Smokin’
Rapid City, South Dakota
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Urban Camper
Rapid City, South Dakota
2014

Dalí and the Badman
Rapid City, South Dakota
2014

Ladies love outlaws, or so the song says. But artists? Maybe not.

Saturation Campaign
Rapid City, South Dakota
2014

I don’t think I saw any graffiti in Rapid City, except in this one alley. That concentrated placement had the interesting effect of transforming what is usually considered an eyesore into something quite entertaining.

The Black Hills
Rapid City, South Dakota
2014

South Dakota’s most popular scenic attraction.

Rest in Pieces
Rapid City, South Dakota
2014

Of all the things I’ve lost, I miss my mind the most.

Peace Pipes
Rapid City, South Dakota
2014

Electric conduits in a highly decorated graffiti alley in downtown Rapid City.

Arbor Rift
Bozeman, Montana
2014

Moonrise Over Normal
Bozeman, Montana
2014

The blizzard we had the other day formed this interesting snowdrift on the fence behind our neighbor’s satellite dish. Being the statistician that I am, it reminded me immediately of a normal probability distribution (a.k.a. Gaussian distribution or the proverbial “bell-shaped” curve). On closer inspection though, it’s not as symmetrical as it first looked. It’s actually skewed to the right, which would make it a better candidate for a log-normal distribution. (Not that anyone cares about that last point–I just added it to head off the couple of people I thought might actually call me on that point.)

Overnight Sensation
Bozeman, Montana
2013

We’ve been waiting for our union cards from the Porch Sitting Union of America for some time now. I guess there’s no hurry–this appeared on our porch overnight Friday. It’s probably going to be around for a while.