The municipal version of an uncle who fixes things with duct tape and matchbooks. El Dorado neighborhood of Panama City. #manholecovermonday

Sometimes the setting takes a look-at-me-instead attitude. Avenida Miguel Brostella in the El Dorado neighborhood of Panama City. Steps from the divine dumplings at Tallarines. #manholecovermonday

Trondheim, Norway has some interesting iron covers. I took pics of several of them in April, 2022 never thinking that I'd end up using them for #ManholeCoverMonday.

#ManholeCoverMonday 🕳️ Time capsule photos-🌹 @walte2.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @ironcovers.bsky.social @jillinois606.bsky.social @robinross.bsky.social @slucy.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social

Strong pentagon energy radiating out of this one. Somewhere in Maryland. #manholecovermonday

D half and half, somewhere in Maryland. Surely under a foot or so of snow by now. #manholecovermonday

Ford Water Meter of Wabash, IN has followed me from Panamá to the US. Old town area of Arlington VA. #manholecovermonday

'Tis the season for a red-and-green #manholecovermonday offering. Front entrance of Parque Omar, Panamá City.

99yo #ManholeCoverMonday localproduce #Ulm @richardmortimer.bsky.social @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social @jillinois606.bsky.social @robertloerzel.bsky.social @spark1emark.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social @jillthewheel.bsky.social @walte2.bsky.social

Miyajima, Japan. #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social

Now comes Ford Meter Box of Wabash Indiana surprising this displaced Midwesterner. What are you doing all the way in Panama City? Calle 12 de Octubre, Parque Lefevre. #manholecovermonday

One of the 1st examples of Panama City's new approach to replacing manhole covers (which are often carried off by metal scrappers). 100% recycled plastic. Paid for by the business stamped into the design. This one got a bit lost unless the sponsor is a #yarn swatch. #manholecovermonday

Gray Scale #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @jgieger.bsky.social

Calle 12 de Octubre is getting fancy #manholecovermonday

#ManholeCoverMonday Mineral Point, Wisconsin

Suitable for framing, this manhole cover comes already matted. North entrance Parque Omar #manholecovermonday @robinross.bsky.social @ironcovers.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @jillthewheel.bsky.social

In front of a small concrete block car dealership painted the same color. They just kept going, covering the entire parking lot and sidewalk, up to the edge of the Inter-American Highway, aka Avenida Cincuentenario within Panama City. #manholecovermonday

The work of Campbell Foundry of Harrison NJ landed on Avenida Central at the tip of Casco Viejo that pokes into the Bahia de Panama. #manholecovermonday

Today is Separation Day in Panama and so this one seems apt. Corner of calles Obarrio y Tejeria. #manholecovermonday #diadeseparacion

My first #manholecovermonday is this right

Metal triptych in Altos de Golf, Panama City. #manholecovermonday

#ManholeCoverMonday 🕳️ ...has my vote. 🗳️ @sparrersway.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @ironcovers.bsky.social @jillinois606.bsky.social @robinross.bsky.social @slucy.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social

Neta, guardian of Parque Omar's north gate, adds a grace note to #manholecovermonday

Wellington, New Zealand #manholecoverMonday

Final update on Calle República de India doings. It's been a bit like witnessing the birth of a star, watching this new manhole cover come into being. Appreciate the suggestion of a halo and the leafy garnish. #manholecovermonday

Updating my Sept 1 #manholecovermonday post from Calle República de India. The warning flag (red shopping bag tied to a stick) is repositioned. Now it's secured by a rock. A weighted box (new arrival) protects the other flank Taking a moment to admire this trinity of public works improvisation.

Peek-a-boo edition. Parque Omar 🇵🇦 #manholecovermonday

Cover from Cabo Verde, looking like medieval diagram of solar fusion. #manholecovermonday @rogersparkman.bsky.social @robertloerzel.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social @jlempieri.bsky.social

From the "close enough" collection #manholecovermanholecovermonday Calle República de India, Parque Lefevre, Panama City

Like a circle in a circle. Calle República de India, Panama City #manholecovermonday

Partial eclipse. #manholecovermonday @rogersparkman.bsky.social @robertloerzel.bsky.social @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social

A work-in-progress for a Labor Day #manholecovermonday Calle República de India, Panamá

#manholecoverMonday #Pareidolia

A shy one for #manholecovermonday El Cangrejo neighborhood of Panama City

Manholes of Istanbul, printed on Post-It Notes, by Ankaran artist Ardan Ozmenoglu. #ManholeCoverMonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @ @sparrersway.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social

A shadow box entry for #manholecovermonday Avenida 3 1/3, outside #fermentationfestpanama

Just in time for my Panaversary! This cannot be the only decorative MHC in Panama City, but it is the first one I've found in a year of looking. Corner of Via Santa Elena and Avenida Ernesto T. Lefevre. Across the street from one of the best fondas in Panamá. #manholecovermonday

#Rhinebeck #NewYork for #manholecovermonday A Star of its own making #HudsonValley @sparrersway.bsky.social @robertloerzel.osky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @ironcovers.bsky.social

I'm gonna take myself a piece of sunshine And paint it all over my sky, yeah #gilscottheron #manholecovermonday #parquelefevre

Thought #manholecovermonday could use a little grass-electric wire symbiosis Parque Omar, Panama

Cute clean out from #København for #manholecovermonday @sparrersway.bsky.social @robertloerzel.osky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @ironcovers.bsky.social

All the way from Charlton Ironworks in Sheffield, England. It is holding up pretty well on the rough sidewalks of Panama City's Carasquilla neighborhood. #manholecovermonday

#ManholeCoverMonday 🕳️ On the fox... 🦊 @sparrersway.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @ironcovers.bsky.social @jillinois606.bsky.social @robinross.bsky.social @slucy.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social

Getting drawer-full-of-rusty-spoons vibes from this one. Corregimiento San Francisco, Panama City #manholecovermonday

Paris. Looks old. #ManholeCoverMonday

Remembering the manhole covers that are no longer with us on this #manholecovermonday Calle 12 de Octubre, Parque Lefevre, Panamá City

51.45975, -0.96655 #ManholeCoverMonday 🏳️‍🌈 Pride edition #Pride #Rainbow #ReadingUK #RDGUK #ManholeCover #PublicArt #StreetArt #Photography

#Copenhagen Tour de France for #manholecovermonday @sparrersway.bsky.social @robertloerzel.osky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @ironcovers.bsky.social

#manholecovermonday Ewald Over Indianapolis Ewald was a busy guy in 19th century Indiana. Had his casting shop but also held patents for a seed drill, an earth pulverizer and a machine gun. @kevinirvine.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @robertloerzel.bsky.social

(Maybe) Wisconsin Telephone Co., Plymouth, Wis., for #ManholeCoverMonday Founded in 1882, in 1896 they installed the 1st dial telephone system in the US, in Milwaukee. @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social