Black and White – Page 157 – photography from the Chesapeake Bay watershed by Bill Emory

panthera leo

chained lion, pedestrian mall — Before political correctness came to town. 1989.

Francis and Nancy

Francis Fife Nancy O'Brien — Mayors O’Brien and Fife, in Riverview Park, walking, bird watching.

Montpelier

NDS Director Alex Ikefuna, Montpelier

Franklin sidewalk

Franklin wall provides refuge — October 2014, City Council voted to install pedestrian provisions and address truck traffic on Franklin Street. I wonder how that is going?

day of rest

pick mattress — not a whole lot to describe here. Asleep.

tailpipe

volvo 245 — Even back in 1988 this degree of tailpipe smoke was considered excessive.

gentrification

born to be wild — What happens to the poor people who get pushed out of the cities when wealthier people move in? 2008 discussion by Jim Kunstler.

scrap metal

scrap metal shop — in 1988 I had a roll of copper purloined. Went in search at the CHO scrap metal shop. What was lost was eventually found.

wet basement

reflecting pond — 897 gallons of water in the house

high water — Under normal conditions I can kayak underneath this boardwalk.

The bald cypress is fenced off, its a favorite of local deer. Usually it is high and dry.

Riverview Park

dogs walking their people — A dog will walk. No one complaining presently about the weather being hot and dry. This is a portion of the trail that circles Charlottesville.