The Impossible Year

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  • Molly, 3 October 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   Our friend Molly is moving and has no need for her patio umbrella or firepit any longer so she gave them to us. Here she is modeling with the umbrella.

  • Robots!, 2 October 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   I really enjoy the toy robots in the windows of the Southport Avenue Cafe Tola.

  • Off POT, 29 September 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   A sign of the times: A closing ‘big box’ office supply store with a burnt out sign making an amusing statement.

  • Mail In Ballot, 28 September 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   I ordered, and received my mail in ballot. On the 28th, 18 Coffees had a ballot party where we discussed great resources for learning about candidates and answering questions to help people make a plan to vote

  • Selfie, 27 September 2020Polaroid OneStep 600/Impossible Pioneer film Color Gen 2 (Expired)   Another film fail. This time an attempt at taking a selfie. I basically didn’t show up at all but the ‘H2O Go’ sign that hangs on my office wall did.

  • Katie, 25 September 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   Katie was having a… dramatic set of days after a major personal realization. We’ve talked a lot about our COVID guidelines and testing routines and given everything going on she is the first, and only, person we’ve had ‘mask off’ in our home in many month. We’ve…

  • Justin and Meli, 22 September 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   We went and had a socially distanced dinner in the back yard of our friends Justin and Melissa’s home.

  • Tiny Space Invaders, 21 September 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   Owning a working arcade machine has been a long-term life goal for me. One of the things my wife did for our anniversary was to finally fulfill this dream. Sort of. She bought me a 3.5″ tall version of Space Invaders that is…

  • Pull Up Bar, 20 September 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   I bought a door-frame pull up bar for the office. Here is Beth Ann modeling it for me. Even though I’ve been working out daily since the start of February I am amazed how hard a simple pull up is. As of the…

  • The Music Box, 19 September 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   They’ve started occasionally closing off Southport Avenue for street dining. Beth Ann and I went to Bombastic for coffee and then sat on the curb and people watched in front of our beloved historic landmark theater: The Music Box Theatre. I know movie theaters…