discards the sadness of motel halls the Congregational Church house in town - well-restored what was once a prosperous lumber yard at the nursing home A much-beloved aunt. where I went to school caboose - detail caboose - detail caboose from the glory days of Standard Oil diners and a broken bat? portulacas motel pool elaborate moth countryside we went cycling this morning the tomatoes are slow this year Trying a new lens - 70-300 VR Nikkor Trying a new lens - 70-300 VR Nikkor crabapples ii summer evening ii summer evening i daylily, evening daylily, evening another eight-petal daylily lemon ice misfit what is real, what isn't? deep summer Friday afternoon the half-moon in the afternoon Jacob's ladder OBJECTS IN THE MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR Highway 19 legs, socks holiday fare the unsmiling photographer another late storm the end of our street the brass section geranium and bokeh Japanese lilac