Saturday, August 31, 2019

Cherry


I wouldn't mind taking this '29 Chev for a spin either.  Another from the Hastings Cruise-in car show.

Friday, August 30, 2019

Snaky


I wouldn't mind taking this Cobra for a spin.  Another from the Hastings Cruise-in car show.

Thursday, August 29, 2019

Caddy


Now that's what I call a Caddy! Another from the Hastings Cruise-in car show.

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Britishly


I remember someone I went to school with telling me all the problems he had with his MG.  By the time he told me about it, all he had left was the grill emblem.  Kinda reminds me of my Mustang saga.  I might have to blog about that sometime.  At least this one is in pristine condition, at least on the outside.  Another from the Hastings Cruise-in car show.


Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Frightfully


More from the Hastings Saturday Night Cruise-in car show.  I wouldn't want to meet up with this bad boy in a dark alley.

Monday, August 26, 2019

Glamorously


Stumbled upon the Cruise-in car show in downtown Hastings on Saturday.  Saw this lovely Pontiac Silver Streak. 

Sunday, August 25, 2019

Preservationally


If you go over the side of the New Dawn tug boat, they've got you covered.

Saturday, August 24, 2019

Pushy


Just a gorgeous day today, cool and breezy.  The breezy part was giving this tug a hard time as it pushed a string of barges into the lock.

Friday, August 23, 2019

Frothy


The Payette River in Lowman, Idaho.  As seen in 2017.

Thursday, August 22, 2019

Exuberantly


That feeling you get when all the puzzle pieces finally fall into place.

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Oxymoronically


Saw this on a road trip a couple years ago.  The signs make my brain hurt.

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Ornately


I loved the pattern on my mom's tv trays.  Unfortunately, these trays were metal, so they started to rust after decades in storage.  I chucked them a few years ago, but took a pic to remember them by.

Monday, August 19, 2019

Resurrectionary


This evening was the open house celebration for the rebuilt Minnehaha Academy, two years after a gas leak explosion destroyed a large section of the original buildings.

I think they did a good job of memorializing the past with pieces of the old buildings on display, including the cornerstone. 

I also like the forward thinking in the new buildings.  They put a lot of thought into making it functional and still very aesthetically pleasing.  It reminds me a lot of a college campus.

Sunday, August 18, 2019

Sentimentally


This pretty much sums up 1982.

Saturday, August 17, 2019

Buzzy


Another from the archives.  Some people may say that it's not the size of your chainsaw that counts, but how you use it.  I beg to differ.  It's definitely about the size of your chainsaw.  As seen in 2005.

Friday, August 16, 2019

Distastefully


There was a Cicada lounging by my vehicle this evening.  I took a few pics, but none turned out very well, so I decided to have a little fun.

I turned one of the images into some creepy Cicada wallpaper.  Wouldn't this be great in, say, the bathroom?  No?  Oh why not?

Thursday, August 15, 2019

Kindheartedly


My great aunt and uncle.  Such a sweet lady, soft-spoken and kind.  He always looked gruff, but he  had a dry sense of humor that you could miss if you weren't looking for it.  As seen in 1982.

Techie Corner
Digging through my stinky old Polaroids again.  This one started out pretty dark, but I managed to bring it back to a more normal exposure. 

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Fearsomely


Another from the archives.  This is Robosaurus, a semi that transforms into a 40 foot tall, 31 ton, fire-breathing, car crushing T-Rex.  As seen at Monster Jam, January 2002.

Techie Corner
Kodak T-Max P3200 Professional B&W film scanned with Epson V600.

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Nostalgy


This image is from an impromptu car show that used to meet on Kellogg Boulevard in St. Paul.  In the background, the owners of this beautiful car were celebrating their 42nd wedding anniversary.  As seen in October 2002.

Techie Corner
B&W photo scanned with Epson V600.  I was still shooting with film back then!

I wish I would have gotten the passenger side of the car and the bumper in the shot.  I also wish I would have angled so that both the "bride and groom" were fully visible.  (The bride is partially hidden behind the car.)  I do remember at the time being stressed about the post being in the way of their celebration table.

Monday, August 12, 2019

Hospitably


The woman who owns this antique lamp and made the macramé lampshade years ago and feeds you delicious food and makes sure you sign the guest book before you leave has always been a part of my life.  I think this image says "welcome", which describes her exactly.

Sunday, August 11, 2019

Quaintly


I think this is the quaintest funeral home I have ever seen.

Saturday, August 10, 2019

Chicly


When I was a kid, my mom would let me style her hair into strange hairdos.  This is one of them.  As coiffed on November 2, 1982.

Polaroid picture scanned with Epson V600.  I wish I never had a Polaroid phase.  Low-grade prints that still smell of developing chemicals 37 years later.  But at the time, it was like a magic show watching the prints develop. 

Friday, August 9, 2019

Aromaticity


Brought to you by Spring 2019, what little of it there was.

Thursday, August 8, 2019

Wrigley


Chicago has some lovely old architecture.  The Wrigley Building, opened in 1924, as seen in 2007.

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Pellucidly


Time for a guessing game.  What is this and what is it specifically used for?

Monday, August 5, 2019

Sunday, August 4, 2019

Oozy


More art from Franconia Sculpture Park.  This looks like a big wad of melting bubblegum.  As seen in 2008.

Saturday, August 3, 2019

Spacey


Art is open to interpretation, and Franconia Sculpture Park always has a variety of interpretive pieces.  This one looks like a lunar lander of some kind.  Or maybe a ride at the first amusement park on the moon.  As seen in 2010.

Friday, August 2, 2019

Ratty


One of the interesting contraptions at a motorcycle and car show a couple years ago.

Thursday, August 1, 2019

Goofily


Mom acting goofy.  As seen in 2008.