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Swimmin’ With The Fishes (and more)
By Silver Blue
It’s been forever since I’ve been in State College, Pennsylvania, but listening to the news about the scandal at PSU, the firing of JoePa, and his death sent me looking through the photos I’d taken when I used to go up there several times a year.
There was an awesome wall mural that the title of the post comes from. It was very aquatic, and in fact, very Atlantean.
Back in those days (1999), I was shooting with a Fuji DX-7, which… this (640×480 pixel) was the largest photo it would take!
I loved the detail in the shark and (I think) manta ray.
I wasn’t sure what to make of these figures, except to think perhaps their necks hurt. I was to see them again, however.
Swordfish. Steer clear. (Angel fish in the background as well).
Oh, that figure I mentioned seeing again?
It’s replicated in the light fixtures in town!
Finally, a visit to State College is NOT complete without a visit to Ye Olde College Diner:
Home to the ORIGINAL grilled sticky bun. Melt butter on a flat top, and grill the sticky until warmed through. Serve with or without ice cream.
Silver Blue, who honestly thinks that my arteries would have completely closed had I kept going there and eating the way I used to…
A bird’s eye view…
By Silver Blue
…on life.
There existed, for a while (it may still be there, but I don’t travel that section of Norfolk any more) an apartment complex in Oceanview, Norfolk, VA that was…ready for flight. (These photos were taken March 20, 1999.)
The owners of the building had taken the time and expense of hiring a professional painter to deck the building out in multi-coloured flamingos.
The mural wrapped around the building, but the birds were only on the front section. Who ever thought of a “blue” flamingo? Let alone a green one? How about a purple? Yellow, orange and pink…well, you can get those by changing the diet of the birds.
The last time I was down in that section (between 4th View and 15th View) was … Oh good heavens. About 7 years ago. I just don’t have a need to go to that section of town, so… it’s anyone’s guess if this has weathered well, or if perhaps it’s been painted over. (I do know that if it had been in Virginia Beach, it would have been painted over already because they do not allow murals to be painted on buildings.)
Silver Blue… who realizes that at times, life really IS for the birds.
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