The Impossible Year

Tag: chicago

  • Lakefront Dusk, 24 June 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 We took a nice bike ride along the lake just after sunset.

  • Marla – Dying Spectra Light Painting, 23 June 2020Polaroid Spectra/Polaroid Color Spectra Film Polaroid’s new Spectra film has stopped working with Spectra format cameras. The film just gets stuck in the rollers and fails to eject. There are theories as to the cause of this but Polaroid has given up on it. So I’ve taken…

  • Rainy Day, 22 June 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 The weather in Chicago has been a back and forth between muggy and storming for weeks now. It’s meant that it’s often looked beautiful outside, but terribly uncomfortable. On this particular Monday I laid on our bed and watched the storm for some time. 

  • Wicker Park, 21 June 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Beth Ann interpreted a protest and I picked her up from it. While waiting for her to arrive I took in the sights of Wicker Park. The street art and flier postings in Wicker Park really represent the time we’re living in right now.

  • Lakefront Raccoon, 20 June 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Ran into this little guy late at night cycling the lakefront. It’s a little scary how willing they are to just walk right up to you.

  • PARK CLOSED, 19 June 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 While bars and restaurants have been able to open, Chicago’s beloved Lake Shore Trail has been closed until recently. This week it reopened for ‘Moving’ only. Something that feels completely arbitrary as it should have occurred weeks ago, and it lagging behind the reopening of businesses…

  • Hammock Chair, 18 June 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Since we’re spending so much time at home we purchased a hammock chair for the balcony. Beth Ann has spent an inordinate amount of time in it since then.

  • Welles Park, 16 June 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 I biked over to Welles Park to sit and read and took in this sunset. The silhouette hides it, but there is a crochet ‘BLM’ sign on here. You can see it here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CBhgRnYDG6s/

  • Espresso Maker, 15 June 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 I struggled today. I had a real hard time accomplishing anything aside from making coffee.  I have a deep appreciation for this machine and how I acquired it. It used to be the ActiveCampaign office machine and when they were moving offices it was going…

  • Patty Melt, 14 June 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 I attempted to make a patty melt by using Beth Ann’s sourdough in combination with a bunch of recipes, including the Steak N Shake Frisco Melt. It was a giant mess, a delicious giant mess.