298: Maggie. R.I.P.

Several day ago I caught a glimpse of an image. This morning I could think about little else. So here is the story.

Several years ago I started a project of documenting all the cemeteries in the county. I now have a new, very special one. Early in this blog I introduced Maggie, the dog living with some of the local homeless Guys.

It seems that Maggie was involved in a fatal accident several weeks ago and an appropriate memorial service followed. It was attended my many of the local homeless, along with some friends of the homeless. The memorial service was conducted by 5 local pastors representing various churches and denominations in our community. I say all this to say: The homeless are just like everyone else. The have feeling and they care. They cherish true friendship and a pleasant greeting.

The Guardian

When I got to the location, this morning, I visited with Bob for a while while "Lady", a recently arrived stray dog, kept watch from a distance. As I walked out of the camp toward the grave she got close to Bob and made sure he was OK. She continued to watch me as I walked to the grave site and paid my respects. After I took this image and was walking back to my truck I looked back over my shoulder and noticed that she went over to the grave site and made sure everything was OK, before returning to bob's side. Maggie will never be forgotten but it seems Bob has a new companion.

297: Seed and Feed

I have not been putting in any effort on ths blog. I admit I really should and I might try to change that. Anyway I was passing through down town today and noticed 6 different photographers working down town, must be a better place than even I imagined. What does all this mean---nothing other than I noticed this and it seemed pleasant,

Fall at the Seed and Feed

296: Seeing Red

As I stated last time I am trying to orient myself to a new technique. I used another group project to select this subject. I did determine I need to do a lot of lens testing before I can get decent results with this technique.

Seeing Red

295: The Corner Post

This might be the start of series of images which will possibly change my photo style. At least is is the start in exploring a new photo methodology. I hope you enjoy.

The Corner Post

294: What you say???

Last post I mentioned a sign that caught my eye but the lighting was bad. Last night while cleaning lenses I came across an excellent lens that I almost never use, so I decided to use it to get the image. Again the light was not great.

As I stated last time I wonder who does the signage for the city, The signs often opens themselves for a joke or two and finally have to be replaced, as were the "Prostitution Free Zone" that were replaced by the sign shown in the last post. This time it is not the wording but the concept of placing the signs to start with.

What you Say ??

293: Signs

As some might realize I have a thing for signs, stupid signs that is. While driving home from a errand today I noticed just such a sign. The lighting was unusable so I decided to go shoot it in the morning.

When I got home I was thinking about the sign and recalled a discussion with Steven several months ago about another local sign. As most of our discussions they a to say the least weird. This was about some signs recently posted here which started, "Free Prostitute Zone." That sign left a lot of latitude for interpretation. I thought that might do for an image so I set out to find one.

Seems someone has pointed out the possibilities of that sign and replaced them with one a little clearer. I was disappointed with new sign so I took an imaged and headed home disappointed. When I got home I down loaded the image and glanced at it.

I found the dirty old man in me rolling on the floor laughing. Seems the yellow sign behind the main sign took on a totally new meaning.

Clarification

292: The Color Blue

I went back to the Art Walk today. In reviewing many items it seems the trend is to bright flashy colors. With this in mind When I walked outside, I found this in the gutter and it seemed to fit.

The Color Blue