Field Notes Gallery
A visual journal of interesting people, places, objects, colors, and light. All images captured with an iPhone 11.
Some of the images below are uploaded in pairs or groups. Depending on how you are viewing this post, you may need to tap on each tile to see the complete image.
In reviewing my Field Notes from the last four or five weeks, I notice that none of them are from simply wandering. I used to get many of the most interesting ones on walks around my neighborhood. But in the process of getting back to normal after my illness a few months ago, I’ve been running errands and catching up on projects - but NOT roaming around the block on afternoon walks. I’ll have to make a point of revisiting my local sidewalks.
A tale of two gardens…
My neighborhood has a series of sidewalks that connect parallel streets that we call catwalks. Imagine an alley behind houses, but just wide enough for a paved sidewalk. Yesterday I was passing through one of the catwalks and saw these nikes that some kid had forgotten, or abandoned. It made me wonder if they were hiding beneath that tree, or if they had scaled the fence.
Windows
Parked
For as long as I can remember, car issues have been a huge source of anxiety. When I was a kid my parents rarely had reliable vehicles and unaffordable repairs were often the reason that we could not be in the world beyond our neighborhood. In college, after my second rust-bucket junker broke down, I just let it sit in my apartment complex parking space and bought a bus pass to finish out the last few years of college. I couldn’t bear to think about scraping up enough money to have it fixed.
I’m lucky enough to have a decent, reliable car now, but recently I’ve been having power steering issues that two mechanics have been unable to fix. It has given me that same feeling I used to get - though my circumstances have changed. That anxiety has crept into my Field Notes.
Unusual Duos
And Cats …
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The cats 😍
I wonder which of the cars on the photos is yours? Also everyone seems to be glued to their phones.... same here.