August 2014

Don’t Knock on My Door Rawlins, Wyoming 2014

A rather angry Rottweiler who objected to me walking down his alley reminded me of this line from Warren Zevon’s Rottweiler Blues “Don’t knock on my door if you don’t know my Rottweiler’s name.” I was glad he was chained up. Sometime later, in another alley, I was surprised by an unrestrained Rottweiler coming around the corner of a garage. After my adrenaline hit a peak, I realized it was about the friendliest Rottweiler I’ve ever come across. Whew! I much preferred being surprised by the two fawns in yesterday’s photo. ]]>

Double Take Rawlins, Wyoming 2014

Coming across these two cute little fawns in this otherwise profane scene was almost a surreal experience. It’s quite a contrast to yesterday’s image.]]>

Home on the Range Rawlins, Wyoming 2014

 In a town sorely lacking in aesthetic considerations, one of the best sights is an imaginary view is of animals heading somewhere else.]]>

Going Under Big Wood River, Idaho 2014

Aspen leaves slowly becoming detritus.

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The Geography of Survival #17 Big Wood River, Idaho 2014

I thought of a sombrero when I first saw this. I suspect a certain brother of mine will see something entirely different–perhaps a zebra stripped flying saucer?]]>

The Geography of Survival #16 Big Wood River, Idaho 2014

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The Geography of Survival #15 Big Wood River, Idaho 2014

How bewitching!

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A Little Rain Big Wood River, Idaho 2014

A little rain can make for some nice photo opportunities such as this one that I took near my campsite on the Big Wood River in Idaho where I was staying while exhibiting at the Sun Valley Center Arts and Crafts Festival last weekend. A little rain doesn’t really affect attendance at an art show much. A lot of rain and the crowds thin out considerably. Add in hail and lightning and they pretty much disappear altogether. For safety reasons, the lightning actually caused the organizers to close the show for the afternoon last Friday. The water was so deep on the art show grounds and in the gutters on the walk back to my car that I had to wade over my ankles so my shoes and socks got soaked. It was the only pair of shoes I brought so I walked around in squishy shoes until they dried out the next day.

Sun Valley Center Arts and Crafts Festival, 2014

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Reinke Grain Ashton, Idaho 2014

On my drive to the art show in Jackson, Wyoming last month I revisited the grain elevators in Ashton, Idaho. I first photographed this elevator six or eight years ago. A close of image of the wooden part of the elevator appears in my Elevations collection. (It’s the second image in the collection, here.)]]>

Lives Real and Imagined #34 Rawlins, Wyoming 2014

It may seem kind of odd for this image to remind me of the old civil war song Tenting Tonight on the Old Campground, but it does.

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