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Tag Archives: pool
Last Weekend for The Pool
Our neighborhood pool is still open and will remain open until Labor Day. This is an unusual but welcome move for the parks and recreation department. They are usually closed by now, but I’m not going to think too hard … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday, Philadelphia
Tagged Labor Day 2023, Philadelphia, pool, South Philly, summer
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What’s the Best Tuna?
We happened to see this creature at the Ridgway pool in South Philadelphia so we approached and asked her the age old question: What’s the best tuna? She did not have an answer and looked vaguely confused and slightly off-put … Continue reading
Posted in Looking South, News, Philadelphia, South Philly Safari
Tagged Chicken of the Sea, city pool, mermaid, myth, pool, South Philly, summer, The Average-sized Mermaid, tuna
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The End of Summer
Yesterday was the last day of swimming at the Murphy Pool at 3rd and Shunk in South Philadelphia.
Summer is Over
It was fairly hot this week, but Sunday got decidedly cool. The days are getting noticeably shorter as well. It looks like Summer is most certainly over.
Posted in Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged black and white, empty, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, pool, USA
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Everybody into the Pool!
The city pools are open!
It’s FUN to Draw at the Y.M.C.A.
My son is a water-bug and always has been so we eventually signed him up at the local YMCA and got him squared away with swimming lessons which he took to like…a…fish to water (nice simile, Hemingway!) Our boy goes … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, athletic, bathing suit, drawing, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, pencil, pool, Sketch, sketchbook, swimmer, USA, Willceau, YMCA
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It’s Cool in the Pool!
Posted in Animated GIF, Collage, News
Tagged bathing beauty, bathing caps, pool, retro, summer
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