Metallic blue and white

A circa 1940s coupe sporting metallic blue and white is parked in the parking lot of the drive-in diner.

Cherry blue Chevrolet

Blue Chevrolet

A "cherry" blue 1950s Chevrolet arrives at the car show and get together.

 

Chevrolet jets

 

Chevrolet jet and "vee" logo hood ornamentation

 

 

Chevrolet jet and coat of arms hood ornamentation

  

Chevrolet used an eagle headed jet airplane as a hood ornament in the late 1950s.  Below that was the "vee" logo or the Chevrolet coat of arms.

 

The winglets on these "jets" predate the appearance of winglets on airplanes by several decades.

Chevy red

A 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air shows off its red at the weekend car drive in and get together.

 

Full frontal

 

 

Rear view

Rocket hood ornament

This red 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air was one of many standouts.

 

Crossy cover

 

 

Department of Water Supply cover

 

This Department of Water Supply utility cover is seen in the street beneath our feet.  It features a 6 x 6 squares pattern that surrounds the cross formed by the letters DWS and the two vent holes.  The bright parts indicate that part of the cover is exposed to constant buffing by the rubber tires of passing vehicular traffic.

 

Very hexy

 

 

Hexy cover

 

The design of this telephone communications manhole cover shows off it hexiness:  10 + 2 tabs x 6 x 1.    The ring of six hexagons has the vent holes.  The two tabs, in place of two hexagons, have indents that are used to lift the manhole cover out of the street beneath our feet. 

 

Bright and blue

 

 

Mark Rothko like graffiti cover up

 

A swipe of light yellow brightens up this study of sky blue on grey.

 

 

Diffused reflection

 

 

Four wall panels

 

The brushed metal wall panels on the newly covered building diffuse the reflection of the sunlit scene across the street from them.

 

Shades of blue grey

 

Covered up

 

The cover up paint used to cover up grafitti never seems to match the wall color.  This series of graffiti coverups conjures up a mural by Mark Rothko.  

 

Homemade security

 

American Lock on gate

 

An assemblage of nuts, iron rod, I-bolt, pipe, chain, U-bolt, and lock provides an ingenious method of securing the gate.

 

 

Onions wait

 

 

Onions in a box

 

 Yellow onions in a box at the vegetable store patiently await a buyer.

Sigma cover

 

 

Sigma cover made in India

 

This New York City sewer cover was made by the Sigma International company in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.  The cover features many protrusions which provide traction for the vehicles that travel over the cover.

 

Be Ess Bee Queue Too

 

 

BSBQ cover

 

 

A Bureau of Sewers, Borough of Queens manhole cover with a thin font and a 16 x 16 x 8 x 4 squares rings layout is seen in the street beneath out feet.  Another BSBQ cover, with a different and slightly thicker font and a 16 x 16 x 16 x 6 squares rings,  can be seen here.

 

 

 

 

Off center electric

 

ELECTRIC access cover

  

This electric utility access cover in the street beneath our feet uses a sans serif font within an off-center oval that is set in the 24 x 24 diamond grid pattern.

Wrapped up and ready

 

Papayas wrapped in tissue paper

 

All bundled up in protective tissue paper, with just their bottoms peeking out, these papayas await buyers at the greengrocers.

 

 

 

Carrot color

 

 

 

 

Purple carrot with yellow orange inside

 

Three different carrots

 

Carrots can have different colors and cores.  The purple carrots are considered "eastern" (i.e., from the East - Persia).  Orange carrots are more common.  Even they can have different colored cross sections.

 

P.S.  the orange carrot on the right was the tastiest.

 

Chalk on walk

 

 

Sidewalk surfeit

 

 

The artist used colored chalk and the sidewalk to vividly express the temporariness of all.

 

 

May be cover up

 

 

Freshly covered

 

 The recent graffiti cover up looks like graffiti.

 

 

 

A peeling pattern

 

Looks like?

 

Peeling paint 

on a security gate 

it's own pattern 

doth create.

Cereal eating ants

 

Ants on cereal

 

 Ants clamber all over the sugary sweetened corn cereal that is placed near their nest.

 

 

Rectangles of grey

 

Homage to Rothko

 

Wall painters often unknowingly emulate the artwork of Mark Rothko.

Shining coils

 

Sharp and shiny

 

The security coils glisten in the sunlight.

 

 

 

Water square

WATER on a diagonal

The font on this square WATER cover features some extra large serif-ing.  This water utility cover was seen in the street beneath our feet. 

Grow in a crack

The street beneath our feet is riddled with cracks and crevices.  These sidewalk shelters can provide a safe haven for wayward seeds.    

In a sidewalk expansion joint 

The shape of the air conditioner drip mirrors the spread of the plant.

By a fence 

The steps are color coordinated with the plant leaves.

Curbside 

Left undisturbed, their growth can enliven the cityscape.

Blown away

Storm clouds ahead 

The top of a distant storm cloud gets blown away by high level winds.

Aloe green

Aloe centrice 

The curves and spikelettes at the center of the aloe plant have their own shades of green.

AC Drain (Part 4)

Drain with plant 

No AC drip means a dry drain, but a plant flourishes in a crack in the sidewalk.

Previous visits to this drain can be seen here, and there is more from there. 

Same as it never was

Painted wall

Some paint and a broom, and the scorched wall from the dumpster fire is but a memory.  The painters did an excellent job of matching the original paint.

Iridescent in the grass

Spiderweb rainbow

Lit by the morning sunlight, the fog droplet laden web of this grass spider (genus Agelenopsis) glows in rainbow colors.

Reflecting shadows

Luminaria 

The polished floor reflects the shadows of the luminaria as they wait to be lit.  

How it spreads

Reach out and grow somewhere!

The vine of an unknown plant seeks fertile ground where it can take root.

p.s.  That may be a Japanese Knotweed?

Reflected river

 The building in the river

The factory building across the river is reflected in the waters of the river.

Burnt wall

Aftermath 

A dumpster fire behind the loading dock leaves a reminder of itself on the building's wall.

Blue wall

A chair from the 1950s

A dark blue wall, white trim, a black vinyl upholstered chair with chrome legs, and a lighter shade of blue - maybe someone will sit in that chair when it gets shady?

No flowers

No, not open 

The storefront of this closed florist shop is so neat and well kept up that one thinks the store is still open; it is not.

Rocks and a cat

Nicely piled piles of rocks are a pleasure to see.

Rock pile(s)

Nearby is the Cat that piled those piles.

The Cat that did that 

Ready for its next assignment, this Caterpillar 980K Wheel Loader is presented in a 3d relaxed view stereograph.

Window drops

Through the haze, foggily 

Water droplets from the fog and haze transform the view out side the window.

Fallen flowers

Honeysuckle flowers (species Lonicera)

The yellow orange fallen flowers of this honeysuckle stand out against the grey concrete wall.  The species Lonicera is considered an invasive plant.

Private fireworks

More fireworks to which you can add your own private sound effects:

Fireworks 06 

Fireworks 07 

Fireworks 08 

Fireworks 09 

Fireworks 10 

Fireworks 11 

or, enjoy as they are!