Old Photo #150 – Sandstone Erosion, Arches Nat'l Park UT

In 2001, I took Ruth "home" to Moab for our honeymoon. It was an amazing adventure... our second motorcycle trip occurring a mere 18 days after 9/11, with summer-like weather and gorgeous fall colours.

Neither of us had ever seen the majestic terrain of south-east Utah, and we soaked it up. The desert felt like a second home to me, and the absence of hoards of tourists (which, frankly, we were) allowed us the luxury of exploring and photographing without interruption.

I like the construct of God as experimental artist, and the evolving tapestry/tableau that is the Four Corners region must have been a delight to create over the millennia. A high-speed time lapse video of that evolution would be my #1 pick.

Old Photo #149 – Canyon Wall, Oregon

Old Photo #148 – Lake Abstract

Old Photo #147 – Hedge & Gate

Somewhere in Winnipeg central. Sometime in the '70s. A graphic suggestion of bunker mentality as the neighbourhood around deteriorated.

Old Photo #146 – Plum Coulee 5

Janz Barber Shop was adjacent to the Kinsmen playground on Plum Coulee's main drag. He was always neatly turned out, a slender man of most height. His wife, who did women's hair styling, was a somewhat stern looking Teutonic woman of more substantial bearing.

As one might expect, everything about the Janz enterprise was carefully kept. This is their garage.

Old Photo #145 – Five-Petaled Wildflower

Taken somewhere, sometime.

Old Photo #144 – Painted Turtle 2

This large fellow has been around our cottage for years, and he epitomizes the best activity for a summer's day... and my progress on this house completion.