope you enjoy the photos I found. I didn’t have time to do any cropping–hence the title–but I came close.

Our favorite door. About halfway to Pittsburgh, we hit the first Eat’n Park
Tuesday afternoon brought us another thunderstorm. In about 90 minutes, we had over an inch and a half of rain and over 700 lightning strikes.
Pocket Screws – I was going to use biscuits to attach the front and back rails, but the biscuit slots would have cut the tenons in half. So, I decided to use pocket screws.
Half sour pickle, potato salad and a pastrami Reuben.
Completing a half-lap joint on the PVC trim.
Once cut in half, the bottom is cut square to the side.
The blank is cut in half and then the bottom is squared and then the piece is cut to the final width.
If you have a ladder, you’re going to have MiMi She loved climbing.
“OK, the door is out of the way, but why is there a ladder here?”
Bunny
The Editor started a fire in the wood stove to dry my boots and clothes. MiMi aproves.
“Ha, those glasses bounced pretty well.”
You can’t sand body putty with a woodworking palm sander. The little pneumatic sander works well, but it was slow-going.
My pile
Even at half staff it’s proud.
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69 responses to “One Half–Plus or Minus CFFC”

  1. Prior... Avatar
    Prior…

    mmm – that reuben pulled me right in – and the pie of Monopoly money was fun – have a good week Dan

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks Yvette, you, too.

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  2. Damyanti Biswas Avatar
    Damyanti Biswas

    That sandwich looks fantastic! Lovely photos, thanks for sharing!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Sorry if I made you hungry 😊

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  3. Oddment Avatar
    Oddment

    Ditto the above: that sandwich made my morning cereal look pretty puny. Your tools are mind-boggling, but your captions for Mimi made me laugh. I know now to swallow coffee first. Nice halves!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Glad to hear there’s no spillage. I hope you have a nice week.

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  4. Rivergirl Avatar
    Rivergirl

    I’m glad you didn’t post half a bunny.
    😉

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      I was hoping the grass hid about half of him 😏

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  5. Judy@NewEnglandGardenAndThread Avatar
    Judy@NewEnglandGardenAndThread

    All those tools and pieces of beautiful wood make me wonder what’s going on these days in your shop. Inquiring minds want to know. :-) Have a good week, Dan, regardless of how you enjoy it.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Not a lot going on yet. We’ve been dealing with less exciting things around the house. Soon 😊

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  6. Murphy’s Law Avatar
    Murphy’s Law

    Good choice of photos Dan. I swear that chunk of wood looks like a slab of roast beef! Love the half of a sour pickle. MiMi and Maddie when they were inspecting your ladders, each from a different position.

    And Old Glory, sad but proud!

    Hope this turns out to be a great week for you.
    Ginger

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks Ginger. MiMi wanted to play, Maddie wanted me to be done so she could sit. Things don’t always have the purpose we think they do.

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  7. Jennie Avatar
    Jennie

    Very creative, Dan! Well done on the prompt. I like halfway to Pittsburg, the half sandwich, and the flag at half staff.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks Jennie. I had hoped to be able to work with these photos a bit, but I’m relying on your imagination. I hope you have a great week.

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      1. Jennie Avatar
        Jennie

        I think the photos speak for themselves and give plenty to the imagination. Best to you, Dan.

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  8. GP Avatar
    GP

    That was terrific, Dan. And here I’ve always wondered why people take pictures of their food – it worked here!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      I didn’t always take those pictures, GP, but then people would ask why I didn’t show the food.

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      1. GP Avatar
        GP

        haha, there’s no clear way to please everyone, eh?

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  9. Liz Gauffreau Avatar
    Liz Gauffreau

    I think MiMi stole the show with this group of photos!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      The animals always steal the show, Liz. I’m glad you like them.

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  10. lois Avatar
    lois

    hahah! MiMi on the ladder, and watching your glasses bounce. Cats are so funny in the quietest ways.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      These days, MiMi ignores the ladder, but she stops and looks. Maybe she’s remembering her younger days.

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  11. John W. Howell Avatar
    John W. Howell

    This one half was terrific, Dan. Good job. (Loved that sandwich photo)

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks John. I hope I didn’t make you hungry.

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      1. John W. Howell Avatar
        John W. Howell

        it was okay. Had to have lunch anyway.

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  12. Kim Smyth Avatar
    Kim Smyth

    I’m not used to seeing your yard without snow! Great job with the prompt!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks! I don’t have a lot of recent snow pictures. I do hope we get more snow this year.

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  13. circadianreflections Avatar
    circadianreflections

    Good halves! The sandwich looked yummy! Have a great week!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks! I hope I didn’t make you hungry.

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      1. circadianreflections Avatar
        circadianreflections

        You did. I went out to the kitchen and got my breakfast casserole put together. It’s in the oven as I type! 😀😋

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        1. Dan Antion Avatar
          Dan Antion

          :-)

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  14. Jan Sikes Avatar
    Jan Sikes

    Interesting photo choices, Dan. Great response to the prompt!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks Jan!

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  15. Dave Astor Avatar
    Dave Astor

    Dan, your cat-on-a-ladder photo is meowvelous!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Haha – Good one Dave – thanks.

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      1. Dave Astor Avatar
        Dave Astor

        :-)

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  16. babsje Avatar
    babsje

    Oh wow – how Pittsburgh is that – Eat N Park! Thanks for the walk down memory lane, hope you’ve been enjoying your week. So back to Eat N Park… I worked at one one summer when I was 19, not at outside car hop server, an inside waitress. I got the employee of the month award – one of their famous Strawberry pies that was pure sugar topped with more sugar. Nightmare shifts were Fridays after the football games in our suburb, when literal busloads arrived all at once. For years afterwards I had recurring nightmares that I was alone working the entire restaurant on a Friday night and 3 busloads pulled in. All wanting separate checks, all wanting doggie bags with their leftover fries. Oy. But man, those Big Boy hamburgers were so good. And they had those cute activity and coloring books for kids – ages before the Happy Meal was a gleam in anyone’s eye. Thanks for the fond memories, Dan!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Wow! Thanks for sharing that. I’m glad you liked that photo. I remember going to Eat’N Park after football games. I never asked for a doggy bag, though (I could eat like a pig back then and never gain an ounce). I still love that burger, those fries and that pie.

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      1. babsje Avatar
        babsje

        You never asked for a doggy bag? That so rarely happened after football games in my suburb I would have remembered someone leaving without their fries. 🍟

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        1. Dan Antion Avatar
          Dan Antion

          I ate them all. I was 6′ 2″ tall, 125 pounds. I simply could not gain weight, no matter what I ate.

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          1. babsje Avatar
            babsje

            Oh to have that problem now at this age, right? I wonder if my Eat N Park is still there? It would have been in Whitehall, though out High School was Baldwin.

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            1. Dan Antion Avatar
              Dan Antion

              Yeah, that problem went away in my 30s. According to the Eat’N Park app, Whitehall still has one – 5100 Clairton Blvd.

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            2. babsje Avatar
              babsje

              Yeah, even I was a skinny minnie back then… And aha – I bet that’s the same Eat N Park, how cool. Thanks! Eat N Park has an app?? Mind blown. Thanks again. Now I’m hankering for a burger. 🍔

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            3. Dan Antion Avatar
              Dan Antion

              My daughter and I both have the app. It will find the closest location and give you directions. We drive down once a year, so it comes in handy.

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  17. quiall Avatar
    quiall

    Maddie had such an expressive body! It could have been exactly what she was probably thinking. I love to see natural wood. What are you going to make with it?

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Those were older photos. I made a set of bookends from those two pieces, for my boss as a Christmas gift. Maddie and MiMi/MuMu always telegraphed their emotions very well.

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  18. Colleen M. Chesebro Avatar
    Colleen M. Chesebro

    So the food from your books is real! What an amazing Ruben sandwich. I gained weight drooling over the photo. LOL!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks Colleen. I changed the name of most venues, but Eat’n Park is such a hometown institution that I included it like PNC Park and the other well-know places. Sorry if the sandwich made you hungry.

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        Colleen M. Chesebro

        LOL! No worries. Great photos!

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  19. Cee Neuner Avatar
    Cee Neuner

    When I saw your photo of the flag at half mask, I simply bowed my head.
    Your halves are so fun and wonderful for the week. Thanks Dan for joining along :D

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks Cee. I thought more of these were closer to halves. They appear that way in the media library which, apparently is not showing the full width of the photo. The flag at half staff almost always makes me sad.

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  20. Mae Clair Avatar
    Mae Clair

    Love the flag at half mast. Wow, that one was stirring!

    And loved MiMi on the ladder. One of my previous cats (McDoogal) used to climb ladders. Of the four I’ve had, he’s the only one who ever did that. :)

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      The flag is a sad photo. MiMi climbed anything she could. Her sister would sit below and just watch. It was like she was saying, “what is that girl doing?”

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  21. Teagan Riordain Geneviene Avatar
    Teagan Riordain Geneviene

    An interesting challenge, Dan. Loved seeing the animals. Daphne tried to run off with my glasses. She loves to hide things. Since I wouldn’t be able to see enough to find them, it’s a good thing that I caught her. LOL. Hugs.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks Teagan. MiMi always liked to steal things and hide them. That stopped when she was 15 or 16. Not good news for you ;-)

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  22. sustainabilitea Avatar
    sustainabilitea

    Your halves are so “you” that they made me smile. I’d love half of that Reuben! I love to take pictures of my food. 😉

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks Janet. I have the halves, because I always forget to take one at the start.

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  23. dweezer19 Avatar
    dweezer19

    The last i age is stunning. Nice job Dan. Lee would envy that Reuben

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks Cheryl. That sandwich was good.

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  24. John Hric Avatar
    John Hric

    Kickback it is a good thing.

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  25. robertawrites235681907 Avatar
    robertawrites235681907

    Hi Dan, great pictures, I meant to join in this one but ran out of time.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      The deadline comes quicker some weeks :-)

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  26. hilarymb Avatar
    hilarymb

    Hi Dan – fun pics … I like the idea of looking at a biscuit and finding something completely different. Mimi -oh they do love to know what’s going on … while Maddie – I feel so sad every time I see her – as obviously you two/three do too … thanks for the updates … cheers Hilary

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks Hilary. Seeing Maddie’s pictures does make me sad, but it reminds me that we gave her many happy years. She had so many problems, that most people couldn’t/wouldn’t have been able to care for her.

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  27. Dale Avatar
    Dale

    Fun stuff!
    By the way, did you know that some of your captions are so long they are cut off? We are left hanging!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      If you’re in the gallery, you have to click on the lower case i in the circle. That will show the full caption. You only have to do it once per blog. I reported that to WordPress, they said “write shorter captions” 🙁

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      1. Dale Avatar
        Dale

        Ah. Another had that issue but the i didn’t work. I didn’t even bother trying! Still… that’s anoying that they can’t just show it in the first place. Bleeping WP

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        1. Dan Antion Avatar
          Dan Antion

          Agreed

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          1. Dale Avatar
            Dale

            :)

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