It's a late night and I'm getting ready to go to bed but I wanted to pass this along to the viewers here about something that's occurring in Philadelphia, PA.
A number of us here in Philadelphia have begin noticing little pink plastic toy soldiers popping up all over the city from Center City to West Philadelphia, North Philly and University City and well, some of us started taking pictures of these, myself included.
I didn't know what it was but while browsing some local Flickr groups, I had remember seeing someone else post one as well and checking that person's profile, they had updated some of their pictures with a picture of a flyer kind of explaining what was happening.
This is the Phantom Soldier Meditation Project...
And these are what people are seeing glued to fire hydrants, the famous South Street Bridge, electrical boxes, corners of building, and just about anywhere else within eyesight, though often inconspicuous, that they can be attached.
Some, including myself are assuming it is a memorial/protest of sorts about the Iraq War and it's begun raising some eyes in the area, mostly from local photographers although with a tip (from yours truly) to Brian Howard, who writes the Philadelphia Citypaper's blog, The Clog, it got a mention a couple of days ago under the heading Mysterious Mysteries: Pink Bullets.
So I thought tonight I'd pass this information onto anyone reading at this hour. Also tonight, a Flickr photo group for PSMP (as it's been abbreviated) sightings has sprung up. Feel free to check it out and if you're local to Philly, have noticed these little guys around and were wondering what they were, now you know. Furthermore, if you have a camera and would like to take some pictures and share them with that group, I'm sure they'd appreciate it.
Take care.