@cawindt : ^^ That would be some MULTI-view!
MAY 2022 NARR – Report 3
More May colors to report:
#17 @PostAddy: sent a good card to add to my circus/clown collection. An etching and aquatint (whatever that is) of a clown riding an elephant backwards… and did I mention the elephant is balanced on a ball? Hilarious. Thanks.
#18 @LaurenceB: sent a good one for my growing “interrupting lamppost” collection. These are cards which feature a poorly placed lamppost that spoils an otherwise attractively composed shot. I see a lot of these in motel promo shots, where the photographer probably doesn’t give a darn, but this one spoils a nice shot of the St. Sepulchre church in London (burial site of Captain John Smith, as an aside). Thanks.
#21 @JeffWeiss: sent a shot of BigFoot in what appears to be a knit union suit! Hilarious story about your exchange student. Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where Jerry couldn’t get the parking valet’s “stench” out of his car. Thanks for the card and the laugh!
#24 @Roxy: sent a shot of Buddy Christ, the Catholic church’s contemporary, less-depressing, of Jesus, marketed to replace the crucifixion image in Kevin Smith’s parody film, Dogma – which, btw, is still not available to stream, thanks to the Weinstein Group. Hilarious addition to my blasphemy card collection. Thanks!
#25 @TeddyPostcrossing: sent a dramatic shot of a bald eagle staring down the photographer. Yes, even here in New York we are seeing a resurgence of our national bird. I was pleasantly surprised when stepping out onto the driveway one afternoon, I spotted a pair flying overhead. Good to hear you are seeing more of them, too. They’re an amazing bird. Thanks for this gem!
#26 @SaraHaeyo: sent a playful, punful, Puck magazine cover, showing a young boy taking shelter from a rainstorm under the protruding belly of a local police officer. “Under Police Protection” reads the title and you’re right, it can be viewed in a number of ways, both back then and today as well. Thanks!
#28 @TwoDoggies: sent a real special card for me. It’s a vintage chrome shot of the Heidi Motel in my current locale of Brewster, NY. The card depicts a sunny, summer day, with families enjoying the pool. This was back when Brewster was a summer resort town for city slickers. Amazingly, this motor court still exists, on prime Route 22 (Albany Post Road) property. But now it’s part welfare housing and cheap lodging for work crews traveling around the state. Thanks, it’s great to have this local card in my collection.
#29 @MelVnoble: sent a real fun vintage chrome shot of the Youngstown, OH skyline. The state’s third largest city, the descriptor proclaims. Well, it’s now #9 by population and 7th by land area, but what’s really interesting about this card are the Hertz car and truck rental in the background, as well as signs for Pepsi-Colad and something known as Golden Age beverages, a soda maker headquartered in Houston that had a distributor in Youngtown. It’s now a unaffiliated beverage distributor located, ironically, and quite tellingly actually, on Pepsi Lane in Youngstown. Great card, thanks.
Thanks everyone!
All my outgoing May cards have been posted…
To view my incoming May cards pay my Flickr account a quick visit.
Rocky Road Trip #30
Looking forward to cards from: 6, 11, 20, 23, and 27
i have a lot of good memories and new online friendships associated with tumblr which makes me super nostalgic for anything associated with it 
