Day 52: Parade Cheer From the Ground

2026-03-30

Hello! I've been staring at my empty screen, thinking of what to write about. So, fair warning: today will be a lot more incoherent than usual. And I'm a pretty incoherent guy.

There's a bunch of photography ideas running around in my head. Before this website was even an idea, when I texted friends with the photo of the day with no accompanying text, I joked about making one photo related to every single generation I Pokemon. This was mostly an excuse to play with candlelight for Charmander (and make a bonfire for Charizard, maybe?), but I never got around to it.

I want to revisit that idea, though! It would take me half a year, and would get me out into nature reserves cataloguing insects, if I were to honor the original spirit of Pokemon. And I could absolutely collaborate with insufferable nerds on the Internet for some local tips.

Outside of Pokemon-related photography, there's the idea I've had of photographing something in each of the 3,244 counties of the US. I've already been to, like, ten of them, so it's obviously an achievable goal, right...?

Those projects are huge in scope, though, and there are a few other types of photography out there that remain more accessible.

From exploring counties of Pennsylvania to marking every animal photo I've published, I've done a lot. But my imagination, running wild as it often does, expects me to include photos from New York City, aerial photos, panorama photos, and underwater photos.

I think it would be really funny to book a New York City helicopter, take a panorama photo of the city skyline, and fill out three tags in one photo. And then I can wear a fishbowl as a helmet and tag it as underwater...! I've done weirder things. Like smelling a donkey.

Or I could sit back and take in yet another beautiful sunset. I'm overdue for a screen detox, anyways.

Now, I present a photo of a community parade today so that I can link to the powerful photos of the No Kings protests. Making their third round, the national protests took to the streets... and I missed all of it. If I had passed through any of the No Kings protests a few days ago, I would have taken some photos. Although, during a previous No Kings protest months ago, I was driving around the streets and it felt amazing to see a whole community come together for a cause.

Cheers,
David