Author: WmX

I stumbled off the track to success in 1968, started chasing shadows that summer. Since then, In addition to farm-laborer and newspaper photographer my occupational incarnations include dishwasher, janitor, retail photo clerk, plumber, HVAC repairman, auto mechanic, CAT scan technologist, computer worker and politico (whatever it takes to buy a camera.) I am on the road to understanding black and white photography.

Paschal

Rolfe the dog
George and Jacintha were Albemarle residents. I never got a photo of them together. They weren’t big on pictures. Former OSS, something secret. They did good things, quietly. They donated land to be kept wild permanently near the Rivanna River at the Stony Point.
They provided pasture for wild horses.

Schoenbaum

Route 29 Charlottesville VA
Rt. 29, Charlottesville, VA, May 18, 1975

Schoenbaum went on to found the Shoney’s restaurant chain, a regional organization which is one of the largest businesses to have originated in West Virginia and was at one time one of the largest family owned restaurant chains in the United States.—Wikipedia

whatis

squash hand book
This is a sweet potato squash, an heirloom variety.   It grows very long vines, 20 feet and more, that will climb fences, hedges, possibly trees, due to tendrils that hook on objects and then coil tight, pulling the vine up.  The flesh is like pumpkin, but milder.  We’ve had big heavy fruit on vines up 5-6 feet in air on hedges or climbing a flowering cherry.  It is resistant to squash vine borer, loves good light, it is a smart, independent-minded vine.