Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge (COB) is all about those great photos that you take which really don’t seem to fit into a common category. We’ve all taken them and like them, because we just can’t hit delete and get rid of them. There is never a theme to this challenge, so what is an odd ball is all up for you to discover and photograph.
This is a challenge created to find beauty in almost everything. The challenge is simple : find beauty in everyday mundane things, capture the beauty and upload the photographs. And give me a pingback.
Today I was in my old neighborhood “Funkin’ For Jamaica!! Dig it!!
Tom Browne – Funkin’ For Jamaica
After visiting my brother Stephen at his training center AABR I went for a walk down memory land along Jamaica Avenue and Merrick Blvd. in Jamaica, Queens.
This is where I grew up and walking the streets brings back many fond growing up memories. Lots of studying and research at the Queens Public Library on Merrick Blvd. I also cut class. A Lot. Spending my time at the Library!! LOL!! 🙂 However once my Dad Edward G. Palmer found out needless to say No More Playing Hooky from School for me!
Today I was on a more noble mission to secure an IDNYC Card. Yes I already have a Driver’s License and my New York State Security License but the IDNYC Card affords New York City residents many more benefits. Plus my card will have the Veterans Designation. You make an appointment at http://www.nyc.gov at your local library. Even though I currently live in Brooklyn, I’m more familiar with the Queens Library since I grew up in Jamaica, Queens. One has to have proof of New York City residency, a photo ID and if you are a Veteran you must have your DD 214 (Discharge papers). After much digging (I ETS’d from the U.S. Army in 1981) I found a ratty copy. Thankfully all my documents were accepted. I was processed and should receive my actual card in about two or three weeks!! Hooray!! Victory!!
Catching the bus at the Merrick Blvd. bus depot and enjoying a slice at Margherita’s Pizza on Jamaica Avenue. Once again I indulged in a delicious pizza slice today!!
This slideshow requires JavaScript.
The following song has nothing to do specifically with Jamaica, Queens but it is one of my Back in the Day Old School Favorites!!
My brother Stephen and I enjoyed a very happy time today at the Brooklyn Museum. When we got home after a snack Stephen worked on a collage. Stephen did not finish his Art Masterpiece today but this will be an ongoing project for a while. The Brooklyn Museum BKM Eastern Parkway Bowl was delicious!! Yummy!!
Greetings My Photography Fans. Yesterday some of you were unable to view the pictures I posted of my walk along Pitkin and Ralph Avenues in Brooklyn, New York. Today I am trying a different way to download and incorporate the snapshots into this post which I truly hope will be more successful and everyone will be able to enjoy my pictures. I also threw in some weird bird sculpture photos I took in Manhattan near 34th Street last March. Here goes!!
DeBorah the Huntress surveys her territory! Behold! I along with Stephen am the Protector of the Sherwood Forest! My costume is sort of a combination of Diana the Huntress and the young woman character from the Hunger Games.
Roaming Urban Gypsy 