Walking the Border by Chipka
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There’s something distinctly pleasing about coffee and flies: simple pleasures—caffeine and insects. It takes so little to please me, and for that I’m infinitely glad. There’s a particular disadvantage to being “high maintenance.” Boredom is such a profound side effect of that. I like the fact that boredom is something I rarely encounter, that needs—as I recognize them—are simple.
I thought of this as I sat with Corey, enjoying iced coffee. We’d ambled around Albany Park, photographing things and just hanging out. It was time for coffee.
I won’t say what major pastry chain we visited for $1 coffee, but for those in the know—so to speak—the color scheme in this image may be a profound marker of the place. The overhead speakers throbbed with something Latin in flavor, and the staff functioned as any staff might, on a day when they’d probably prefer to be at home. I wasn’t in the mood for donuts or croissants or the like. I simply wanted a place to sit, and a window through which to see the activities outside, and a few moments to browse through the images on my camera. I was distracted—for just a moment—by the buzz of a fly: a non-paying customer. I like flies—but not in food joints, and so I was quite happy that I hadn’t ordered more than iced coffee.
As for the fly, it came to rest on the edge of the table that Corey and I shared, and a quick finger shutter finger captured the image here. It’s a marker of a day, and also intriguing—for me—in the bold and simple colors present. Hopefully, it’s an image you enjoy as well.
As always, thank you for viewing, reading, and commenting, and I hope you’re all at the start of a great week.
Comments (28)
kgb224
Well spotted and captured my friend.
auntietk
This is VERY festive, and I love the fact that it looks like the fly has accommodated your artistic sensibilities and is indeed, walking along a line. I'll skip the pastry there, though. :P
jocko500
the fly singing that song "I walked the line" By Johnny Cash...wonderful image
popeslattz
Sorry I can't help but think, Help me, help me". Excellent image. Although I like most insects, I could do without flies and mosquitos. Come to think of it, I'm not very fond of ticks or fleas either...
tennesseecowgirl
Cool image
MrsRatbag
Not much into pastry myself, but this image is fantastic! I'll have a big coffee with cream...
beachzz
He walked the line. And I'll have an iced coffee as well!!
faroutsider
Do they do tea? And croissants? Sans flies? Superb shot. I won't challenge you to a duel - you're obviously too quick for me...
Crabbycabby
brilliant work. The colours/symmetry/the split frame. Stunning.
lick.a.witch
Wonderful! I know all about the not so nice habits of flies, but I rarely think on that when I see one as beautiful as this. Fabulous capture, and he does rather look as though he's taking a sobriety test! ^=^
Hubert
Great! Well captured!
helanker
Maybe the little fly found something to eat in the groove. Almost abstract. It is a beautiful shot, Chip :-)
bmac62
Eye catching. I know that chain:) Lotsa luck on finding $1 coffee in Seattle...oh, but maybe we should stop visiting only those fancy little buildings hawking "Expresso"...ya think? Good shooting Chip!
marybelgium
génial !
Meisiekind
Chip - I am actually not "here" so to speak! I have a possible second bout of Influenza and this time it really wacked me! The doc has sent away a swab to the National Centre for Communicable Diseases again!!! (Looks like I'm becoming medical history!) I have been in bed since Sunday! I am just doing some gallery patrol when I saw this image and I just had to pop in! It is super cool! I just love the divine moment in which you caught this unwelcome guest!! The colors are amazing (and yeah, even as a South African I recognize it) and the diagonal line perfect! Wonderful image my friend!
prutzworks
cool find
durleybeachbum
Super image! Quick on the draw!
flavia49
superb image !!
sandra46
marvelous abstract-like shot, almost surrealist.
jmb007
bonne photo!!
jac204
Neat image.
pauldeleu
This is great!
flora-crassella
soooo cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
minos_6
This is a superb capture, and knowing the nature of flies, you must have lightning reflexes! As for the chain, I don't see colour the same way you do, and have no idea!
KatesFriend
The fly probably came for the caffeine. I hear the effect on them is like LSD on a human. Or tuna with respect to cats. I'm not big on flies myself. Though this variety, the metallic coloured thorax and abdomen, I've always been fond of. They (and their green and amber cousins) used to perform spectacular aerial displays on hot summer afternoons when I was a boy.
praep
You captured her in the right moment. Well done shot.
danapommet
Nice colors and neat in zoom mode. Dana
vapo
What a great capture! So nice color combination and the composition of this shot... Vashek