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The Posers
What’s happening? Yesterday my post had a half of a person in it, and today there are two whole people. Wow. Believe me, I am as surprised by this as you are.
I sat in this spot for a while, watching a steady stream of people perch on that stone ledge to have their photo taken. Most of them were in poses similar to the one here, which made me start to wonder how they all know that’s The One Right Way To Sit – is there a guidebook or something?
But these two had an added value, of a sort, with the photo-taker also striking a pose.
Chicago, Illinois
photographed 8.26.2019
City in the sky: Cloud Gate
My favorite time to photograph the famous Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago is when the light and sky are just right and the edges of the sculpture blur into the sky. Like this.
Also: look! A person!
Chicago, Illinois
photographed 8.26.2019
Coffee shop, afternoon
While I was in town looking for things that needed to be a photograph, I decided to stop in at the local coffee shop. And – who could have predicted? – it, too, needed to be a photograph.
Plainview, Texas
photographed 8.10.2019
Brodimatic
The other day, on a jaunt to Plainview, I found this thing, this jumble of hoses and other stuff. The thing on top is a Brodimatic; you probably already knew that it’s a gas meter pump counter, but I had to google it…
Plainview, Texas
photographed 8.10.2019
Telephone Directory
See that bag on the ground in front of the door? It’s the new telephone directory. That raises a few questions, doesn’t it?
Plainview, Texas
photographed 8.10.2019
