Black and White – Page 71 – photography from the Chesapeake Bay watershed by Bill Emory

CHO Ambassadors

dueling golfcarts — Two months after removing fountain-side benches in an effort to curb panhandling and alleged inappropriate behavior on the Downtown Mall, city officials say they are taking another step toward making Charlottesville a safe, welcoming place. City Councilors recently voted to adopt a Downtown Ambassadors pilot program–Laura Ingles

How is that program working out?

4th Street SE

I am glad that Richard Millhouse Nixon is still on peoples minds. Environmentalist!

magical mystery tour

environmental protection area — May 15 Woolen Mills residents take a guided tour of the environmental protection area next to Moores Creek with Andrea Terry of RWSA. Native people lived just north of here. Split when Europeans arrived.

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.

the Cloud

vaping — Tracey demonstrates an alternate cloud, not full of data. Smoke Brake Vapes 108 2nd ST NW

horse race

election signs — Charlottesville Democratic Primary candidates are wearing out the shoe leather. Walking the relatively shadeless streets of our city,
meeting voters in preparation for June 9 Democratic Primary.
When the new Council is seated in November, I hope that they look back and ask themselves why the 1975 Street Tree plan was never implemented.
Revise and adopt that plan in the first one-hundred days!

B.B. King

BB KING U Hall — Long long ago. U.Hall, Charlottesville, VA. 1971?

Palustris

wetland — Andrea Terry of RWSA is leading a tour of the Moores Creek Environmental Preservation Area, Friday May 15.
Meet at the Franklin Street wetland gate ( north of the stockyard) at 10:00 AM. (near 706 Franklin ST).
This is the hardwood wetland that was built to mitigate loss of wetlands with
the expansion of Ragged Mountain reservoir.
Rubber boots are advised.
Please RSVP to aterry(at)rwsa.org.

Palustris is a Latin word meaning “swampy” or “marshy”. It is often used in taxonomy for species names
typically in scientific names for animals and plants to refer to the typical habitat of the species.–Wikipedia

Coragyps atratus

The black vulture (Coragyps atratus) also known as the American black vulture, is a bird in the New World vulture family whose range extends from the southeastern United States to Central Chile and Uruguay in South America.–Wikipedia

vultures on the roof — Humans like to anthropomorphize animals. In that vein, the vultures are very mannerly. They wait their turn at the table.

vulture eying morsels — Density (check) City services (check) Food options (check) Walkability (not really a concern) Sustainability (check)

at the table — Connectivity (check) Mixed use and diversity (check) Traditional neighborhood structure (check) Smart transportation (check) Quality architecture and urban design (?)