The Impossible Year

Tag: ravenswood

  • Montrose and Ashland, 20 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   Been trying more of these night shots. I set this one up and deliberately snapped it as a car sped by. Need to work on better framing to avoiding lens flares more though.

  • Tree Scraps, 13 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   Driving through the neighborhood a common sight is just piles of fallen branches on street corners and bleeding into the street. At least this one got a no parking sign on the tree next to it.

  • Montrose and Paulina, 11 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   A day after a massive storm, the Ravenswood Elementary School had a sign up that said ‘Have a Nice Day’ while a large section of the community was still without power.

  • Greenview Avenue, 10 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 On Monday a massive derecho swept through the Chicagoland region causing tornados along the lakefront, knocking down over 7,300 trees, and leaving over 2 million people without power. We were fortunate to be mostly spared any damage (though we did lose internet) but our neighbors…

  • 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.

  • Little League in Winnemac Park, 25 July 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 We spent part of the day in Winnemac Park to celebrate our friend Carrie’s birthday from a responsible distance. Towards the end of our time there a flock of little leaguer baseball players and parents flooded the ballfields. It’s hard to believe…

  • West Montrose Avenue, 24 July 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 I just thought the early dusk sun pushing through the trees and reflecting off the street was beautiful. I love my neighborhood.

  • Wilson and Clark, 22 July 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 I had to run to Staples for paper and I thought the nearly empty parking lot on a beautiful day was just interesting.

  • 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.