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by Mary Mikawoz
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Our spiral notebooks are 6" x 8" in size and include 120 pages which are lined on both sides. The artwork is printed on the front cover which is made of thick paper stock, and the back cover is medium gray in color. The inside of the back cover includes a pocket for storing extra paper and pens.
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Thistle Me This!
Poem and Photography By Mary Mikawoz
Thistle me this!
Thistle me that!
The firmer you place us together
The harder it is for you to tear us apart!!!
I was inspired to write this poem because of the inspiration that George D. Mestral received in developing Velcro from the concept of thistles in how they work and how they cling to you by observing how burdock and bur seeds attached themselves to his dog's furs and to his clothing. He examined them under a microscope discovering all the little hooks and then put it into action.
This Swiss electrical engineer thought of the idea in 1941 and invented the idea of Vclcro in 1948. Did you also know that Velcro fasteners made of Teflon loops, polyester hooks, and glass backing are used in Space Stations in outer space?
From a personal point of view, my family went to Poland when I was 6 years old. That summer we visited a relative's farm. I remember running thr...
Mary Mikawoz is a Canadian of Polish descent who follows in the footsteps of a number of artists and photographers in the family. She has studied photography and art from places like Champlain College in Montreal to Algonquin College in Ottawa to the Art Gallery School in Winnipeg. Mary graduated from the University of Manitoba and Red River College. When it comes to photography, Mary feels as if she is inspired by God or the Universe. It is as if she is meant to "capture this moment in time." Otherwise, she takes images that have nice compositions or from points of view that other people might not normally look at. She likes to take powerful images that have impact. Her artistic work includes photography, drawing, digital art,...
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Mary Mikawoz
Dziękuję bardzo! In English, did you know they used the thistle to make modern day velcro that we use in clothes and other things? The write-up is on the right hand side if you would like to translate it into Polish through Google Translator - http://translate.google.com/ Thank you again.
Henryk Gorecki
Wspaniale,że nobilitowałaś tę dokuczliwą,chociaż piękną roślinę,Mary! f/v