Black and White – Page 85 – photography from the Chesapeake Bay watershed by Bill Emory

First try

sign

police class, overhead projector, mental and physical preparation — yup

Lies and Statistics

One can’t help but wonder about the reliability of numbers from China and Iran. How many people left via the back door?

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.