The Impossible Year

Tag: subism

  • Comics, 14 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   Years ago I bought these frames with the intention of hanging my favorite “key” issues of comics I love. They look amazing and they make me smile when I walk by them every day.

  • 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.

  • Bekki, 12 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   We drove down to Berwyn to visit our friend Bekki and drop off towels and utensils that we no longer needed. We sat in front of her place, had a nice socially distant conversation, and it almost felt like normal times for a moment.

  • 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…

  • Unknown, 9 August 2020Polaroid OneStep 2/Impossible ? (Expired) More of the expired film in the Onestep 2. You can see the developer pods are leaking everywhere which are gumming up the rollers and marking up the film.

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • Leslie and the Wheel, 2 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 We are renting a pottery wheel from Lillstreet so that Beth Ann can do pottery work even though Lillstreet does not have open studio hours. As such, we’ve converted out garage to be a workspace, and Leslie came over the other night and…

  • 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.