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Monthly Archives: May 2015
Friday Five – Number Eighty Four
Eighty-fourth in a series creating a collage using five elements.
Posted in Collage, Friday Five, News
Tagged catalog models, collage, pretty girls, vintage photos
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Blue Hawaii
Another disk from the stash of records found at a printer. This album included Rock-A-Hula Baby which was Dolores Fuller’s first published song. Fuller was bad film auteur Ed Wood’s ex-girlfriend and featured in a a few of his films. … Continue reading
Posted in Curious Clutter, Stax o' Wax
Tagged Dolores Fuller, Ed Wood, Elvis, LP, record, vinyl
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A Walk ’round the Pond
Back in the 1980s, I went to art school, and I along with all of the other illustration majors were required to take a minor course in photography. We had to shoot the photos as well as process the negatives … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1982, New Jersey, Parkview, pond, Westville
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Alice Lajeunesse Vertefeuille
Last week’s photo which had a number of names scrawled on the back, turned up some interesting information. Lisa, a woman from my hometown, led me to her family’s Facebook page. I was able to identify one of the women in … Continue reading
Scott Peacock’s Chicken and Rice
One of my favorite cookbooks is The Gift of Southern Cooking by Scott Peacock and Edna Lewis. It taught me the importance of brining a turkey, the best way to cook asparagus, and that food doesn’t have to be fancy … Continue reading
Neo-Classical Sunrise
A little after six in the morning on Broad Street. Shot of the Ridgeway Library which is now the front of The Philadelphia High School for Creative & Performing Arts.
Posted in Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged Broad Street, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography
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Friday Five – Number Eighty Three
Eighty-third in a series creating a collage using five elements.


