I Took My Camera For A Walk

May 7, 2020

March 11 was the last time I took a long walk. This time it was balancing wisdom and courage, the want to get outside and being more lucky than smart. My battered body was in fine shape. There were a few people now and then walking about and respectful distancing, nothing awkward, when passing. It's the clear sky that appears more so on a daily bases. Koyaanisqatsi....life out of balance.
Fishtown shares a similar quality due to the changes of the landscape and the memories. You might not recognize the place if you been away for a few years or if you lived here all your life. This is where the "more lucky than smart" part comes about.
I bought my smokes at the gas station on Girard Ave. Some nice folks there. Had my pocket camera, nothing unusual and there was the Cityscape. Let me approach it again. There was Fishtown.

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 The Forgotten Man Memorial were someone took the heart

 The Merritt House

It'll still be there

 Monet moment

 Memories become stronger

Checking up on some friends

Another memory

 Smile

I took a few shots at the cemetery and went home.

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For Deb's Birthday

She asked for a nice portrait

Sometimes you take a photo and forget about it. I recently found this picture from 2007 and 100+ other photos from one shoot on disc.
Deb inspires me and the rest is like artist obsessive/compulsive creativity. In short, I made a bunch of different versions of the picture. I aint' gonna tell you how many but this I will. I narrowed it down to four.

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Corona Consciousness

Om

being unconditional through time is not always a comfortable path

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Corona Cheesecake

Picture you....

....under a spell taking the moment to feel what you need. 

What were you thinking?

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Corona Color's Blossom...

....as hope springs eternal

#coronaart

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Corona Cooking Challenge

Stewed apples 

I tried the recipe and the apples turned out very tasty. My next door neighbor dropped off a bag of granny smith apples and oranges. They're like that with us....love them. Immediately I took an orange and squeezed it and added the juice to the pitcher of fresh brewed ice tea with lemon. You got to use one a day to enjoy them at their peak. Keep it fresh.
Apples keep and but now I have plenty. I have enough to have to do something about it. I looked in the old cook book for something simple and found stewed apples. I looked at a few more online and found that what I had on hand matched the recipe. It's easy but prepping the apples are time consuming. You got to develop a rhythm to the slicing and peeling. It's worth it.
I didn't have a corer of peeler. I quartered the apple to remove the core. I eighth the apple to remove the skin. This produces a lot of garbage. (There's more than one way to skin a cat...an apple.)
The apple wedges get placed in a large skillet with cover. Add 1/2 cup water with 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract, 1/4 cup brown/Lt brown sugar and lightly and carefully sprinkle with cinnamon.
Cover skillet and turn heat on high for five minutes. They cook up fast. Turn heat off. Can you smell it?        #coronaart

It's like apple pie without the crust

Even made an omelet for the morning microwave along with chilled stewed apples

Toasted cinnamon and raisin bread with a few apple slices

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Corona Chemical Consideration

Hook the crook

avoid the cloud__roman blazic