May 2012

The Quiet Side Missoula, Montana 2012

The south side of the Clark Fork River in downtown Missoula is decidedly quieter on a Friday night than the north side. Here some folks are crossing over to the quiet side as well as some coming back.]]>

Patriot’s Dream #32 Missoula, Montana 2012

This one just seemed to work better in color. I’m not sure what was in this building but a good guess would probably be that it was a campaign headquarters for someone. Wonder if they won…

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Living the Dream Missoula, Montana 2012

Most of the repurposing of the grain elevator in Missoula has been to convert space to artist studios and shops. On the door of this one it says Briar Diggs Fine Art Photography. I don’t know what Briar’s photography looks like but I like his architectural statement.]]>

Repurposing Missoula, Montana 2012

I don’t recall seeing a grain elevator in Missoula before but stumbled across this one right downtown. (Perhaps stumbling across it was a poor choice of words–can one really just stumble across something as big as a grain elevator?) It does not appear to be used at all for it’s original purpose anymore, but parts of have been converted for other uses.]]>

Bel Air Missoula, Montana 2012

The first car I remember my parents having when I was growing up was an early 50’s Chevy much like this one. Although it’s within a year or two my own age, this car looks like it has weathered the years much better than I have. (Neither of us have been restored.)]]>

Moby Dick Book Report Footnote Missoula, Montana 2012

…oh, and of course there was this boat too.

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Moby Dick Book Report Missoula, Montana 2012

So you see, there was this guy and a big whale and…well, you get the picture.

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Just a Thought Missoula, Montana 2012

I’ve exaggerated the contrast in the rocks in this wall, but this string of lighter colored rocks stood out to me immediately as some sort of stone version of the thought bubbles that are used in cartoons to indicate what a character is thinking.]]>

Squeaky Clean Missoula, Montana 2012

A second shift janitor cleaning windows in the hospital.

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If You Can’t Stand the Heat Bozeman, Montana 2012

I have an issue with my heart that precludes me from wearing an airpack when I participate as a  firefigher on the Bridger Canyon Volunteer Fire Department, so I am relegated to running the pump on the truck or other such activities. I miss out on a lot of the action that way but it does free me up to take photos sometimes. This one is from the training we were doing today in a burn trailer which is basically an all metal semi-trailer set up to be configured like a house in which you can repeatedly light fires and then go in and put them out. Here I was standing just inside the door while one of the fires was being lit. I got this shot just before ducking back outside, but not before the heat got a little intense and I lost a bit of  hair on my eyebrows and arms.]]>