May 2024 – Black and White

DVM

Line lived on Rosni Farm, she lived near McCoy, she lived in Wake Forest, she lived in the Glendale neighborhood of Jacksonville, she lived in downtown Quincy Florida, she lived in Albemarle County. She swam in the James, the Rapidan, the St. Johns, the New and the Apalachicola rivers. She went to ground in Charlottesville, beneath a Japanese maple from my natal home.
Yesterday Matilda and I visited Line’s Charlottesville veterinarian. The DVM is retiring at month’s end following near 50 years healing animals. A good life and a great gift to this community.

Putting a paw down

no, no and no. Line the labmix, born in the spring of 1977, died October 27, 1989. E&H’s childhood dog.

Emma, Helen, Line in the garden

incident at the parking lot

something fell down

calling it in

Seventies style

McCoy Wake Forest, past time pastime

Joe Biden?

Aieeee!

exposure value

If we can measure it we can manage it.

partial eclipse

I walked out of my back door to see the eclipse in April. The clouds let me photograph the sun. It was magic.

May Day student protest UVA

Folk at UVA, not seizing buildings, sitting under a gingko tree, compressing the dirt.

signs and a sycamore

Many plastic bottles, careful about hydration.