Black and White – Page 170 – photography from the Chesapeake Bay watershed by Bill Emory

Failed jetty, Town Creek

What damages the boards, time + Teredo navalis? (the naval shipworm, not really a worm…)

30 x1028 px box — Photoshop everywhere, some places more obvious than others.

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.

Jim

Jim Orr — Photo people inbound. Looking at pictures from February 2014. This my childhood friend, singer, song-writer, bass player Jim.

Town Creek

Town Creek frozen — two days maintaining power company connection, white pine v utility pole, white pine won

Dave

Dave Norris — I took me awhile to realize the photo above was of the former Mayor of our City. Gravitas!

Our Town

4 of 5 Council members — City Council came to our neighborhood Thursday night. They brought a delicious dinner, a good audio system, and a complement of City staff. Staff and Council engaged in an extended (1:29:00) exchange of substantive information with neighbors. Many people-hours go into holding such an event. People out on the town at night investing their time, the elected and the citizens, striving to make their City a place worth caring about Audio is available on the Woolen Mills Neighborhood Association website.

Pipebot

pipe robot — Yuk: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the intrepid pipebot. Its five-year mission: to explore dark, reeking, bacteria laden, nasty-nasty wastewater pipe, to seek out inflow and infiltration, to boldly go where no man has gone before.
Pathfinder Model PE3500 has a pan and tilt camera with zoom.
City of Charlottesville inspects about 20 miles of wastewater lines per year, the City relined 5 miles of sewer line in 2014.

day of rest

hello goodbye — February 5, 2014

sycamore designs a street network

sycamore leaf — Platanus occidentalis

Woolen Mills

WM window sawtooth — In a work session the Albemarle County Planning Commission discussed the Charlottesville Woolen Mills property. Seems like they get it. The buildings and the location are a treasure. More than a place to make license plates. A property whose careful rehab and reuse could be pivotal in efforts to reconnect with the Rivanna River.