First Step

Taking that first step is always the hardest…

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Happy Autumn



One of many "road trip" photos I have taken. Published in a calendar and magazine…

Taken through a windshield of my Jeep Cherokee while driving down a back country road going about 40 MPH. This is but one of many I have captured over the years…

This one, interestingly, was taken with a 5MP Canon A95 point and shoot camera. One of three p&s cameras I have used. Presently using a Fuji X20 and still love it… 

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Emptiness



Sometimes life can feel like this parking lot. Full of emptiness… 

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Outhouse

An early morning view of an outhouse in back of slave quarters at the McClean house at Appomattox Court House… 

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Slave Quarters

A single room in a small stone block building, out back of the McClean house, served as the quarters for the House Slaves…

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Kitchen

Kitchen of the house where Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House…

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The McClean House



The McClean house, in Appomattox Court House, where General Lee of the Confederate Army signed surrender papers for General Grant of the Union Army essentially ending the Civil War, also known as the War Between The States…

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General Grant’s View

This would have been the view that General Grant had as he headed up the Lynchburg road to Appomattox Court House and the McClean house where he was to meet General Lee … 

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Appomattox Coming Into View



Showing my view of Appomattox Court House, VA. 

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I Can’t Just Sit Here

I can't just sit here, Mom. I gotta get up for a little bit.

Boy did I remember saying that myself about, ummm sixty to sixty five years ago. Some things really never change. Do they…

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Signs Angles And Seats



Signs signs everywhere a sign, angles and seats can scramble a mind. Do this don't do that follow the angles for that's where it's at…

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Words Not Necessary

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. All I can say is "really?"

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Long Walk To Exit

Nothing like coming out of the Doc's office, feeling lousy, and having a long walk to the exit…

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Waiting

Walk into a waiting room and you notice an empty chair, like this, with personal items in the seat and you wonder "where is the owner?"

After the visit you go to leave and you see that the chair is still there. Why? You realize that you will never know the story behind the empty chair… 

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Last of No-name photos

Tree at the end of PeeVine Road.

This road is sort of special. Five years before my wife Mary and I met, just fresh out of high school and only 18, Mary got the urge to buy a motorcycle. 

She got a used BMW bike, taught herself how to ride it and change gears. The road in the photo, just a couple of miles out of town, is 

where she went every time out to hone her skills.

She had the bike for only a couple of months, got bored with it, sold it and moved on. Besides, Winter was not far away and she needed a car for work.

It is a beautiful road and the tree in the view just adds to the roads mysteries. Won't say any more.

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Country farm drive, on a foggy morning, in the mountains of Western Maryland … 

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Breakwater at Black Point on Jamestown Island, VA. Early on a foggy morning…

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Black Point at the Eastern tip of Jamestown Island, Virginia…

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Steps leading up to "Jefferson's Rock, in Harper's Ferry, WV. 

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View of Burnside Bridge that I took a few years ago. At the time I knew nothing of a similar image that had been taker shortly after the battle of Antietam. 

This is the view that Union soldiers had while approaching the bridge before the battle, at this bridge, began.

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Seen in the middle of a field, up on a hill, is a basketball court. Very interesting…

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Looking North from the C&O Canal Towpath , about a mile from Cumberland, MD, one can see the Steeple and Dome of the Allegany County Courthouse… 

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A Bank-barn on a WV country farm. It is called a Bank-barn because one end is in a bank so that hay can be driven in on a cart or wagon and stored, and then dumped down through holes in the floor to feed the livestock that is kept in the bottom part of the barn. 

The livestock enters in through the doors on the bottom of the barn at the end of the bank where it is lower.

Even on stormy days it works wonderfully… 

 

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When a camera is handy and ready to grab, even driving a car on a back country road, it is possible to get interesting photos; if you are quick enough… 

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Home For A Literary Society



Located in Romney, WV… 

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Road Side Memories



Another no-name photo. You look at it and see what name comes to mind…

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Welcome

Taking some time off in August so I will be posting some "no-name" photos every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. So, see you in September, as the song goes, and "Welcome" to no-name August photos…

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Saturday Morning Sports



Saturday morning is coming and youth sports are a waiting. Many times there are more females present than males… 

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A New Taste In Town

The couple in the back, kissing; the man looking like he is kissing or tasting his hand; coupled with the headlines on the newspaper that is in the newspaper dispenser in the lower right hand corner of the photo = A New Taste In Town…

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Three Men and A Woman



Of course the Lady in white stands out first. However, each person, all four, are looking in different directions. Only one man is looking at the woman. 

The men form a triangle and the woman stands alone… 

Wonder What She Is Thinking?



The lady on the right was talking with the two men on the left and the woman in the middle was just staring out into space, not paying attention to anyone.

It would have been interesting to know what she was thinking at this point…

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Morning Showdown

Does anything really need to be said?

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Who Is She Watching?

I was walking through a crowd when I saw her. Without hesitation I lifted my camera and snapped the shutter. 

A couple of seconds later she got up and just disappeared into the crowd…

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Sonny

He would not tell me his name, he just wanted to tell me about his dog "Sonny". 

Sonny was his companion and closest friend. Without out Sonny he would be lost… 

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One Happy Kid

He came out from behind the brick column smiling very happily and just started jumping up and down joyfully.

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Instep With The Ice Cream

Three of a kind eating ice cream… 

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Just Another Manic Monday

She jumped into her car, grabbed her phone and, with a look of unbelief, the teen sat there reading away…

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Relaxing In The Breezeway

It is Friday and time to relax, and there is nothing like relaxing in a rocker and reading a good book to soothe one's soul… 

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The Waitress

A Counter Waitress at the Princess Restaurant in Western Maryland… 

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Party Time On Main Street

Sometimes there are interesting events that show up on main street USA… 

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Some Days A Big Step Is Needed

Taken from inside my car just as this woman took a big step to get over the puddle as she got caught in the rain shower. 

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Me Myself and I

There I am, sitting on the couch watching myself and me looking at the camera, setup somewhere, while taking a break from discussing what photos to post this week.

Well there are four more to come over the next four days. Then, ten more over the next two weeks. Mostly street photography and all black and white photos. Hope you enjoy looking at them.

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The Cantaloupe Bowl

Ended the hot weather week with one more bowl of bite sized pieces of cantaloupe. A fresh vegetable, or fruit if you wish, from an Amish farm and cut up by my wife, chilled and served with sea salt. 

Makes a wonderfully cool afternoon delight on a hot Summer day…  Well I did have to eat it before it got warm, didn't I… ?

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Feeling Kinda’ Lonely



A Dr's office waiting room hallway…

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Thunderclouds Rising

Sometimes it can be quite intimidating to see clouds like this coming up over the horizon…

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Backyard Cave Look

It is amazing how a photograph can make something seemingly appear that is not really there… 

Like the look of caves in the bushes..

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Hampton On A Hill



Actually,  not a bad place, once you arrive… 

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Left Behind

When the Lonaconing Silk Mill suddenly closed, the employees were not allowed back in, not even to retrieve their belongings. Even shoes, that were used during work hours are still there… 

On the positive side the silk mill is the only one of its kind in the United States that is still intact just as it was on the day that it closed back in July of 1957…

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Memories Long Past



Thrown down and left behind… 

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Machinist Tool Bench

The machine mechanic pulled this everywhere where he went , just waiting for that call for help when  a piece of equipment stopped working and needed to be fixed…

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