slabtown – Page 19 – Black and White

night

remains of GEC fire — burning brush at night

made in USA

Chevrolet insignia — Bob’s 1954 Chevy wagon

pinus taeda

pine plantation RT 625 Slabtown Road — U.S. Forest Service surveys found that loblolly pine is the second most common species of tree in the United States, after red maple.[4] For its timber, the pine species is regarded as the most commercially important tree in Southeastern US.–Wikipedia

Loch Ness Sophie

Town Creek — Sophie hangs in. Her frame shrinks and her tumors grow. She can’t do more than two stairs in a row. Her spine is visible. Muscle mass gone. A quarter mile now is a Very Long walk. But her will to live remains. Yesterday, imitating Nessie.

As I’ve said before, a dog can’t change the world but they can change your world. And if each of us can pass along even a fraction of the unmitigated, world changing love we receive from our dogs? Maybe we can see about that whole changing the world thing.–Will and Eko

Terrapene carolina carolina

eastern box turtle — Box turtles are slow crawlers, extremely long lived, slow to mature, and have relatively few offspring per year. These characteristics, along with a propensity to get hit by cars and agricultural machinery, make all box turtle species particularly susceptible to anthropogenic, or human-induced, mortality.
In the wild, box turtles are known to live over 100 years, but in captivity, often live much shorter lives.–Wikipedia

Corrotoman River clouds

Looking toward Weems, Virginia

four days late- Chelydra serpentina

Chelydra serpentina — Chelydra serpentina, four days late to the party, world turtle day, May 23. Organizers were not surprised.
“Timeliness is not a concern, we are an association of Turtles.”

caterpillar and oak

midway through the pas de deu starring a Caterpillar 315CL Trackhoe, and a Takeuchi TL130 multi-terrain loader. Fortunately caterpillars love oaks. — Midway through the pas de deu starring a Caterpillar 315CL Trackhoe, and a Takeuchi TL130 multi-terrain loader. Fortunately caterpillars love oaks.

thunderstorm

grayed out — First rollicking thunderstorm of 2015. Trees stayed connected to the ground but the world more than 15 yards away disappeared behind the rain.
Electricity went away for twelve hours. Can of tuna for dinner.

electric danger sign — Walked the power line for a distance, couldn’t find where it was downed.

Keysers Cove

stream in winter — Bernard had the cove dredged in the 60’s, built a little boathouse for his similarly sized dead rise. Years passed. The cove got shallower, Bernard got older. Geese took over, Bernard died. Wind blew all the water away. A polite snow fell. Tomorrow it all starts over.