The Impossible Year

Tag: impossible

  • Selfie, 18 December 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   It’s been a long time so I figured why not? I forgot what a challenge hand held self portraits are without a viewfinder.

  • A Dusting, 16 December 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   We got the first noticeable amount of snow for the season.

  • All Lit Up, 14 December 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   Merry Christmas from our family to yours. 

  • Decorations, 11 December 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   Went to storage to get the Christmas decorations out so we could finally put some up.

  • Refrigerator Kanban, 10 December 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   My wife and I are trying a new tactic where we put our chores on the fridge as a kanban with sticky notes. So far, so good.

  • Belmont Flyover Crane, 9 December 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   Biking back from Chicago Comics I stopped to appreciate the clear blue sky we were having and how this crane for the CTA construction looked.

  • Dinner Table Workstation, 7 December 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   Like many in COVID times I’ve spent countless hours using the dinner table as a desk. On the 7th in particular I had a big writing project I was trying to complete so I chained myself to the ‘desk’ and stayed here for almost…

  • Montrose Brown Line, 6 December 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   I walk to the Brown line almost every morning to get my coffee and breakfast from Spoken, and yet I can’t remember the last time I rode the CTA. It’s truly surreal. I miss it like I miss a friend. Something I’d never…

  • Mysterious Children Statue, 5 December 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   Biking by the Sulzer Regional Library on Lincoln Avenue I noticed the, already strange, statue of children on a log had been fitted with some books, to make it look like they were reading, so had to snap a photo. In researching for…

  • Ultimate Dunking Set, 4 December 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   One of the silliest things we own, a set of Oreo mugs with a holder and tongs specifically for dunking. Also, the Oreos in this are the ‘Trolls World Tour’ Oreos that have popping candy in them, which are truly a bizarre experience.