Happy anniversary to Simple Minds album, ‘Sparkle In The Rain’. Released this week in 1984. #sinpleminds #jimkerr #sparkleintherain #waterfront #speedyourlovetome #uponthecatwalk

https://open.spotify.com/album/3s8kcuJmjYTpPe8OmaQnOO?si=na4AlMC1QOyt3sqACrmq1Q

Recently stumbled upon this hobby project. Decades ago I walked the San Francisco waterfront with my camera. That walk turned into this piece, an homage to the port.

Burlington VT is so beautiful!

Sunset over Lake Champlain is breathtaking! And the pedestrian shopping street is great!

#BurlingtonVT #LakeChamplain #Lake #waterfront #PublicArt #art
#sunset

Today in Labor History December 24, 1936: On Christmas Eve, drunk cops beat up 150 strikers on the Houston docks, sending 18 to the hospital. They were members of the Maritime Federation of the Gulf Coast. Gilbert Mers, who had dual membership in the Maritime Federation and the IWW, was their leader. Violence against dockers was rampant along the gulf coast in the 1930s. In July 1934, three black longshoremen were shot to death during a strike. In 1935, longshoremen struck along the entire gulf coast, with 14 more workers getting killed. From 1936 to 1938, 28 union members were killed and over 300 injured in strikes. Mers’ autobiography, “Working the Waterfront: The Ups and Downs of a Rebel Longshoreman,” was published in 1988, ten years before his death, at age 90. As a young man, Mers worked the docks in Corpus Christi, but went on to become President of the Corpus Christi Central Labor Council and the President of the Maritime Federation of the Gulf Coast, while remaining a dedicated dual member of the IWW throughout his life. He was part of the effort to establish an industry-wide union along the Gulf Coast states. In his autobiography, he exposes the brutality and corruption of the Texas Rangers in the 1930s-‘40s, and their use as violent, strike-breaking bullies with badges.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #IWW #GilbertMers #waterfront #longshore #texas #rangers #union #strike #unionbusting #police #policebrutality #maritime #racism #books #writer #author #memoir #autobiography @bookstadon

In the heart of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, the gentle meander of St. Mary's River along the waterfront adds a fluid rhythm to the cityscape.

#BuyIntoArt #SaultSteMarie #StMarysRiver #Ontario #DiscoverON #waterfront #cityscape

https://john-twynam.pixels.com/featured/st-marys-river-waterfront-sault-ste-marie-john-twynam.html

Last night even the paper mill looked pretty.

My recent trip to Yokohama Japan. Population 3.7 million.

“𝐃𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐀” Dreamin' of the coast... Smiles... https://buff.ly/4dsHutz

Scene On The Siuslaw-Oregon Coast! https://1-thom-zehrfeld.pixels.com/featured/scene-on-the-siuslaw-river-thom-zehrfeld.html #Oregon #OregonCoast #PNW #FlorenceOregon #SiuslawRiver #BuyIntoArt #Art #ThomZehrfeldPhotography #PhotographyIsArt #Photography #Fotografie
#ArtForSale #ArtMatters #MastoArt #Mastodon #ArtforInteriorDesign #HospitalityInteriors
#InteriorDesign #Wallart #InteriorDecorating #WallArtForSale #PhotoOfTheDay #FediGiftShop #GiftIdeas #FediArt #Prints #FediArtShop #Nature #River #Water #Pier #Architecture #Prints #Buildings #Waterfront

Vibrant pink flowers decorate a garden running alongside the boardwalk at SaultSteMarie's waterfront in Ontario.

#BuyIntoArt #SaultSteMarie #Flowers #Nature #NaturePhotography #DiscoverON #boardwalk #waterfront #Ontario

https://john-twynam.pixels.com/featured/flowers-by-the-sault-ste-marie-boardwalk-john-twynam.html

#WildlifeWednesday

Great Blue #Heron at the tide line. Looking for more fish to catch/eat.

2 years before this linked journalism article below, I shot this photo of a #LogBoom that washed up on a beach near the Cowichan estuary. We've been dealing with industrial log boom pollution all along our coastlines in #BritishColumbia for decades. Both #BCgovernment & #LoggingIndustry have done little to change things for the better. It's irresponsible & it fucks up many ecological protected areas.

https://www.sixmountains.ca/article/5427aac4-8736-458b-adaa-22523af3fb7f

#MonochromeMonday

Serenity by the sea.

Current views.

I'm sitting on a bench & having tea in front of ocean Waiting on a work call. Going to an LTC, out near Sidney, for a client appointment, soon.

“𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐌 𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐒𝐂 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐓” ... Get this new Charleston image ---> https://buff.ly/4bWlGVS

Today in Labor History July 20, 1934: Seattle police fired tear gas and clubbed 2,000 striking longshoremen during the West Coast port strike. Meanwhile, the governor of Oregon called out the National Guard to break the strike on the Portland docks. By the end of the strike, all the West Coast ports had become unionized. 1 worker died in Seattle and another died in Portland. And 2 in San Francisco. The San Francisco deaths led to a General Strike