Jillinois606
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Urban gleaner. Ambiguity tolerant. Calm around bees. 606, PTY, DSM.
US manhole cover stalwart Neenah Foundry* was called Alyward and Sons from 1904 to 1922. So this one dates to Beaverdale, Des Moines IA earliest days. *Founded in 1872 as Aylward Plow Works. #manholecovermonday #neenahfoundry #beaverdale
"The running spring a parched wayfarer strays upon. Oh, it is sweet to escape from all necessity!" -Clytemnestra #manholecovermonday
Patinaed beauties inside the taxi stand shelter at O'Hare international terminal. Special appearance by a luggage cart wheel. #manholecovermonday
Just outside Panamá Viejo. She gives one friendly bite for every three ear skritches, which she demands, again and again. That day, she threw in a blep for free. All in all, a pretty good deal. #caturday
I love this #Seattle City Light manhole cover reflecting the style of Northwest Coast #FirstNations art traditionally created by Haida, Tlingit, and Kwakwaka'wakw artists. #ManholecoverMonday
"Recicla, Reduce, Reusa" Earth Day installation of Panama City's new approach to manhole cover replacement. Via Porres, in front of Parque Omar. #manholecovermonday
The municipal version of an uncle who fixes things with duct tape and matchbooks. El Dorado neighborhood of Panama City. #manholecovermonday
Sometimes the setting takes a look-at-me-instead attitude. Avenida Miguel Brostella in the El Dorado neighborhood of Panama City. Steps from the divine dumplings at Tallarines. #manholecovermonday
Trondheim, Norway has some interesting iron covers. I took pics of several of them in April, 2022 never thinking that I'd end up using them for #ManholeCoverMonday.
D half and half, somewhere in Maryland. Surely under a foot or so of snow by now. #manholecovermonday
Ford Water Meter of Wabash, IN has followed me from Panamá to the US. Old town area of Arlington VA. #manholecovermonday
'Tis the season for a red-and-green #manholecovermonday offering. Front entrance of Parque Omar, Panamá City.
Now comes Ford Meter Box of Wabash Indiana surprising this displaced Midwesterner. What are you doing all the way in Panama City? Calle 12 de Octubre, Parque Lefevre. #manholecovermonday
One of the 1st examples of Panama City's new approach to replacing manhole covers (which are often carried off by metal scrappers). 100% recycled plastic. Paid for by the business stamped into the design. This one got a bit lost unless the sponsor is a #yarn swatch. #manholecovermonday