What’s Up in the Neighborhood, July 4, 2020

Good morning, my wonderful blog readers.  Happy Independence Day to all of you – except to those of you who read my blog from the United Kingdom, where I just say Happy Saturday.

That joke never gets old.

You know what else doesn’t get old?  How about a recap of some great blog posts and photographs and observations from the bloggers and photographers on my personal blogroll?  Yep, these are the people whose work I think you should see each week.  That’s why I designate my Saturday blog post to honoring them.

Let’s get started, shall we?

BLOGS FOR THE FOURTH (OR THE FIRST)

• Carl Johnson’s Albany history blog “Hoxsie!”, “Scotia Plans Insane Fourth.“
• Oui-Liette’s blog, “Happy Canada D’eh!“
• Tim Jeffers’ “Vintage Lens” photo blog, “Happy 4th of July!“

BLOGS FOR THE SCREEN

• The B&S About Movies blog, “Tintonera … Tiger Shark (1977).“

BLOGS FOR TASTE

• The Burnt My Fingers blog, “Recipe: Sichuan Cucumber Salad.“
• Jerry Papandrea’s “DerryX” YouTube channel, “Whoa!!! Blueberry Daiquiri from UHF 2 Ways.”
• Silvia Lilly’s “DelSo” blog, “Troy Night Out – for Breakfast.“

BLOGS FOR THE IMAGE

• Marc Beebe’s “Wandering Words” blog, “Afternoon of a Fawn.“
• The Black and White World blog, “Photography: What Inspires You?“
• Richard Broom Photography, “The Boat in the Sunset.“
• Rob Moses Photography, “All the Lights.“
• The Lonerist Photoblog, “Gadames Pt II.“
• The Mostly Monochrome blog, “Trees.“
• The Resurrected Camera blog, “Shooting 4×5 large format film.“

BLOGS FOR TRAVEL

• The Saratoga Woods and Waterways blog, “Plants and Pollenators at Woods Hollow.“

BLOGS FOR HISTORY

• Amy Biancolli’s “Figuring Shit Out” blog, “Slave Castles – and the Weight of History.“

BLOGS FOR THE WORD

• G. Jack Urso’s “Aeolus 13 Umbra” blog, “We Shoot Them.“
• Heather Fazio in the “Girl Gone Smart” blog, “Girl Gone Reading: Don’t fear the enemy who attacks you, fear the friend who hugs you.“
• The Brainchild blog, “Discern Well My Fellows!“
• J. Eric Smith’s blog, “Favorite Songs by Favorite Bands #10: The Residents.“

BLOGS FOR CONSCIENCE

• Roger Green’s “Ramblin’ with Roger” blog, “1865-1965: Black Codes, Red Summer.“
• Greg Thomas in the “Tune In to Leadership” blog, “Hamilton College President: The Challenge of COVID and the Fight for Racial Justice.“

BLOGS FOR LIFESTYLE

• Bill Dowd’s “Notes on Napkins” blog, “Troy bringing back ‘Summer Square’ activities despite pandemic.“
• The Capital District Fun blog, “Graduation.“
• Rob Hoffman’s “Hoffman Files” blog, “You really don’t want to meet your heroes.“
• Rob Madeo’s “Keyboard Krumbs” blog, “You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Quote.“

Have a great weekend, everybody!