The Impossible Year

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  • Shoes by a Sewing Machine, 8 August 2020Polaroid OneStep 2/Impossible ? (Expired) Bust out some old unlabeled Impossible experimental film from the fridge. It was less than successful.

  • 18 Coffees Presents: ‘Jojo Rabbit’ Drive In, 7 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 18 Coffees is a strategy firm that helps drive mission driven transformations at companies. It was founded by my friend Caleb Gardner and I’m honored to be counted among its members. On Friday, they put together a drive-in showing of ‘JoJo…

  • Relaxing Outside Medvet, 6 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Every week we’ve been needing to take the dog to physical therapy appointments at MedVet to deal with her back and joint pain. The appointments last an hour and leave me or Beth Ann with time to kill waiting around to pass the time…

  • 7-Eleven Clark and Southport, 5 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 The intersection of Clark and Southport is prime real estate on two busy streets, with a bus stop right next to it, and immediately adjacent to an affluent residential neighborhood. A prime location for a convenience store.  Well, over the last few years 7-Eleven…

  • Tomato Plant, 4 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 We’ve been growing a ‘war garden’ of sorts on out balcony since this all began and the real star has been our tomato plant which has taken off massively.

  • Firecakes, 3 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Beth Ann’s favorite donuts come from Firecakes and they are one of our favorite local businesses. She placed an order for pick up and I biked down to Lincoln Park to get them.

  • W Byron St, 1 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Cycling around I was stuck to find that much of W Byron St. had its trees wrapped in pride colors.

  • Sewing Machine?, 31 July 2020Polaroid Spectra/Polaroid Color Spectra Film Took another attempt at using the Spectra Camera and manually rolling out the film with a dough roller. It has been less than successful, but at least it is interesting looking.

  • David, Jackie, & Beth Ann, 30 July 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Beth Ann’s parents came to town and we actually spent time in close proximity with other human beings for the first time in 6 months.

  • Drawing Table, 29 July 2020Polaroid OneStep 600 / Impossible Color 600 (Expired)   I’ve gotten our office cleaned up enough that we can start to use the drawing table in it. Only hurdle remaining is finding a place for the paintings my wife has had sitting on it for the last two years. Man, none…