Black and White – Page 81 – photography from the Chesapeake Bay watershed by Bill Emory

Buteo jamaicensis

Buteo jamaicensis hawk. — when Mr. Hawk shows up all the little critters go quiet.

Mask on Mask off

In a normal year, 2016, 50% of the people in NRT are wearing masks.

1619

base of Stonewall Jackson statue in Charlottesville VA

Platanus occidentalis

Sycamore behind the VFW on River Road, next to the Rivanna. This tree had been encased with bamboo. Recently liberated by?

A sycamore can grow to massive proportions, typically reaching up to 30 to 40 m (98 to 131 ft) high and 1.5 to 2 m (4.9 to 6.6 ft) in diameter when grown in deep soils. The largest of the species have been measured to 53 m (174 ft), and nearly 4 m (13 ft) in diameter.-Wikipedia

sheep

singular and plural the same word two sheep not two sheeps — sheep
noun, plural sheep.
any of numerous ruminant mammals of the genus Ovis, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the goats, especially O. aries, bred in a number of domesticated varieties.

night sky

stars during the dark of the moon — night sky, Slabtown

Sledgehammer

Meeting today with a neighbor who understands the Internet. Hoping, with his help, to get back in the good graces of Google. I am tempted by the sledgehammer. In 1978 I was breaking temporary constructions to reclaim lumber. The next owner of the farm burnt down the loved house in the background. Seemingly, because he could.

Lurtie Breedin and Scott Christian in the tall grass — Left, Lurtie Breedin. One of the CCC boys.

quadrennial

Wish I was in South Carolina today. There would be pictures .

“People who complained that New Hampshire was no place for a presidential primary just haven’t been to South Carolina. The flinty Granite State has its faults, but it looks like an island of tolerance compared with this capital of implacability, fierce fundamentalism and dirty politics.”
Losing Battles (Washington Post, 2/20/2000) Mary McGrory

Fear Not

arg! stock market covid19. — Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations’ Millennium General Assembly by James Hampton

whois

I am uninformed about wildlife but entirely entertained. Glad in this case not to be the farmer (Ricky Renyolds) of this small grain.

I am curious about the goose in the middle. He/she seems less in step than the rest of the squadron.

aerodynamically similar

who is that goose?