knowing the gnat's growing pains

captain sidwell downtown

they are constructing a prefab structure by my house: the two cranes from my last post gave birth to a third: her name is bessie (pictured a few pics down)

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bessie has the yellow arm

this is another building downtown: they were attaching these concrete panels about 26 stories up

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the structure down the street: bessie in the middle

i try not to frequent my place of work but occasionally i give in: & this is how i am treated: special glass and organic grapes

received this book in the mail today: it was in perfect shape (see below)

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the book came in this box that had a "fragile" sticker attached: finally someone is thinking! no bent corners or scratches: showing respect for an object that deserves nothing less

a.m.g.

picnic: life has been a bit out of focus lately

apparently i cut myself "shaving"

every year i find new reason to hate and renewed abhorrence/disgust for halloween: this year, a month ahead of schedule, i found this

m.mb meditating with her nose against the frame

dinner with a friend

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this poor drunken fellow made the mistake of trying to talk to a bunch of us who weren't having any of it: his hat was initially blank: somehow n. got a hold of it and wrote the lovely message that you see: the gentleman was unable to keep his eyes steady enough to read it himself, but he seemed proud none-the-less: since i work in a bar a few nights a week i have stopped worrying about giving drunk people a hard time about something they surely won't remember the next day

everyone insisted on posing with the stranger

just like old-time friends