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• ampersands I like, photography, reader links

  China & Glass

  08.10.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Brushes & Brooms.
  Submitted by Tim from Chipstead, England.

• photography, reader links, signage, writing about ampersands

  Mountain Lake & Stream

  08.08.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Craig Conley writes:
  Which came first: Ampersand Stream, or Lake, or Mountain? Here’s an intriguing explanation from The Gentleman’s Magazine, 1892:

  Ampersand is a mountain. It is a lake. It is a stream. The mountain stands in the heart of the Adirondack country, just near enough to the thoroughfare of travel for thousands [...]

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  Olympic Sculpture Park. Seattle, WA

  08.08.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Love & Loss Sculpture by Roy McMakin in Olympic Sculpture Park. This one has been recommended to me many times.

  By Rachel-B

• 3-d ampersands, From the Field, ampersands I like, photography, signage

  Nice, shiny ampersand

  06.26.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  
  

• From the Field, ampersands I like, photography

  Blue and White

  06.25.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  
  

• From the Field, about this blog, photography

  I’ve been away…

  06.09.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  Sorry for the brief hiatus. I had a friend in town, had a power cord catch on fire and was lazy.
  I have a ton of cool ampersand stuff to post so stay tuned. In the meantime, enjoy the awesome backwards ampersand I found at a local wash & fold.

• 3-d ampersands, ampersands I like, photography

  Tree Bark

  06.02.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  I absolutely love this one. From Sarah France. Her blog header even has an ampersand in it.

• From the Field, ampersands I like, photography, signage

  Dry Cleaners

  06.02.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Dry Cleaners are usually pretty reliable places to find ampersands. This one is nice and red and glowing through the window.

• photography, reader links, there is an ampersand in there somewhere

  Laundromat Ampersand

  05.30.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  From Jenny from Wisconsin.

• From the Field, ampersands I like, examples, photography, signage

  Clement Street

  05.27.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  
  

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The Ampersand

A scribal abbreviation for and. Derived from the Latin word “et.”

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I like the ampersand. I think it is often the most attractive character of them all. This blog is an attempt to give this humble ligature the respect it deserves. If you would like to submit some ampersand-related content, please let me know.

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