water tower

tried something new
 with my Instagram photos
 these were shot
 using
 the Hipstamatic app

 put these together to see how they'd work
 I like them
 what do you think?

   I make cards

 did you know that?

 selling those cards
 was
the
 original
impetus
 for blogging 

do you read the tech blog
Life in LoFi?
check it out

Marty does giveaways
 of various photo apps

 I won
 Etchings
 for my iPhone and iPad this week

I am embarrassed to tell you
I also won another app
 a few months ago
 but
 I cannot
for the life of me
 remember
which one
 OY
 it might
 have been
 an app called
Glaze

anyway its a good blog with lots of giveaways

 a while back
 I got into a cleaning spurt
 don't worry
 it didnt last long
 I went through a drawer
 with lots of saved greeting cards

I reminisced about the various occasions represented
 came upon one card
 couldn't make out the signature
 it looked like
 Chris

 I pondered
 who could that be
 when I was unable to answer
 I tossed it
 wait
I also tossed
 a lot of others
 I decided
 that if I left them
 eventually
 when I die
 someone
 is going to go
 through
 all of them
 and
toss them

 so

okay
 the other evening
 I was opening the holiday cards that came in that day's mail
 Toonman leaves them for me to open
 there was a sweet little card
 with a tiny star
 and
 inside
 it said
 'hugs, Chris' 
at least
 I think
 it says
 Chris

 I looked at the envelope
 no return address

 I thought
 who
is this person
 why
 don't I know who it is
 I asked my friend Chrissy
 if she sent it
 actually
I thanked her for it
 but she said she didnt send it
 after thinking about it a while
 I realized
 it couldn't be Chrissy
 because
 we didnt know each other til a few months ago

  Toonman said
 look at the cancelled stamp
 maybe you can see the city

 yeah
 well

its smudged

 but

 if I hold it a certain way
 I think
 I can make out
 Roanoke

so
 Chris if it is Chris
 could you please tell me
 who you are
so I can properly thank you?

and

I deleted
 my Instagram account
the new rules
 giving
 'them'
the right to own and sell
 my/your photos
 just wasn't sitting right with me
then
 I found out
Instagram
 decided
not
to
 do
that
so
I had to get a new username
a fresh start
Zipcode10024
but
you can call me Zip!
(if you want to follow me on Instagram I am Zipcode10024)