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Robb Neumann
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Still the least exciting person in my group of friends. Writer. Dad. Movie-lover. Cook.
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A big part of when we went to Iceland was to see the northern lights and we struck out, but it was such a beautiful country. I’m hoping we’ll get back. This was my photo of the same sculpture.
A cloudy daytime shot of the Sun Voyager in Reykjavik.
July 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Trying to get some writing done outside today, but I keep getting distracted.
Using my messenger bag as a desk, I’m trying to type out some words. In the background the Grand Rapids river meets the Colorado.
July 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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This is where I post from.
A blue raft on the Colorado River that has “Blue Sky” printed on the side of it (in yellow text). The raft’s passengers look away.
July 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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We are having Hong Kong street waffles with ice cream tonight.
Eggy, waffle balls with a couple of scoops of chocolate fudge ice cream.
June 23, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Making wood fired pizzas tonight.
A personal pizza. The toppings you can see are cheese, green peppers, Italian sausage, and red onion. It is perhaps a little overloaded with stuff.
June 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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I don’t normally take photos of flowers, but we’ve had a lot of rain recently and our neighborhood is just exploding with color.
Clumps of white flowers visible on our catalpa tree I’m not sure what flower this is. Light purple blooms are visible in a clump at the top of a stalk. Another clump of buds is visible behind, waiting for its moment. Red yarrow fills the image. The color is almost fluorescent it is so bright. A few purple irises in our front yard. Water from the early rain still cling to the pedals.
June 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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We went out to the Arsenal this morning to hang out with our neighborhood bison.
A herd of bison having breakfast on a flat, green stretch of open field. An orange flower we stumbled across stands up in the foreground. Behind it is tall grass. Tall, dry prairie grass fills the foreground. Behind it is a green field and a band of trees.
May 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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A couple of additional images from our trip to Chicago…
A black and white image from Union Station with three trains lined up for boarding. Inside a coffee shop. A young man is seated in the background, holding his head, his computer open in front of him. Black and white. A color image that still looks like black and white. It is an early morning shot from inside of a hotel room. Light comes in through the window, but not enough to brighten the room. A photo from the inside of the Art Institute of Chicago. The roof is colored glass painting irregular color swatches into the large room underneath. Crowds of people fill the lobby and a corridor to the right.
May 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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A few pictures of Chicago.
A man walks along a sidewalk toward the elevated train above him. A woman starts down into the subway. Black and white. The Chicago River stretches out ahead, covered by bridges, boats lining the side, none of them moving. Black and white. In the Pedway beneath Chicago a lone man drags his wheeled suitcase along stripes in the floor that look like a running track. Fluorescent lights above. Black and white. Two trains wait in an underground station. I think these are South Side trains. Black and white.
May 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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A few photos from inside Denver’s Union Station.
Union Station in black and white. The sun is still up beyond the windows, but inside, lights are burning overhead. A martini sits on a tabletop. I was drawn to the way the liquid inside reflects the station around the glass. My wife and son, once again, looking like an edgy band stuck on a grueling tour. I want to listen to the album they are about to drop.
May 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Taking photos while not having my settings right…
A “portrait” of my son moving through the kitchen. A bowl of fruit in front of them is in focus, but they are blurry, like a Victorian ghost. A different image of the same kitchen. It’s very dark, the ceiling light flaring so bright it has a halo like a distant star.
April 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Just a few random pictures I haven’t shared before.
A black and white image of the front of Denver’s Union Station. It is a high angle shot, so instead of people, the bottom of the image shows patio umbrellas. From inside of a burger restaurant looking out at the courtyard in front of Union Station. It is mostly empty except for a couple of distant pedestrians. Again, this is black and white. Light bulbs, unlit, hanging in front of trees and a cloudy sky. This was taken at a brewery on St. Patrick’s Day, so it wasn’t nearly as serene and lonely as the image appears. An “alleyway” filled with seating and a couple of shops. Black and white. You can see the leasing signs up in a couple of windows.
April 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Dan Dan noodles tonight using yesterday’s chili oil.
Three bowls of Dan Dan noodles for dinner.
April 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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And here is the final result!
About a cup of chili oil in a jar. You can see the red pepper flakes inside of it.
April 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Trying to make homemade chili oil today.
The first step is heating the oil with peppercorns, star anise, and cinnamon sticks. Then you add the red pepper flakes.
April 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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I took a walk last night, just as the sun was going down, so I could play with a new lens. The reviews mentioned some unusual flaring. Boy, they were right!
An image of a sidewalk under a flowering tree. The top half of the image is nothing but tiny white flowers and leaves. The bottom is an old sidewalk stretching ahead. The sun has set and the sky is giving up its light, the clouds deep grays and blues. To the left and ahead industrial buildings are lit with a few, sparse yellow lights. Ahead a pedestrian bridge stretches over a dried up riverbed. It is dark now and the lights beyond the bridge are surrounded by halos of light that make it look like they are embedded in big, glass domes. This is a trick of the lens. Another nighttime shot with big, round lights burning in the background over industrial buildings. In the foreground there is a swooping, red train sculpture to highlight the history of trains that no longer visit this space.
April 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Okay, Colorado… calm down… you’re just showing off.
A photo of the sunrise. The sky is filled with clouds that are colored orange and pink from the sunrise while spans of blue are just becoming visible between them.
March 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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We visited a local tortilla maker this morning and picked up some fresh tortillas and some chips on our bikes. I wasn’t sure what to make with them, so I just made Turkish Eggs again.
Two bowls of Turkish Eggs are shown. Unfortunately the tortillas I was talking about didn’t make it into the photo.
March 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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My son got this cool little thermal printer that prints photos onto sticker paper. Here is the original shot and the sticker they made for me.
Photo of the Empire State Building on a hazy, winter morning. The top of Grand Central Station is visible in the lower left. With less clouds and haze, that building is stark and focused. The same image as the previous one, but in black and white and with heavy dithering. The image is charming, if a little low rez.
March 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Today’s project.
A large container filled with homemade rotini. The pasta has bumps on it which makes me think of the sand worms from Dune.
March 9, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Homemade cinnamon rolls for breakfast this morning.
A cinnamon roll sits in the foreground on a square plate. Next to the plate you can see a fork and a glass of nitro cold brew.
March 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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For dinner tonight I got out the pizza oven.
A wood-fired personal pizza with sausage, olives, and green peppers as visible toppings. There is no surprise, invisible topping, I am afraid.
February 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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I tried a new recipe this morning… Turkish eggs. It was pretty good even though I got excited and forgot the dill!
Garlic and salt Greek yogurt base, topped with a pouched egg, and a butter and paprika sauce. Not visible in the picture is some toast I made from some homemade bread.
February 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Coffee this morning.
A paper cup on a table, next to an empty paper bag that held a pastry. Across the table a hand is held up. A photo of an air duct hanging from the ceiling. A black and white photo of the side of coffee counter. No one is visible.
February 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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It’s strange to make a #writing project into a physical thing. For so long it’s all just pixels on a screen, then suddenly, it’s an entire stack of pages.
A photo of a new book printed out for editing.
January 31, 2025 at 2:57 AM