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Permalink Moosie shaking off her bath John S Lens, Ina’s 1969 Film, No Flash, Taken with Hipstamatic
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Permalink Hi Ashley, Well, this will be a quick one.  I’m labeling this one Po-Mo Graffiti in SoCal.  The taggers here are apparently fairly self-aware.  This was on one of the beach bluffs in Encinitas.  I wish you were here too. It’s never too late, hop on a plane!  Maren
Permalink Hi Ashley, After much deliberation, I’m posting this photo in response to your gorgeous shot of the “reclaimed” van in Brooklyn.  I aged it a little through processing because, well, a) I took it at the wrong time of day and the sun washed the shot out quite a bit;  b) it’s an old sign. Old for Phoenix, that is. I think it’s a good example of the Phoenix car culture and its contrast to NYC and its transportation system and culture. This car dealership opened at the present location in 1957 and I’m guessing the sign is from then, too. Right around that time Phoenix was really expanding in population - I think air conditioning in residences was really starting to be affordable then, and Phoenix also jumped onto the tourism-destination bandwagon.  I learned in a class I took a couple of years ago that Phoenix was a designed as a denial of the desert climate, and to be an oasis in the desert.  (Thus, lots of lawns). And, while people were installing lawns they also focused the main transportation mode on cars.  They did such a good job of building car-friendly infrastructure that Phoenix and the surrounding cities are constantly building more roads and highways and parking lots, despite the evident need for more public transportation. A bike lane or two on busy roads would be great too. I miss the 4-5-6! Maren
Permalink Hey Ashley, I think it’s high time we start that photo-convo!  Here’s a saguaro that I pass on my daily walks with Moosie. It’s right by my house, about a half a block away.  It looks like it’s been shot at by crazy Arizonan’s for target practice, but it’s really just an apartment building for woodpeckers. I have yet to get a shot of a woodpecker on, in or near the cactus - this is one of my goals for the summer (unless they migrate somewhere else for the summer. I’ll have to research that). Hope your Saturday is awesome! Love Maren
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