THE SIDEWALK: MY JOURNEY AROUND THE BLOCK

Project 2  •  No. 23

In All Its Glory

I love the beauty and tenacity of the morning glory.

It greets me each day with its royal blossoms, but soon will eat my house.

THE SIDEWALK: MY JOURNEY AROUND THE BLOCK

Project 2  •  No. 22

Strong Impressions

Cement is so vulnerable when wet. 
It captures the subtlety of humor, the gait of a pigeon, 
or the whisper of  freshly fallen leaves.

(Can you imagine a pigeon in cement shoes?)

THE SIDEWALK: MY JOURNEY AROUND THE BLOCK

Project 2  •  No. 21

POP ART

THE SIDEWALK: MY JOURNEY AROUND THE BLOCK

Project 2  •  No. 20

Mother Nature in all her Glory

Gifts discovered just beyond my doorstep.

Broken, but still beautiful.

Potential lives at my feet.

A life lived at my feet.

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Project 2  •  No. 19

Plastic in Its Unnatural Habitat

                                             Mr. McGuire: I want to say one word to you. Just one word.

                                             Benjamin: Yes, sir. 

                                             Mr. McGuire: Are you listening?

                                             Benjamin: Yes, I am.

                                             Mr. McGuire: Plastics.                                                  

                                                                                                                                                    —  from the 1967 film, The Graduate

THE SIDEWALK: MY JOURNEY AROUND THE BLOCK

Project 2  •  No. 18

Sewer Caps

The word "sewer" has a negative connotation, but I find the caps to be quite beautiful. 

Notice the thought put into the design — the lettering and the patterns.
They were designed to endure, and many display the year of their creation. 
I found several within walking distance dating back to the 
1920s and '30s. My mother lived on Bauer Place in Mineola as a young child. 

There I found a cap dated from the year she was born, 1936. 
How serendipitous.

The company that made this was established in 1921 and still exists today. 

http://www.campbellfoundry.com/

This is a water meter cap, but it was too cool not to be included. Notice the stars.

(On a recent trip to London, I discovered things were shaping up a bit differently there.)

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THE SIDEWALK: MY JOURNEY AROUND THE BLOCK

Project 2  •  No. 17

Treasures

Like seahsells washed upon the shore by persistent waves,

beautiful treasures serendipitously appear at my feet.