Two Views of Our Industrial Past

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Two

I'm just kidding. They are actually just 2 views of the smokestack at the old Waterworks that they want to turn into low income housing that I would pay a LOT of income to live in.

Dog Walker

Moody Monday: Deserted

Deserted houses like this can be found all over rural Maine.

Halloween Party

A Collage of Photos from Tonight's Halloween Party posted upon request of Mr. Incredible, my landlord and guest photographer.

I'm a Premature Epostulator.

Damn it...this is the one I MEANT to post.

Apple Tree in Alpenglow

You really can never go wrong taking a photo of a tree.

I was stuck in traffic during a paving job.

My camera was out because I wanted photos of the paving equipment.

Pxite: Halloween

Rar, I say! Rar! Blog Ho taught me that.

(Reposted from 7/30/05)

The Familiar Clothespin

Ageless utilitarian object or marital aid?

Vote now.

Please, no cheating.

Relapse

I know I said I was going to ease up on my airplane fetish and post fewer pictures from the approach but I like this one for the technical aspects of...uhh....

the stationary trees...ummm.. well..blurred, while the moving airplane...see how it's...ummm...

And...uh..the autofocus thing? How the trees...which..I mean..you don't have much time....and uh...

Ok, I just LIKE it!

Thursday Challenge: Food

I Got A Baseball Hangover Today

#%#$@*% Longest Game in World Series History

Post-Industrial Bird House

To paraphrase the chicakadee:

"COO COO SUCKUHS! HOLLA!"

It Ain't Much

But it's Home.

Saigon, 1968.

What Do Our Hearts Treasure, II

Fishing pole left on a fresh grave.

Murder of Crows: Sometimes They Get it Wrong

I've posted a shot like this before and was asked if I would allow it to be used to illustrate a children's reading program. I did it because I am a photo credit whore.

This is a new murder of crows which occured this afternoon. I can't help but going out when I see it. The movies are much more dramatic than one photo. There are 6 or 7 trees in the neighborhood with this many or more and they all fly around from tree to tree and caw.

It is traditionally thought that a murder of crows is a sign of impending doom.

Unfortunately sometimes the crows get it wrong.

Kellie loves Curtis! And Vice Versa, of course.

The Happy Bride (Well, not today and not with this horse)

The Happy Groom

I was humbled with a message I received from two of my favorite fair workers that they were married today.

Congrats to both of them.

Black Holes Found on Comet by JKirlin, Esteemed Astronomer

"JKirlin thinks he's pretty damned funny for someone who never leaves his apartment" - Stephen Hawking

Honey! Wake Up! I Got Something For You!

...Apples!

Thursday Challenge: Glass

One of Two thick chunks of mirror I found leaning against a door in a BLAIR WITCH TYPE ABANDONED HOUSE!

AAAAIIIIIEEEEE!

(I fight my fears everyday for you, Gentle Viewers)

The other cool thick chunk can be seen here.

Cool Thick Chunk of Mirror II, The Sequel.

I Heart The Annual Marshmallow Harvest

Ripening on the Vine

Dream of the Blue Lobsters

Yesterday's post of hermit crabs elicited confessions of crustacean phobias from Aughra and Chemical Billy.

I didn't know there was such a thing.

Maybe because I've never had a crustacean crawl on me and stab out my eyes with it's needle-like legs and then crawl into my mouth and lodge in my throat choking off my airway until I died.

Spiders, yes. Never crustaceans.

It has my eyes.

You want some of this? You want what I got? Bring it!

FLEE!

Cry 'HAVOC' And Let Slip The Hermit Crabs of War!

Lying in wait.

Hermittus Crabbus

Paris, circa 1952

Lookit me. I'm Richard Avedon. Heh heh

Pxite: Five

Don't tell GNBassett about this one.

Tired Old Barn

I drive past this on the way to work. It's just a cool falling-in barn and it doesn't speak to any higher truth but it was a nice cloudy fall day and I liked how it looked and, like The Tree, won't be around much longer, so I'm glad I got a picture of it.

And so are you.

Because you are my Gentle Viewers and I love you all. Heh heh.

Guest Photographer: BD

I am humbled again. I couldn't recall where I had taken this photo and then realized it was from a collection that came from a student, to whom I had loaned one of my cameras.

Sometimes the Most Fun Isn't Where Everyone Else Is Looking

Happiness is where you find it.

Lensday.com: Autumn

Punkins!

The Last Photo of THE Tree

L'Arbre est Mort! Vive L'Arbre!

For those wishing to pay their last respects to The Tree, these links will take you to other photos of it. And please. Help yourself to some coffee and cake. Thank you for coming.

Thus endeth the life of the tree.

*WARNING - VERY GRAPHIC*

Detail bark and logs

Photo Tuesday: Balls

My Niece, The H.S. Senior

sstout

It's nice to be able to justify an obsession by demonstrating it's more practical aspects. My niece humbled me by asking me to take her senior photos. (Maybe it was my rate.)

Oh. Pirates. Yes! They Rob I!

 
 

Some People Just Quietly Stand Out

Retouch and Repost