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**Ans Westra (POTD)** @PhotographerOfTheDay@mastodon.ozioso.online · Dec 17, 2024

Dec 17, 2024

Ans Westra (POTD) @PhotographerOfTheDay@mastodon.ozioso.online

Images of New Zealand - Social life
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#NewZealand #moe_tahurangi #Kōtuia #Women #Fences #Towels #Bathingsuits #photographicgelatin #photographicpaper #silver #workprints #gelatinsilverprints #undefined

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/40736335/source

The photograph is a black and white image capturing people enjoying an outdoor gathering, likely at the beach or park. Several individuals are lounging on towels spread out over grassy areas; some appear to be sunbathing while others engage in conversation with those around them.

Notably, two women are in focus: one reclining atop another woman lying down, both seem relaxed and absorbed in their activities. The standing person is applying sunscreen or lotion onto the resting individual's back using a bottle, indicating it might be a sunny day given they're taking precautions against sunburns.

In the background, more people can be seen engaging in various leisurely pursuits: one woman holds what seems to be an empty glass with a straw; another sits on her heels near some personal items like bags and clothing. Some are also seated or lying down facing away from the camera.

Overall, it portrays a casual social gathering where people of different ages seem content taking part in typical beachside relaxation activities under an open sky filled with trees hinting at the proximity to nature.

**Debra Martz** @DebraMartz · Nov 20, 2024 *

Nov 20, 2024 *

Debra Martz @DebraMartz

Debra Martz Home Decor and many Products for Gift Ideas

https://debra-martz.pixels.com/shop/throw+pillows?view=artistcollection

https://debra-martz.pixels.com/featured/honey-bee-on-purple-aster-debra-martz.html

#HomeDecor #GiftIdeas #Pillows #duvets #ShowerCurtians #towels #mugs and #Blankets #BuyIntoArt #ForSale

A single Honey Bee is on the yellow center of a purple Aster flower. Surrounding the single in focus bloom is a softly blurred background of greenery. Image is a collage of home decor in which the photograph is available to be printed on. Shower Curtain, Throw Pillow, Duvet Cover, Towels, Blanket and Coffee Mug.

**Gay Old Time** @GayOldTime@masto.ai · Nov 7, 2024

Nov 7, 2024

Gay Old Time @GayOldTime@masto.ai

Solid advice for the beginning home decorator
#vintageAd #gay #towels

Detail from a vintage ad. An illustration of a woman frolicking with a towel, waving it in front of her in a carefree manner. Text reads: “Towels should be gay…”

**Ans Westra (POTD)** @PhotographerOfTheDay@mastodon.ozioso.online · Oct 7, 2024

Oct 7, 2024

Ans Westra (POTD) @PhotographerOfTheDay@mastodon.ozioso.online

Untitled. From the series: Washday at the pa

#moe_tahurangi #Matapihi #Kōtuia #Girls #Fireplaces #Towels #Basins #Families #Māori #silver #photographicgelatin #photographicpaper #workprints #gelatinsilverprints #NorthIsland

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/20375843/source

The image depicts a black and white scene where two people, possibly children or young adults, are engaged in household activities. One individual is standing atop what appears to be an old-fashioned oven or stove with their bare feet inside the opening; they seem focused on something within the structure. The other person's legs can be seen as well, partially draped over a ledge and holding another object, possibly involved in the same task.

The setting suggests a rustic or historical environment, likely evoking memories of simpler times before modern conveniences such as electric stoves were commonplace. The lighting is dim with some areas illuminated by what seems to be natural light filtering through gaps or openings not visible within the frame.

**JdeBP** @JdeBP@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 11, 2024

Apr 11, 2024

JdeBP @JdeBP@mastodonapp.uk

I suppose, today, that I am that hoopy frood who knows where all of my towels are. And I appear to have got things together on a Thursday, to boot.

#AllYourTowelsAreBelongToUs #towels

**Retro Librarian** @LibrarianRA@worldkey.io · Apr 3, 2024

Apr 3, 2024

Retro Librarian @LibrarianRA@worldkey.io

Hump day, hunk day
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1943 Cannon Towels Advertisement
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#HumpdayHunkDay #Towels #Cannon #WW2 #Army #Advertisement #retro #vintage

Half nakes army dudes are bathing in a river in the jungle. The title says "Army Day - Crocodiles keep out!"

**tim dalton** @timdalton@mindly.social · Mar 28, 2024

Mar 28, 2024

tim dalton @timdalton@mindly.social

One more from the Naumkeag House in Stockbridge MA. I can only guess i was taken by the shelves of monogrammed towels. Just a fun photo. But looking at it today, I focused in on the labels with old style handwriting.
On one shelf it says Massage Towels for Miss Choate. and Swimming for ? Just struck me as cool.

Detail photo of main photo showing the handwritten label on one shelf.

Color photo of what I think was a closet full of towels on shelves in an old house now a museum. The towels are monogramed with I think the original owners initials from the 1890’s.

#ThrowBackThursday #photography #fotografie

**Ken Thompson** @kenthompson@mastodon.world · Mar 9, 2024

Mar 9, 2024

Ken Thompson @kenthompson@mastodon.world

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams.
Quite improbably, you are rescued from Earth minutes before its destruction, only to find the galaxy poorly mismanaged and under the influence of intradimensional rodents, and everyone looking for meaning where there is none, which rather gets in the way of having a good time.
4 of 5 library cats .

#bookstodon @bookstodon #books #reading #humor #mice #SciFi #humor #towels #life #dontpanic #encyclopedias

Book cover featuring a hand with thumb out and the bold words DON’T PANIC

**Retro Librarian** @LibrarianRA@worldkey.io · Nov 26, 2023

Nov 26, 2023

Retro Librarian @LibrarianRA@worldkey.io

Good Morning!
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1984 Amway Personal Shoppers Catalog
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#Rainbows #HomeShopping #Bathrooms #Decor #InteriorDesign #Towels #Toilet #retro #vintage

Rainbows! Rainbow designed items seen in this bathroom are, waste basket, scale, towels, clock, bathmat, shower curtain, tissue box, soap tray, toilet seat, and drink glass

**Lazarou Monkey Terror** @Lazarou@mastodon.social · Nov 17, 2023

Nov 17, 2023

Lazarou Monkey Terror @Lazarou@mastodon.social

@JackTheCat Douglas Adams spinning in his grave....
#Towels

**Gay Old Time** @GayOldTime@masto.ai · Nov 4, 2023

Nov 4, 2023

Gay Old Time @GayOldTime@masto.ai

For a thoroughly Sapphic bathroom
#vintageAd #lesbian #towels

Vintage ad for Callaway towels. Two women admire a bathroom that somehow has a rainbow coming out of the bathtub. Text reads: “It suddenly appeared the day we got the Callaway towels!”

**Gay Old Time** @GayOldTime@masto.ai · Apr 24, 2023

Apr 24, 2023

Gay Old Time @GayOldTime@masto.ai

In fact, try to make all your textiles as gay as you can
#vintageAd #gay #towels

Detail from a vintage ad for towels. An illustration shows a woman frolicking while holding up a towel. The text reads: "Towels should be gay…"

**michele** @micmol · Jan 28, 2023

Jan 28, 2023

michele @micmol

Ghosts are invisible today

Hotel dirty towels in big bags on a cart, left in the hallway.

#naturamorta #minimalism #minimal

**Oisín Breen** @Breen@mastodon.ie · Dec 13, 2022

Dec 13, 2022

Oisín Breen @Breen@mastodon.ie

Okay... I've suddenly got involved in the great towel debate...

Soft or hard towels?
Or, as one friend insists, the real issue is waxy vs. absorbent towels?

A few thoughts from friends in following toots to help spur your towel thinking, if you're so minded.

17%Only hard towels work.
67%It's about absorbance!
8%Soft towel = heaven.
8%I like to mix and match.

#towels #thegreattoweldebate

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**Bewickwren** @Bewickwren@toot.community · Dec 6, 2022

Dec 6, 2022

Bewickwren @Bewickwren@toot.community

@JenWojcik
Thank you! That was a great and clear explanation of the difference. I presume Turkish are more expensive to mass manufacture, too.
#Towels