Black and White – Page 32 – photography from the Chesapeake Bay watershed by Bill Emory

Betty Lou

Betty Lou on the porch of her natal home with grandmother Ethel Leake Scruggs — Following his death in 1905, John Wesley Scruggs’ widow, Ethel, moved from the northeast corner of the Woolen Mills neighborhood to Market Street.
Pictured above, Ethel and her granddaughter, Betty Lou.
Ethel was a weaver at the Woolen Mills. Ethel is buried in Riverview cemetery.

Ethel’s grand-daughter, Betty Lou (above center) was born in 1932, daughter of Lucian and Virginia Hall Scruggs.
Betty Lou attended the Woolen Mills School.
Betty Lou loved her church, her community, her family, her friends and her neighborhood and they loved her

Betty Lou was solid as a rock, a straight-shooter. She lived in her house for 88 years. Betty Lou died Sunday night.

She will be missed.

geese

seven geese flying — seven

roofers

these roofers started at 0650hrs removing corrugated metal from former fishery building — I have some roof repairs to accomplish today. I am not looking forward to the work. Roofing is dangerous, 4th most dangerous occupation in the US.

Fatal injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers: 51.5
Total fatal injuries: 96
Most common fatal accidents: falls, slips, and trips
Total non-fatal injuries: 2,060
Median annual wage: $39,970
Number of workers: 160,600

District of Columbia

washington monument night — .

bone party

oak stick, nyla-bones, cow bones — it was a coveted invitation among canines

memorial poles

112 memorial poles by 55 artists from remote Aboriginal communities in the tropical northern region of Australia known as Arnhem Land. — the Inside World on exhibit until May 24

Bill

Rotarian, rider, country-boy — sun and moon and stars

chucks and family

I had probably asked that they not look at me

chevron

Branta canadensis — eleven

Mother of all Mondays

Ida the cat, analog baby ben alarm clock, homemade cat crate — Goodle days, Jack Jasper’s house, front hall, Leaving Rosni, June 1978. Rosni Farm a farm so fine, ran eight score and seven years more.