Key to the Southwest
I’ve got nothing much to say in favor of this photograph other than I think the colors are fantastic. So I’m tossing out this palette for your enjoyment. [Update: the compression on upload has shifted...
View ArticleComing or Going
This facade adorns a corner of Charlottesville’s Market Street pedestrian mall. If I recall correctly, it used to be a bank. It looks as if it was in the process of being converted to mixed...
View ArticleA Mess of Red
I need a nice dose of rust even when I’m on vacation. This one comes with a tasty garnish of split foam and dried salt. A Year Ago: Wise Be ye wise as serpents and harmless as doves… [read more]
View ArticleAnchor
There used to be a short-track racing stadium where Carrier Park is now. This must have once been part of the bleacher scaffolding. A Year Ago: Sky I have so many pictures from Key West that I want to...
View ArticleGAR-BRO
What a feast of color and texture: Rust! Dark reflections! Pattern repeats! I love this image. I could eat it with a spoon. YUM. Time to get back to the textile design, for realz. A Year Ago: Showy...
View ArticleTanks
These storage tanks do not inspire great confidence, despite their glow in afternoon light. They’re labeled “diesel,” “kerosene,” and so on. Their valves and pipes seem fragile and provisional. The...
View ArticleCutaway
My next door neighbor at the rental house is a metal artist, and the edges of his house and our shared driveway are filled with rusting shapes awaiting his inspiration. He visits scrapyards and...
View ArticleWheels, Not Spinning
Things have, as promised, gotten pretty busy. There’s the real estate course, which has an incoming information load that does justice to the “drinking from a firehouse” cliché. I’m also taking an...
View ArticleRust & Sheen
This image feels like a self-portrait to me. I have some new slices in unexpected places. There’s rust and sheen in equal measure. I’m up close in the details, these days, and having to trust that the...
View ArticleOctopod
Many outlets, no flow. A Year Ago: Something Beautiful from Jen This isn’t the best picture in the world, but it seems to fit… [read more]
View ArticleWear & Tear
I’ve got so many things going on right now my head is spinning. I will be very, very grateful when my home base is finalized, so that I’ll at least have one still point in the midst of all this...
View ArticleRust Grid
What do you get when you go below the rust belt? The rust grid. (Get your mind out of the gutter, people. This is a drain pipe.) This brick wall looks as if the red Carolina clay has soaked right in....
View ArticleThe Last Loop
The signs of age seem universal: speckles, fissures, blotches. The varieties of mar are countless. One thing that can redeem those scars, that can restore the full measure of dignity to the object...
View ArticleWeathered Winch
I only posted this so I could say it was a weathered winch from a withered wench. My work here is done. A Year Ago: Are You Civilized? (A Quiz)
View ArticleWired Sheaf
Okay, this is the last of this series, I promise. The weather hasn’t been conducive to being out’n'about with the camera, but we’ve been promised sun in the next few days, so here’s hoping for some...
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