Category Archives: Flickr

Trying to Catch the Setting Sun

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Elizabeth Thomsen

I was on my way home from work yesterday when I distracted by the amazing pinkish sky to my left. Between the trees, I caught sight of the fiery ball of the setting sun low on the horizon. It looked … Continue reading →

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Hot Peppers for a Cold Gray Day

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Elizabeth Thomsen

This is my least-favorite time of year — the dull, damp, gray days when you know it’s almost spring but it feels like winter will never end. I hate the lack of color and light. When I feel like this, … Continue reading →

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Bobsleigh Team, 1931

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Elizabeth Thomsen

A great vintage winter sports shot of a well-dressed bobsleigh team from the Flickr Commons collection of Nationaal Archief, the National Archive of the Netherlands. I think this looks like a still from a screwball comedy film from the 1930s. … Continue reading →

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Ghost Signs

Posted on January 17, 2010 by Elizabeth Thomsen

Day 17: January 17, 2010 Terkelsen Building Terkelsen Machine Co. 326 A Street South Boston When I was a child, I was fascinated by ghosts signs, faded signs painted on the sides of old brick buildings. There were a lot … Continue reading →

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Bowl-O-Mat

Posted on January 16, 2010 by Elizabeth Thomsen

Day 16: January 16, 2010 I love neon signs that have big round letter O’s. Bowl-O-Mat 100 River Street Beverly, Massachusetts

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Supreme Roast Beef

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Elizabeth Thomsen

Day 15: January 15, 2010 This diner was manufactured by Jerry O’Mahony, Inc. of Elizabeth, New Jersey, in 1949. It was originally Michel’s Diner and later Chick’s Roast Beef. It’s tucked tightly into a wedge-shaped lot on Main Street in … Continue reading →

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A Little Color

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Elizabeth Thomsen

Day 12: January 12, 2010 In desperate need of some color, I bought myself a bunch of flowers at the supermarket.

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Wenham Cemetery in the Snow

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Elizabeth Thomsen

Day 11: January 11, 2010 Just another picture of the cemetery I drive past nearly every day. I took it on my lunch hour. Less than two weeks into this year’s attempt at doing the photo-a-day thing, and I feel … Continue reading →

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Salem Jail Project

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Elizabeth Thomsen

Day 10: January 10, 2010 I have taken several photographs of the old Salem Jail complex and the adjacent Howard Street Cemetery in recent years, but none since the groundbreaking last spring for the development of this property. Soon there … Continue reading →

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Miles River in the Snow

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Elizabeth Thomsen

Day 9: January 9, 2009 Miles River at Walnut Road, Wenham, Massachusetts I have many pictures taken at this spot where Miles River flows under Walnut Road. I have pictures taken in every season and all kinds of weather and … Continue reading →

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