New Project, New Website
Instead of posting a photo today, I am announcing a new project. I am pleased and excited to introduce a site that features not my handiwork but that of my…
Instead of posting a photo today, I am announcing a new project. I am pleased and excited to introduce a site that features not my handiwork but that of my…
Of course I am finishing my series of images of toys from Walt Disney World (WDW) with these stuffed Mickeys. They really are black white and grey. I also…
The good folks at Topaz Labs were kind enough to gift me a free license to their Black and White plugin, B&W Effects. The image above is my first attempt…
Oops. Published this without any text. This is the next-to-last entry in my brief series on toys in Walt Disney World. Compared to most of the prior images, this one…
This piece of public art is displayed on the front plaza of a municipal building on Arch Street in Philadelphia. It's of modest interest, but I was taken by…
I never noticed how much he looks like the Little Green Men from Toy Story, with the major difference being he has one fewer eye than normal while they…
Phineas and Ferb is the cleverest cartoon series since the great Warner Bros. shorts of the mid-20th century. The titular characters are step-brothers who -- well, it never…
Dumbo looks so forlorn here. I know he spends a lot of his movie that way, but I would think people want happy Dumbo, not dismal Dumbo. Still, I…
It's the midpoint of this particular iteration of Toy Week, and yes, this is not exactly a toy. On the other hand, nobody buys these because they are the…
Day 2 of my week showing toys from Walt Disney World in their original habitat. Today features bulk Lego pieces from the Lego Store in Downtown Disney. I consider…
I had some fun with a "Toy Week" theme a couple of weeks ago, and this week I'm reprising it with a twist. Instead of featuring toys in posed…
Big aLICe Brewing is the last of the three Queens based breweries I visited this summer. I'm fond of this company because of it's name, which evokes one of my favorite Queens…
This is from 2011, first displayed here. See also my post: The Hole In The Sky
Here's another shot from Eastern State Penitentiary. The Penitentiary opened in 1829 and closed in 1971. Nobody went inside -- at least not officially -- for 15-20 years. Over…
I spent the weekend in Philadelphia with my family, mostly to visit the Revolutionary Era historical sites. But we also took in a couple of other attractions. When we…