βGive me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!β
"The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus
#July4th #AmericanIndependanceDay #IndependanceDay #4thOfJuly #July4 #EmmaLazarus #TheNewCossus #poetry #poems #StatueOfLiberty #LadyLiberty
I made a thing and I'm actually kinda proud of it. ππ
One Two Freddie's Coming For You
πΆ He's a Killer Queen, dynamite as a razor fiend πΆ
#DigitalArt #art #FreddieMercury #FreddyKrueger #NightmareOnElmStreet #Queen #RockAndRoll #Horror #rocknroll #horrormovies #digitaldrawing #AmateurArtist #AmateurArt #drawing #painting #digitalpainting #ADignorantium #ReadyFreddie #classichorror #KillerQueen
Playtime is over π
Abandoned toys in the summer play area under i95.
#play #summer #wagon #balls #ball #toys #SouthPhilly #DayCamp #i95 #WaterStreet #MifflinStreet #FrontStreet #Philly #Philadelphia #family #playtime #citylife #citystreets #redwagon #amateurphotography
I made a thing and then, because I couldn't leave well enough alone, I made another thing. The Christie one is my favorite. π
#Photoshop #GIMP #PicsArt #ClassifiedDocuments #TrumpIndictment
That's not fog. That's smog and particulates from the Canadian wildfire obscuring the sun above Philadelphia this evening. It's being funneled down here via circulating atmospheric pressure systems. As hazardous to our health as this is, I find the whole process fascinating. It proves that everything goes somewhere.
#Wildfire #CanadianWildfire #smog #pollution #atmosphere #weather #climate #AirQuality #fire #smoke #Philly #Philadelphia #AirPollution #environment #ClimateChange #fire
The reason we have LGBTQ Pride Month is not to celebrate our pride but to insist on our right to exist without persecution.
I stand in solidarity with my trans brothers and sisters and their right to exist without persecution.
#LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #LGBT #PrideMonth #PrideMonth2023
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
On this Harvey Milk Day, let us remember those whose very existence is being challenged.
Parking lot under i95, at Tasker Street.
#bnw #bnwphotography #amateurphotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #greyscale #grayscale #Philly #SouthPhilly #Philadelphia #SouthPhiladelphia #parkinglots #cars #FrontStreet #TaskerStreet #WaterStreet #i95 #CityStreets #CityLife
Message to #LGBTQ allies, via Claire Willett
#PrideMonth #PrideMonth2023 #Pride2023 #TransLivesMatter #TransIsBeautiful #gueer #gender #GenderFluid #GenderQueer #allies #GenderNonconforming
A couple of double headed tulips.
#tulips #flowers #springtime #Spring #nature #amateurphotography #nighttimephotography #doubleheadedtulips #tulipbouquet #bouquets #color #springtimeflowers #tulipsπ·
#Introduction
Frank (he/him)
When did common decency become demonized as "politically correct"?
Also, Can we play hashtag games here? π€