# Instagram Gallery

I don't really like Facebook/Meta, but I do use Instagram out of necessity (my family and friends from back home are there!), and I do actually enjoy takingphotos and uploading them for people to see, but I also have friends who don't use Instagram understandably, so I decided to mirror my Instagram posts to here, including a link to the pieces of music associated with each of my Instagram posts.

This gallery is organised from newest to oldest. The date associated with each photo is simply the date it was uploaded to Instagram, and is not necessarily the date the photograph was taken. You can click images to open the full sized image file.

I'll try to keep this page as up to date as possible but of course the most up-to-date version of my Instagram page can be found, unfortunately, on Instagram itself.

If you want to follow me there, my handle is @VelveteenOne

## 2026

Old photo from St Louis. Everything has been going kind of wrong lately. The song I picked to go along with this post is one of my favourite Brian Eno tracks; a song about Van Gogh painting The Starry Night after he admitted himself to the asylum which unfortunately feels a little too close to home right now. I'll get through it though. I've been through worse.
Delmar Loop, St Louis, Missouri
Posted on 7 Feb 2026

Downtown Chicago Posted on 24 Jan 2026

Take the L Southport L Station, Chicago Posted on 19 Jan 2026

All I needed was a call that never came Downtown Chicago Posted on 16 Jan 2026

Erdington, Birmingham, UK Posted on 12 Jan 2026

## 2025

Geometric Chicago Posted on 20 Dec 2025

Snoah Chicago Posted on 7 Dec 2025

It snew Chicago Posted on 5 Dec 2025

🫡 Albany Park, Chicago Posted on 18 Nov 2025

Snow Albany Park, Chicago Posted on 13 Nov 2025

This one tree Albany Park, Chicago Posted on 8 Nov 2025

Feels like autumn hit really suddenly when the clocks changed somehow. Chicago Posted on 6 Nov 2025

Albany Park, Chicago Posted on 6 Nov 2025

🚉 Francisco L Station, Chicago Posted on 29 Oct 2025

Peace Albany Park, Chicago Posted on 28 Oct 2025

Here again, with purpose Chicago Posted on 24 Oct 2025

I'm what's left. Or maybe I'm all there ever was. Lake Michigan Posted on 20 Oct 2025

Doing well against all the odds Albany Park, Chicago Posted on 18 Oct 2025

Feeling good Lincoln Square, Chicago Posted on 16 Oct 2025

Hungover lol Lincoln Square, Chicago Posted on 3 Oct 2025

Maybe I'll feel normal some day Chicago Posted on 26 Sep 2025

West Town, Chicago Posted on 21 Sep 2025

Saw @viagraboys live at @saltshedchicago last night and they kicked arse. The Salt Shed, West Town, Chicago Posted on 19 Sep 2025

West Town, Chicago Posted on 18 Sep 2025

Chicago Posted on 13 Sep 2025

Belmont Harbour, Chicago Posted on 11 Sep 2025

I feel like I ran out of nice photos to post for the most part which is why I haven't posted much lately. I'm not the kind of person who takes photos of myself very often which is something I'm trying to get better at. Maybe tomorrow or in a few days I'll go out and explore and try to get some cool lakefront or urban photos but recently I haven't had any time, energy or money to just go and enjoy my surroundings. The cognitive burden is too high at the moment.
St Louis Zoo
Posted on 10 Sep 2025

Alright I went out today. The digital 10x gives this photo a grainy quality that I enjoy. Usually I can't stand digital zoom artifacting but it's not so bad here. Belmont Harbour, Chicago Posted on 10 Sep 2025

Posted on 4 Sep 2025

Birmingha, UK Posted on 3 Sep 2025

Go on. I dare you. St Louis Posted on 1 Sep 2025

Looking forward to autumn colours. The pumpkin spice in my blood is activating. St Louis Posted on 31 Aug 2025

Just in case I forget where I am United States of America Posted on 28 Aug 2025

Desperate need to cower under this during a thunderstorm. Chicago Posted on 27 Aug 2025

Ducks love the watermelón Illinois Posted on 26 Aug 2025

Driving through the country in a bright red pickup truck lmao I have literally never felt so foreign. Illinois Posted on 25 Aug 2025

Showed this to most people already I think but I was out and about and this F-16 decided to put on a show for me. Chicago Posted on 24 Aug 2025

Posted on 23 Aug 2025

Can't remember where this photo is. Some park in the St Louis county burbs I guess. Posted on 22 Aug 2025

Check out this wild bun Posted on 21 Aug 2025

Nice cock St Louis Posted on 20 Aug 2025

Talk about Rainbow Road Northalsted, Chicago Posted on 19 Aug 2025

St. Roch's Church, Skinker-DeBaliviere, St Louis Posted on 18 Aug 2025

Caught the sun reflecting off my cat's fur. Posted on 17 Aug 2025

Seems like no matter where you are in this city you can see the skyline. Chicago Posted on 16 Aug 2025

Tell yourself this so that you really believe it. City Museum, St Louis Posted on 15 Aug 2025

Wait for me here. Chicago Posted on 15 Aug 2025

St Louis Posted on 13 Aug 2025

St Louis Posted on 12 Aug 2025

Still posting old photos because I've been too busy to get out and find new ones to post. Soz Gateway Arch National Park, St Louis Posted on 11 Aug 2025

Richmond Heights, St Louis Posted on 10 Aug 2025

When I went to Vegas I caught covid and all the doctors and nurses at the urgent care made the same "I guess not everything stays in Vegas" joke and I nearly had a joker moment haha hey that's so funny HELP ME Las Vegas, Nevada Posted on 9 Aug 2025

During the pandemic I became absolutely infatuated with going for walks that were like 3-4 hours long around the local area every single day. Sun or rain, down the canals, through all the little side streets and pathways, silent streets and roads, nobody to worry about. Could draw a map of the pedestrian pathways through this part of town with my eyes closed now. When the world opened up again they found a body in the canal near here and I never walked along this section of the canals again.
Birmingham, UK
Posted on 8 Aug 2025

Birmingham, UK Posted on 7 Aug 2025

Went to see a new doctor to get treatment for the cartoonishly large bump I received when an anvil dropped on my head from the sky. Chicago Posted on 6 Aug 2025

Erdington, Birmingham, UK Posted on 5 Aug 2025

Found my old insta account photos so I'm going to upload some of them for the next few days please enjoy this snail shell The Fort, Birmingham Posted on 4 Aug 2025

Black Sabbath Bridge, Birmingham Posted on 3 Aug 2025

Still sick. 😔 St Louis Posted on 2 Aug 2025

Got a doctors note to take today and tomorrow off because I got a kidney infection womp womp. Posted on 1 Aug 2025

Everyone's gangsta til the onions start walking (it's a walking onion bulb that's what they're called) Skinker DeBaliviere, St Louis Posted on 31 Jul 2025

Throwback to this curious american robin. Fun fact for ya: american robins are just finches that somebody mistook for a robin ages ago, they're not related to european robins. St Louis Posted on 30 Jul 2025

Bean Vision Cloud Gate (The Bean), Chicago Posted on 29 Jul 2025

Something different today following on from the tree theme Posted on 28 Jul 2025

Miss this tree for some reason Spring Lane Field, Birmingham Posted on 27 Jul 2025

Posted on 26 Jul 2025

Have not done anything interesting lately so it's just been a bunch of older photos mostly. Lake Michigan Posted on 25 Jul 2025

The Big Apple 🍎 🌃 🗽 New York City Posted on 24 Jul 2025

Photo of @stlartmuseum from last year. St Louis Art Museum (SLAM) Posted on 23 Jul 2025

Danforth Campus, Washington University, St Louis Posted on 22 Jul 2025

Illinois Posted on 21 Jul 2025

Called off work. Halsted Metra Statiom Posted on 20 Jul 2025

Moving this year has really slammed me financially but I'm finally getting close to getting back on my feet again. Lake Michigan Posted on 19 Jul 2025

It's been a while since I used Insta. Wanted to pop in and occasionally provide updates to the people I love and who love me because I feel like life is passing us by so quickly. Downtown Chicago Posted on 18 Jul 2025

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