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tin ceiling
Winter got to Joplin the very same day that I did, so my photos were made on very short walks. One of these walks (a walkette?) I happened to see what I am sure started its life as a car repair garage. Currently it is a restaurant supply place and kudos to the current people for keeping those old tin ceilings. That’s a nice bit of history and nostalgia.
Route 66
Joplin, Missouri
photographed 1.29.2023
celebrating years
I love how the Munger Moss Motel is proud of being on Route 66, but also sort of shy about announcing just how many years they’ve been there. I mean, I get it: I’m of a “certain age” myself and would prefer to have to say that big ol’ number out loud.
So, same, Munger Moss Motel, same.
Route 66
Lebanon, Missouri
photographed 1.28.2023
Pinga’s
I haven’t been out shooting new stuff in a while, so here’s some older things (but never before edited, so they’re also new).
This restaurant in Missouri didn’t make it, even with the decorative saguaro painted on the building. It’s a shame.
Route 66
Doolittle, Missouri
photographed 1.28.2023
my first street photography
I was recently reminded (when I was looking a box of random stuff) that my street-photography efforts started much earlier than what I remembered. If you’d asked me prior to this discovery, I would have said 2022 or so marked the beginning.
But here’s proof that I actually did a bit of street photography in the summer of 1967, while on a family trip to Mexico.
Also, check out the guitars for sale in the background…
family photo, scanned
Toluca, Mexico
photographed summer 1967
italian fashion is for real
In case you were wondering, there IS something eye-catching and a little bit exciting in Italian fashion. It is beautiful and it looks effortless (but I bet it’s not!). And somehow, even though we were melting in the heat, the fashionably-dressed Sicilians always looked fresh and comfortable. (Except maybe the ones wearing those very tall shoes…)
Ragusa Ibla, Sicily
photographed 9.7.2022
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