August 2010 – Black and White

August asphalt

Cygnus olor, Swan v Automobile

The Mute Swan is one of the heaviest flying birds, with males averaging about 12 kilograms (26 lb) and the slightly smaller females weighing about 9 kilograms (20 lb).–Wikipedia

A sudden blow: the great wings beating still– W.B.Yeats

This time, wasn’t Leda hit, it was the swan.

C&O tracks

cag0922-rr-tracks — southern edge Woolen Mills, northern edge Carlton

BNSF

cjl1026-n7388-bnsf-loco — Bill Underwood painted a series of trains cutting through western US landscapes while living in exile from New Mexico, I saw the paintings laid out in the dim light of a suburban basement on the southside of Richmond. William J Underwood, where are you now?

Rt 360 Westbound

Ray Wittenberg of the Oxford American writes:

I’ve been replaced!…. how fickle is the fickle finger of fate!?!

No no, 8 years, different technology, Ray and Sophie, tri-x film, 21mm, Leica. Jim and Sophie, digital, zoom lens. Change and sameness. Same dog. Same model car. Same activity, different road. Dog conserving her energy in 2010, riding lying down.

I-95 Southbound

where the buffalo roam

Industrial ID

cjl1026-n7383-industry — Arborists can look at the form of a tree and offer up an identification. Mechanical engineers, please step up and tell me what product this ensemble of structures turns out?

pedestrian

cjn1023-pedestrian-c2609 — It's not easy being a pedestrian. Will endeavor to find a photo of this intersection before a four-lane stake was driven through the heart of town.

Monopoly

One of those times when life seems akin to a board game. Motel 6