Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Sharing A Collection Of Photographs

Hi, folks! This week's post is going to be primarily photographs that I've had stored in my camera and on my computer for the past five months. I've also included a bit of commentary between most of the images, just to fill you in about the image.

So with without further ado, a collection of photographs.

Hope you enjoy!

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This first image is a nighttime view from my apartment window, using the zoom. This photo makes me feel like a Peeping Ron...

Getting the Forrest Theatre marquee ready for the dancers of Philadelphia Ballet, Shut Up & Dance..

The late, great, David Bowie...

This is an interesting (and odd) capture. I spotted these sneakers as I was walking out of Independence Square Park one afternoon. It's as if the person who belonged to them suddenly vanished in mid-walk. The sneakers were exactly in this position when I saw them; I kid you not...

And if that image wasn't odd enough, here is another one that I captured in a different park on that same day. I wondered if the sneaker man had also left his underwear behind when he vanished. Only in Philadelphia would you see a vision like this.

Oh well, I suppose the image goes well with the Hanes underwear slogan, "Just wait'll we get our Hanes on you" or rather, off you...

Anyway, moving on to a much nicer view. This was a display at the start of the summer at the Dilworth Park skating rink. I love the colors...

One early misty, cloudy morning while walking back to my apartment from Trader Joe's, I looked up and saw an amazing image. I took this photo with my old cellphone camera...

Skyscrapers (both taken with my new cellphone camera)...

I took this shot because I liked the shadows on the front of the cathedral...

An adorable little bug flew over and landed right next to me in a park one day...

I took this next set of photographs in Ardmore over the past five months.

Here is the front entrance of an apartment building in downtown Ardmore. Isn't it charming?

This was actually an apartment building that I made an appointment to look at a studio apartment and fell in LOVE with it. Also, the monthly rent was very doable for me. Unfortunately, their requirements to move in were much more than I could afford. It's insane what rental properties are asking for right now. I have an outstanding credit score and an excellent track record for paying my bills and rent on time for the past 21 years. However, those things no longer seem to matter. Besides the astronomical move-in fees, they are also asking for a urine and stool sample, a blood test, and proof that your ancestry comes from royalty.

Yes, that's an exaggeration. But not by much. Anyway, I really liked this building...

I spotted this gentleman sitting on a bench smoking a cigar. Although I used to smoke, but never liked the smell of cigarette tobacco, I love the smell of a good cigar and pipe tobacco. He also had a portable music player beside him, so I could hear the upbeat tunes he was enjoying. I could tell he was having a great time...

I love the style of homes in Ardmore. The architecture is so diverse.

When I first set eyes on this house, I immediately thought it looked like something you'd see in Hollywood, where a silent film star once lived and hosted stupendous parties. I could so picture Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Rudolph Valentino walking up those stairs...