Arthur P. Mange Photograph Collection

Arthur Mange joined the Zoology Department (later the Biology Department) at the University of Massachusetts from the Midwest in 1964. He taught primarily genetics and with his wife, Elaine, co-authored several award-winning college textbooks of human genetics. Following retirement in 1997, he served on a number of committees in Amherst, including chair of the Conservation Commission, and currently serves on the Committee for the Burnett Gallery at the Jones Library in Amherst. Mange is a member of the Pioneer Valley Photographic Artists, whose members are dedicated to fine art photography. This group maintains rotating exhibits at the Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield, Bay State Hospital in Springfield, and the Nashawannuck Gallery in Easthampton.

For over half a century, Mange has taken thousands of black and white photographs of varied subjects. The pictures are from many places around the world, with about half of them from New England and the East coast. Like many photographers, Mange tries to present interesting (if possible unusual or artful), real-life images with nice composition, form, texture, and resolution. They faithfully record things that have caught his eye along the way.

Mange has participated in a score of solo or group photo shows at hospitals, libraries, banks, and other sites in Amherst, Northampton, Pelham, Hadley, Leverett, and Southampton. The subject of these shows have included mysterious images including close-ups, gravestones, plants and animals, architecture, local sights, windows, pictures taken looking down, whimsical signs, and travel pictures.

Solo and Two-Person ShowsAcross the Valley (from Cummington to New Salem), March 1983. Burnett Gallery at the Jones Library, Amherst.Delight in Familiar Forms (celebrating some well-known plants and animals, October 1984. Hitchcock Center for the Environment, Amherst.Ring Bell to Admit Bird, July 2000. Jones Library entryway.Net Prophet, December 2000. Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Northampton.Architectural Sights -- Big and Small, January 2002. Burnett Gallery at the Jones Library.Underfoot -- Pictures taken looking down, August 2005. Leverett Library Community Room.The Southwest, November 2005; with oil painter, Jacques Graton of Pelham. Northampton Cooperative Bank, Triangle Street, Amherst.Window Treatments, October 2006. Robert Floyd Photographic Gallery, Southampton, Massachusetts.Iceland, May and June 2007. Northampton Cooperative Bank, Triangle Street, Amherst.Guessing Game (Guess at the subject before looking at the label), June 2007. Northampton Cooperative Bank, Main Street, Florence.Photographs of Norway from two trips: 1963 and 2008, March and April 2009. Northampton Cooperative Bank, Triangle Street, Amherst.Gravestones and Memorials, September and October 2010. Northampton Cooperative Bank, Triangle Street, Amherst.

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Arthur Mange's collection of photographs consists of 339 images taken from 1965 to 2010. His subjects vary widely, from scenes around New England and New York City to scenes captured more locally from Amherst and Hadley to New Salem. Common themes include studies of nature, buildings, patterns, whimsical signs, attention-grabbing shadows, and gravestones.

Mange has used a number of single-lens reflex cameras over the years and 35mm black and white film on multi-grade luster-surface RC papers, with hardly any alterations except cropping and burning some unwanted highlighted areas. As of 2011, Mange has approximately 35,000 35mm negatives of his work; from these he has printed around 2,500.

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65A-08Snow on sumac, 43 Canton Ave. 1965

Keywords:Climate; winter.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

1964-1965 was our first winter in Amherst. It had been a lot colder and snowier in the upper Midwest from whence we came.

67G-05Yellow pond lily pinheads 1967

Keywords: Plant, water.

Location: Stinson Lake, New Hampshire.

For five summers (1966-1970), we rented for several weeks a funky cottage on Stinson Lake in the White Mountains. Grandparents, parents, kids, and guests all slept on one screened porch.

67I-02"Ebenezer" and "Rachel Currier" 1967

Keywords: Gravestone, names.

Location: Stinson Lake, New Hampshire.

This graveyard was not kept up at the time, but when we visited this spot in 2002, a local family had taken upon itself the task of cleaning it up and making it less photogenic.

68C-20Spinulose fern with shadows (view A) 1968

Keywords: Plant, fern.

Location: Stinson Lake, New Hampshire.

The sun-dappled woods around Stinson Lake were a delight.

68E-31Worked wooden puzzle (reverse side) 1968

Keywords: Pattern, puzzle.

Location: Stinson Lake, New Hampshire.

The deceased husband of the woman who rented us the Stinson Lake cottage had loved to make these intricate plywood jigsaw puzzles, which were available to renters. The puzzle is seen from the back side.

68G-20Elaine and kids framed by barn beams 1968

Keywords: Family; Elaine, Jennifer, Steven, Paul.

Location: Stinson Lake, New Hampshire.

This shot at an abandoned barn is one of our favorite family pictures in which each person expresses his or her own personality: From the upper left, Jennifer is a bit bored; Steven ponders the meaning of life; Paul hams it up; Mother is very pleased.

68H-20AFrog on boat gunnel 1968

Keywords: Animal, frog

Location: Stinson Lake, New Hampshire.

This animal with the big round ear posed on a small pond above Stinson Lake. The boat just seemed to be there for general use. With me at the time was Stan Moss (Psychology Department) who was fishing from the shore.

68P-14Three moths on screen 1968

Keywords: Animal, moth

Location: Stinson Lake, New Hampshire.

On our rented cabin on the shores of Stinson Lake.

68P-19Spider with lace curtain background 1968

Keywords: Animal, spider.

Location: Stinson Lake, New Hampshire.

The spider is on the sill outside; the curtain is inside.

68P-32Spinulose fern with strong shadows 1968

Keywords: Plant, fern.

Location: Stinson Lake, New Hampshire.

Finding a photogenic plant in the sun was always a special happening.

68P-34Red maple sapling 1968

Keywords: Plant, tree.

Location: Stinson Lake, New Hampshire.

I couldn't get enough of sunlight playing on the undergrowth.

69I-31ACinnamon fern with rain droplets 1969

Keywords: Plant, fern.

Location: Stinson Lake, New Hampshire.

After a rain was always a favorite time to wander around.

73E-18ARaindrops on Pond, Arrowhead 1973

Keywords: Pattern, cirlces.

Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Just as it started to rain in Arnold Arboretum.

73R-01Nasturtium with raindrop, 160 Gray St. 1973

Keywords: Plant, grass.

Location: Amherst, Massachusettes.

Gardeners know that nasturtium thrives on neglect - here in our front yard. Again, I am wandering around after a rain.

73S-14Bottle [1] at Sandwich Glass Museum 1973

Keywords: Arts, musuem.

Location: Sandwich, Massachusettes.

This bottle of Sandwich Glass sat on a shelf against a window.

73S-15Bottle [2] at Sandwich Glass Museum 1973

Keywords: Arts, musuem.

Location: Sandwich, Massachusettes.

As for 73S-14, this bottle was lit just by sunlight through the window.

75A-13Cattails along Tan Brook, near high school 1975

Keywords: Climate, winter.

Location: Amherst, Massachusettes.

Tan Brook used to meander through the cow pasture where the Amherst Middle School now stands. The stream makes a 100-yard above- ground appearance behind the Regional High School. Then on Triangle Street there is a curious sign that says "Tan Brook," which may or may not refer to a little ditch by the west side of the road.

75K-37Ithamar Conkey House, Main St. (view C) 1975

Keywords: Building, run-down.

Location: Amherst, Massachusettes.

Mr. Conkey (1823-1875), a lawyer, was moderator of Amherst Town Meeting for a record-setting 26 years. He founded Amherst Savings Bank, and was active in the Ornamental Tree Association, which planted many trees on the Town Common. In 1975 the very large Victorian house was occupied by just one elderly woman. It is now spruced up and divided into offices.

75P-24Marginal shield fern & shadow 1975

Keywords: Plant, fern.

Location: Amherst, Massachusettes.

Like the undergrowth at Stinson Lake, this fern occupied a small sunny spot in the woods. We were on a boat trip sponsored by Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage Facility. Although I have been known to move a rock or bend a stem for photographic purposes, this scene is 100% natural.

76F-26Sun-slash in Gardner Museum 1976

Keywords: Building, museum

Location:Boston, Massachusettes.

The woman seated on the upper floor is a nice point of interest.

76H-21"Charles Boatel" with plastic creature 1976

Keywords: Sign, playful.

Location: Falmouth, Massachusetts

The translucent floppy creature was placed on the photo paper when printing this night picture.

76H-30"Net Prophet" fishing boat (view B) 1976

Keywords: Sign, playful.

Location: Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

This is one of my most popular images. I have several negatives taken from slightly different angles. I am told that the boat is no longer there.

77K-03"Herbie...A precious boy" 1977

Keywords: Gravestone, phrase.

Location: Cahoon Hollow, Massachusetts.

Cahoon Hollow is a small town on the ocean side of the arm of Cape Cod.

77M-34Tulip tree leaves & raindrops, 160 Gray St. 1977

Keywords: Plant, leaves.

Location: Amherst, Massachusettes.

This is another popular image and a first place winner in a nature photo contest sponsored by the Robert Floyd Gallery in Southampton.

77N-08Grayboy on patio - 160 Gray St. 1977

Keywords: Animal, cat.

Location: Amherst, Massachusettes.

Grayboy, a cat, had some dog-like behaviors. He belonged to a neighbor across the street, but would regularly sashay over when I sat on our front porch, jump up on my lap, and enjoy (he and me) a good purr and pet.

77P-24Trees in winter mist behind 155 Gray St. 1977

Keywords: Climate, winter.

Location: Amherst, Massachusettes.

The backyard of my neighbors where Grayboy (77N-8) lived. The hemlocks at the bottom are now about 35 feet high.

78A-03Mint plants and wire fence, 160 Gray St. 1978

Keywords: Climate, winter.

Location: Amherst, Massachusettes.

This fence separated our backyard from the Regional High School. Later it was replaced with chain-link; then with solid wood.

78B-02Barn boards; hook and eye 1978

Keywords: Building, detail.

Location: Hadley, Massachusetts.

On the Jekanowski Farm on Roosevelt Road where our kids picked cucumbers and tobacco.

78D-14Tent Caterpillar in nest 1978

Keywords: Animal, caterpillar.

Location: Amherst, Massachusettes.

At Amethyst Brook Conservation Area. I have often snapped insect-infested plants and bug-eaten leaves. This is a good one, I think.

78D-17Toad in Fern Garden - 160 Gray St. 1978

Keywords: Animal, toad.

Location: Amherst, Massachusettes.

This toad lived near the mouth of a drain pipe for several years.

78E-18Wet stones with surf 1978

Keywords: Beach, stones.

Location: Falmouth, Massachusetts.

Stones and shells on the beach sometimes make pleasant images.

78G-06Moth on screen with holes 1978

Keywords: Animal, moth.

Location: Falmouth, Massachusetts.

The small rented cabin belonged to a Zoology Department colleague, Carl Swanson. He called this cabin, "The Cell." It was financed by his royalties on a textbook called "The Cell."

78G-25"BABY" 1978

Keywords: Gravestone, phrase.

Location: Falmouth, Massachusetts.

I think the flowers are chicory, a nice blue color.

78H-20Cedar against Lumbert stone 1978

Keywords: Gravestone, feature.

Location: Falmouth, Massachusetts.

Trees and gravestones sometimes have a long life together and gradually shift positions.

78H-30"World's Greatest Dad" 1978

Keywords: Gravestone, phrase.

Location: Mashpee, Massachusetts.

Touching mementos at an Indian graveyard when a stone is too expensive.

78H-37"Remember" and "Thankful Jones" 1978

Keywords: Gravestone, names.

Location: Marston Mills, Massachusetts.

Old New England names are mostly out of fashion; they would likely think that some of our modern names are odd.

78I-01ASarah Jenkins - "So be it" 1978

Keywords: Gravestone, phrase.

Location: Sandwich, Massachusetts.

Old New England gravestones sometimes have a short verse, but this one was even shorter.

78I-18A"Freddie - Our Angel Boy" 1978

Keywords: Gravestone, phrase.

Location: Sandwich, Massachusetts.

Not far from the Sandwich Glass Museum.

78I-29A "O! Death" with sad figure 1978

Keywords: Gravestone, phrase.

Location: Chilmark, Massachusetts.

Chilmark is on Martha's Vineyard. See also 78I-31A.

78I-31A"Reliance ... A Hopeful Child" 1978

Keywords: Gravestone, name.

Location: Chilmark, Massachusetts.

Unfortunately Hope died at age 12. See nearby stone in image 78I-29A.

79D-19Five Taylors in a row 1979

Keywords: Gravestone, feature.

Location: Montague, Massachusetts.

For interesting images of graveyards, it is hard to beat this one near Montague center.

79E-07With pine limbs bending down 1979

Keywords: View, cemetery.

Location: Montague, Massachusetts.

This shot seems to be the best of a half dozen similar images.

79E-24Thomas L. Butte/rfield 1979

Keywords: Gravestone, name.

Location: Sunderland, Massachusetts.

A surprising number of old New England gravestones have text that is weirdly split between lines. There are other examples in this collection.

79E-26"Tryphosa Gunn, a lovely child..." 1979

Keywords: Gravestone, name.

Location: Sunderland, Massachusetts.

Gunn is a common name (but not Tryphosa) in Sunderland and Montague. I recently (2006) tried to find this stone for old times sake, but couldn't locate it.

80A-33AShed skin of a boa constrictor 1980

Keywords: Animal, snake.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

For some years I had a pet boa. In my care, she grew from about a half inch in diameter to about four inches in diameter (and six feet long). She was very docile except when she was hungry, so I kept her well fed, mostly with mice.

80B-20Beech Fern at 160 Gray St. 1980

Keywords: Plant, fern.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

This fern (just a sprig or two) originally came from the side of Mt. Toby. It absolutely loves my back yard where I grow about 20 native fern species.

80F-22Tobacco leaves (Jekanowski farm) 1980

Keywords: Plant, crop.

Location: Hadley, Massachusetts.

As with several other images, this one stemmed from years when our kids picked cucumbers and tobacco. Although tobacco is still profitably grown in the Pioneer Valley (for cigar wrappers, I am told), cucumbers are grown less since a farmers' cooperative (previously Oxford Pickle) closed its processing plant in South Deerfield.

80I-13Tobacco barn end on, Jekanowski farm 1980

Keywords: Building, farm.

Location: Hadley, Massachusetts.

This symmetry is striking in this very popular image.

80I-23Harvesting tobacco 1980

Keywords: Plant, crop.

Location: Hadley, Massachusetts.

My teenage son, Steven, at the Jekanowski Farm on Roosevelt Road. After a single axe cut, the stalks are spiked and hung upside down in barns for drying. This tobacco is used for cigars, I think.

80I-29Chopping tobacco with UMass beyond 1980

Keywords: View, farm.

Location: Hadley, Massachusetts.

The hard-working tobacco chopper is our son, Steven.

81A-18Grass weeds against clapboards 1981

Keywords: Plant, grass.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

The building was the offices of the USDA on Triangle Street. The building is now doctors' offices. A similar composition is 09C-27

81F-10Stones under large maple tree 1981

Keywords: View, cemetary.

Location: Hadley, Massachusetts.

Cemetery Road in Hadley is one of our favorite views in the valley. Acres and acres of flat, fertile land west of the cemetery with the Berkshire foothills to the west and the Holyoke Range to the south gives us a thrill every time we go to Northampton. Some of the parcels are in danger of being developed and the Kestrel Trust is in the forefront of preservation efforts.

81F-27"Brand S" lumber, and mirrored image 1981

Keywords: Sign, playful.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

I think the workers who labeled this lumber inadvertently reversed the stencil - or maybe not. I have a large collection of whimsical signs. My policy is to avoid signs that are deliberately cute; this one is border-line.

81F-29Crabgrass in asphalt crack 1981

Keywords: Plant, weed.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

In the parking lot behind the stores on Triangle Street. Crabgrass is very hardy.

81F-35Fine Arts Center, bike and reflecting pool 1981

Keywords: Building, UMass.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

Some of my photography friends also have a picture like this. As some viewers know, the reflecting pool is gone. Too bad.

81G-03Unused Library with weeds 1981

Keywords: Building, UMass

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

When the library bricks from high up were chipping off and threatening pedestrians below, the University put a fence around the base, but neglected to cut the weeds inside the fence for a long time. The day after I took this picture while wandering around, the weeds were cut. Your guess as to why is as good as mine.

81G-04"University Gallery" 1981

Keywords: Sign, door.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

Nice shadows; they have changed since the Fine Arts Center foyer has been built.

81G-07Fine Arts Center, reader on steps 1981

Keywords: Pattern, steps.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

The reader consented to having his pleasant day interrupted. I don't know who he was.

81G-15Skid marks on high school lot 1981

Keywords: Pattern, skids.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

I used a ladder to get a better view of high school students "art" work.

81G-25"Samuel Phillips Porter" axed 1981

Keywords: Gravestone, story.

Location: Hadley, Massachusetts.

Why would the family put this sentiment on a gravestone? This stone is no longer there. Where is it?

81G-29Three young Montague children 1981

Keywords: Gravestone, name.

Location: Hadley, Massachusetts.

The Montague graveyard has a lot of photogenic images. (See also 79D-19 and 79E-07.)

81G-31"Daniel Marsh" 1981

Keywords: Gravestone, name.

Location: Hadley, Massachusetts.

Apparently hand-carved on a tight budget. When photographing gravestones I often use a door mirror mounted on a tripod so I can glance sunlight off the stone to better read the inscription. Note that the stone in the background has a dark side toward the viewer; the Marsh stone would too except for the mirror off the picture to the right.

81G-32Sarah Hopkins Williams 1981

Keywords: Gravestone, name.

Location: Hadley, Massachusetts.

The previous and the next negative are also in this collection. A good photo day.

81G-33Chester Williams 1981

Keywords: Gravestone, name.

Location: Hadley, Massachusetts.

An upstanding citizen.

81H-02Girl in UMass chain link maze 1981

Keywords: Pattern, fence.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

The maze no longer exists. It was fun but fell into disrepair. Its place has been taken by the astronomical Stonehenge-like array.

81H-09Amherst dog pound (since moved) 1981

Keywords: Building, run-down.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

There was a dog there (just one), but it did not want its picture taken.

81I-12Gas pumps boarded up [now dental office] 1981

Keywords: Building, run-down.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

Since the 1960's, an auto mechanic garage on this spot, and then just a gas station both folded. Funny, its location on Triangle Street with its traffic seems ideal. It is now a dental office. (Some viewers will know that there was plenty of opposition to the building of Triangle Street in the early 1800's, and at night protestors would dig up what was put down during the day.)

81I-16"Emily Dickinson, Called Back" 1981

Keywords: Gravestone, name.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

I have seen several versions of this difficult-to-take picture. (Check it out.) Mine is pretty good.

81K-09Library with student and swans 1981

Keywords: Building, UMass

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

How's this for a post card?

81K-17Fine Arts Center, strollers and dog 1981

Keywords: Building, UMass

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

It's too bad that the dog doesn't look very dog-like.

81L-30Five school buses in a row - Junior High 1981

Keywords: Vehicle, buses.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

Buses line up at the (now) Amherst Middle School. When I look at this picture I always ask myself why it is "buses" rather than "busses."

82A-12Post Office and Tax Collector 1982

Keywords: Building, official.

Location: New Salem, Massachusetts.

This building is no longer there. The picture was taken a not long before sunset.

82A-19"Mary Ann" with fence and shadow 1982

Keywords: Gravestone, name.

Location: New Salem, Massachusetts.

Near the Post Office (82A-12) even closer to sunset. At last check, Mary Ann's stone is still there.

82B-04Road to Greenwood Music Camp 1982

Keywords: View, woods.

Location: Cummington, Massachusetts.

This shot was used for the advertising poster for my first photo show, "Across the Valley; from Cummington to New Salem," at the Burnett Gallery in 1983. The Burnett Gallery was relocated (to its current quarters) when the Jones Library addition was built in the early 1990's.

82B-08Small stone embraced by tree trunk 1982

Keywords: Gravestone, feature.

Location: Cummington, Massachusetts.

It's clear that both the stone and the tree have a long history in this spot.

82B-30Clapboards and window 1982

Keywords: Buildingm run-down.

Location: Cummington, Massachusetts.

I think the structure seen in the window is a bed. Note that you can see through the small house.

82C-05Large cut leaf beech, Main and Triangle 1982

Keywords: Plant, tree.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

The tree is still there and healthy (but needs trimming) just south of the Woman's Club building.

82D-01"Tillson Farm Boiler Plant" - sort of 1982

Keywords: Sign, playful.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

I think this is a true whimsical sign in that it occurred without plan - the letters just fell off. Some viewers will know that the multi-million-dollar power plant never operated because it was incorrectly designed and/or constructed. It is still there (with its tall stack, 82D-14), although the oil tank (82D-11) for fuel storage has been dismantled.

82D-11Steps wrapped around oil tank, UMass 1982

Keywords: Pattern, steps.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

This tank was built for fuel for the faulty power plant (82D-01). I love the subtle shifting patterns of the steps and their shadows.

82D-14Smokestack on inoperable power plant 1982

Keywords: Building, UMass.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

An impressive symbol of things gone awry.

82F-09Marijuana in flagstone crack, UMass 1982

Keywords: Plants, weeds.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

While wandering around campus I snapped this small marijuana plant in a flagstone crack at the campus center, most likely from a discarded butt. I spent a lot of time with composition. As with the weeds around the library (81G-03), the next day the plant was not there. I think a university employee saw me and thought I was about to write a newspaper expose of campus life.

82F-13Parking garage and smoke stacks 1982

Keywords: Buildings, UMass.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

A big still life.

82G-05Goatsbeard under Elder Lumber 1982

Keywords: Plant, flower.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

A lovely flower in an inauspicious spot. All it takes sometimes is one flower to grace a scene.

82G-09Three Raggedy Anns in wagon 1982

Keywords: Arts, fair.

Location: Deerfield, Massachusetts.

For what it's worth, my mother (then age 81) really liked this picture. Since viewers filter images through their own unique experiences of a lifetime, it is often unpredictable what will appeal to different people.

82G-14Family of grotesques stuffed in silk 1982

Keywords: Arts, fair.

Location: Deerfield, Massachusetts.

My friend, Alex Page (English Department), was taken with this and similar images of grotesques at the Old Deerfield Crafts Fair. He is a skilled humorist and I appreciate his support.

82H-08Windsor Dam 1982

Keywords: Climate, fog.

Location: Quabbin, Massachusetts.

This image is one of my personal favorites and has long hung on my own wall. I have always printed it small - 5x7" -- although it is a very large object -- a viewer takes it in all at once. And it reminds me of the personal sacrifices of many regular folk who were called on to relieve the thirst of faraway but powerful people.

82I-10Lion in window of Quincy Market store 1982

Keywords: Arts, store.

Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

See my wife, Elaine, in the window?

82I-19Quincy Market band and strollers 1982

Keywords: People, street.

Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Taken from a Faneuil Hall window.

82J-16Two Mary Persons stones 1982

Keywords: Gravestones, names.

Location: Northampton, Massachusetts.

Gravestones reveal that old New England families sometimes reused the name of a dead child.

82K-05APrize apples at Cummington Fair 1982

Keywords: Plant, fruit.

Location: Cummington, Massachusetts.

We go to the Cummington Fair almost every year. It's down-to-earth New England at its best.

82L-08Elijah Bordwell - thrown from horse 1982

Keywords: Gravestone, story.

Location: Montague, Massachusetts.

Gravestones sometimes tell a story - not always a short story.

82L-10"Our birth is nothing" 1982

Keywords: Gravestone, phrase.

Location: Montague, Massachusetts.

I get a tear every time.

82L-21"ALMYS" 1982

Keywords: Sign, run-down.

Location: Hadley, Massachusetts.

The malls in Hadley passed through some tough times, and Almys didn't last too long. Here it is defunct.

82M-25Pickle vat "379" 1982

Keywords: Sign, number

Location: South Deerfield, Massachusetts.

This is one of hundreds (you see) of vats at the Oxford Pickle processing plant. Elaine and I wandered in, and, although we wondered whether we should be there, nobody stopped us. We climbed a ladder to view the cucumber contents and (we say) could have spat in the vat. After perhaps 15 minutes, someone politely suggested that we leave.

83B-18"MSC" banister ironwork, UMass 1983

Keywords: Sign, run-down.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

That is, Massachusetts State College (one stage in University evolution) on the President's hill path.

83B-31Carved "Lisa+Steve" Durfee beech tree 1983

Keywords: Sign, graffiti.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

This is one of many Girl + Boy signs in my collection.

83C-32Me taking a picture of a hornet's nest 1983

Keywords: Arthur, age 52.

Location: Leverett, Massachusetts.

This picture was taken by my wife, Elaine, at Moore's Corner. I think the building is the Leverett Historical Society.

83D-32Marble bank facade within museum 1983

Keywords: Building, museum.

Location: New York, New York.

This bank, Branch of the United States Bank, stood on Wall Street, 1822-1824. The facade was preserved and reconstructed inside the museum in 1924. The roof latticework is seen from the outside in picture 83E-04.

83D-36Cleopatra and viewer - Metropolitan 1983

Keywords: Arts, museum.

Location: New York, New York.

I have to go look at this statue every time we visit the MET, to see is anyone else is staring at Cleopatra's breast.

83E-04Couple outside Metropolitan glass facade 1983

Keywords: Arts, museum.

Location: New York, New York.

My hip young friends tell me that the Led Zeppellins are still in business.

83E-30Looking out my Aunt Nata's window. 1983

Keywords: View, city.

Location: New York, New York.

My aunt lived in an apartment at 72nd Street and 3rd Avenue. The view is northwest toward Central Park (unseen). The picture shows where people live, but no people are seen. The viewer can find four wooden water tanks, which are all over New York, even on top of the fanciest places.

83E-34Strollers and manikins, 3rd Avenue 1983

Keywords: People, street.

Location: New York, New York.

We used to visit my Aunt Nata on the upper East Side once in a while. She had the world's most uncomfortable pull-out sofa, probably to discourage visitors.

83F-11Gear & Flask, Museum of Modern Art 1983

Keywords: Arts, museum.

Location: New York, New York.

I'd like to say this was a carefully arranged image, but, in fact, it just happened.

83F-15East 53rd with Citibank Building 1983

Keywords: View, city.

Location: New York, New York.

I am reminded that my favorite painter, Edward Hopper, lived almost all his entire life in New York City and never painted a skyscraper (except maybe for the bottoms). He was into things horizontal.

83F-22"How do I love thee..." 1983

Keywords: Sign, playful.

Location: New York, New York.

A vase in the window of the Steuben Glass store. It struck my funny bone that love was worth exactly $250.

83F-25Steuben kingfisher - 5th Avenue store 1983

Keywords: Arts, store.

Location: New York, New York.

There is no more lighting here than the store arranged. They did a superb job.

83H-08Merry-go-round horses [circular] 1983

Keywords: Arts, fair.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

I have many times tried to get good images of carousel horses (which are often artful). This is the best I can do.

83H-25"Reserved for Masse's Fish" 1983

Keywords: Sign, playful.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

This sign really struck my funny bone. The store is no longer there - it is now Bruegger's Bagels. But Masse's still has a store in Chicopee, and I occasionally see their truck in Amherst.

83K-06Ted Sargent's dobros 1983

Keywords: Arts, music.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

My colleague, Ted Sargent, is an internationally known lepidopterist, but also a musician, among yet other callings.

83P-17Pun buttons at Crafts Fair 1983

Keywords: Sign, playful.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

Lots of cute puns here; choose your favorite.

83Q-09Emily Dickinson's steps, Main St. 1983

Keywords: Pattern, steps.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

One of my popular images. The shadow is no longer there, being interrupted by the hemlock trees along the street. Come back when the hemlock trees get chopped down.

83Q-36"Stop, Stop, Stop" - Laguardia Airport 1983

Keywords: Sign, command.

Location: New York, New York.

I like this three-level command. I have several different angles on them.

83R-04"STOP, STOP, STOP" 1983

Keywords: Sign, command.

Location: New York, New York.

Three floors of exiting roundabouts in the parking garage at LaGuardia Airport.

83R-19Facade with broken windows 1983

Keywords: Building, run-down.

Location: Springfield, Massachusetts.

Taken from the platform of the Amtrak Station

83S-17Two Holsteins, Roaring Brook Rd. 1983

Keywords: Animal, cows.

Location: Conway, Massachusetts.

Cows are traditional photo subjects and I'm not immune. See also 84B-08. Like tombstones, cows just stand there without waving in the breeze.

83T-24"Trespassing Forbidden" at State School 1983

Keywords: Sign, command.

Location: Belchertown, Massachusetts.

The Belchertown State School had been closed for several years, its citizens dispersed, and its buildings quick to disintegrate.

84B-08Four Holsteins, South East St. 1984

Keywords: Animal, cows.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

This shot is near the confluence of Hop Brook and the Mill River (where beavers abound) near the bike path bridge over South East Street. This image was bought by a friend named Holstein.

84D-21Ted Sargent's underwing moths 1984

Keywords: Animal, moths.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

This shot was for a moth book authored by my colleague, Ted Sargent.

84E-08Paige Library 1984

Keywords: Building, library.

Location: Hardwick, Massachusetts.

One of a lot of pictures of local libraries.

84E-11Memorial Library 1984

Keywords: Building, library.

Location: Petersham, Massachusetts.

One of a lot of pictures of local libraries.

84E-14Town Hall notices 1984

Keywords: Sign, door.

Location: Petersham, Massachusetts.

A New England notice.

84G-261913 utility cover 1984

Keywords: Sign, number.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

An historical photo from the Massachusetts Agricultural College, the predecessor of the University.

84G-35"Telephone" utility cover 1984

Keywords: Sign, information.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

This struck my funny bone: for a very private conversation.

84H-01Political signs, UMass 1984

Keywords: Sign, run-down.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

Anything goes.

84H-05Starlings flying off Old Chapel 1984

Keywords: Building, UMass.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

The old chapel has been often photographed. This is my contribution.

84H-12"Allow for expantion," UMass 1984

Keywords: Sign, playful.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

I have become more tolerant of misspellings since this picture was taken; English is just a difficult language, period.

84H-14"MAC Light" utility cover 1984

Keywords: Sign, playful.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

Another historical photo.

84I-13Abandoned mall parking lot 1984

Keywords: Building, run-down.

Location: Hadley, Massachusetts.

I have several views of abandoned malls from Georgia to Massachusetts. This mall, "Mountain Farms," (or just "the old mall") has been reincarnated (including Whole Foods), but who knows what the next evolutionary phase will be.

84I-20"No bombs, I love earth" Ferraro rally 1984

Keywords: Sign, command.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

Geraldine Ferraro pulled a lot of votes in liberal Amherst.

85B-21Skyscraper bowl, Corning Glass Museum 1985

Keywords: Arts, museum.

Location: Corning, New York.

Like the Steuben Kingfisher (83F-25), this shot is lit only by the museum's (or store's) lighting - very good.

85E-18With Travelers Insurance Building 1985

Keywords: Gravestone, feature.

Location: Hartford, Connecticut.

My wife, Elaine, posed for this. It is unusual to find a graveyard on valuable real estate in the middle of downtown (but Boston does the same).

85G-20"Frances Howland, Well Done" 1985

Keywords: Gravestone, phrase.

Location: Leverett, Massachusetts.

Picture taken in 1985. The stone was not present in 2010.

85G-32Joyce in glacial pothole 1985

Keywords: Family, mine.

Location: Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts.

Joyce is my niece - a schoolteacher in the Washington, D.C. area. The glacial potholes are now fenced off, I suppose for liability reasons, but it was really fun to once crawl over the area unhindered by thoughts of safety.

85H-12"Pratt Memorial Library" 1985

Keywords: Building, library.

Location: Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts.

I was interested in the fact that the Public Library in Baltimore (where our daughter works) is the Enoch Pratt Library. I think the two Pratts are not closely related.

85I-17Distilled water apparatus - behind Morrill 1985

Keywords: Junk, still.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

Junk is often photogenic. This is a real but worn out apparatus for making distilled water.

85I-28Various textbooks for sale by students 1985

Keywords: Sign, ads.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

Take your pick of cheaper textbooks.

85J-12Triple stone in sunspot 1985

Keywords: Gravestone, feature.

Location: Williamsburg, Massachusetts.

A gravestone in the spotlight.

85K-12Onsager and Kirkwood stones 1985

Keywords: Gravestones, names.

Location: New Haven, Connecticut.

Yale professors. One man has his whole academic history inscribed. The other is content with "Nobel Laureate."

85K-15Two children: drowning and bladder stone 1985

Keywords: Gravestone, story.

Location: New Haven, Connecticut.

More stories of death.

85K-27Discarded Mahar seats behind power 1985

Keywords: Junk, seats.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

The non-working power plant is also the repository of non-working seats. It is curious that in the debris pile, rows A through D did not get separated too much.

86G-17"Boston 56" 1986

Keywords: Sign, information.

Location: Barre, Massachusetts.

This directional sign is on the corner of the Town Hall.

86G-19"Town Clerk" etc. 1986

Keywords: Sign, door.

Location: Barre, Massachusetts.

Taking care of the Town business.

86J-05"Remeber when - Levi & Pati" 1986

Keywords: Sign, graffiti.

Location: West Point, New York.

Another Boy + Girl inscription, this one high over the Hudson River and too-hastily spelled out.

87C-28Urinals in Memorial Hall 1987

Keywords: Building, detail.

Location: Deerfield, Massachusetts.

All males are accommodated -- tall, medium, short. I was taking a break (a friend calls this a biobreak) from the Deerfield Crafts Fair.

87E-14Rates for Chappaquiddick ferry 1987

Keywords: Sign, information.

Location: Edgartown, Massachusetts.

What it costs for different creatures to take the ferry to Chappaquiddick Island.

87F-18In statue garden 1987

Keywords: Arthur, age 56.

Location: West Tisbury, Massachusetts.

In a Martha's Vineyard sculpture garden, Elaine snaps me amongst the whimsy.

87G-18Waiting for the July 4th parade 1987

Keywords: People, street.

Location: Edgartown, Massachusetts.

People come in many sizes and shapes.

87I-23Library symmetric facade 1987

Keywords: Building, library.

Location: Haydenville, Massachusetts.

Haydenville was named for Joel Hayden who owned and operated the Brassworks, which, along with most of town, was destroyed by the flood of 1874. Mr. Hayden, and his industrial colleagues also owned and operated the Williamsburg dam, a dozen miles upstream, which burst to cause the flood.

88D-01"Lot Manning was scolt to death" 1988

Keywords: Gravestone, phrase.

Location: Ashby, Massachusetts.

Not a pleasant way to go.

89A-17"Twins" 1989

Keywords: Gravestone, feature.

Location: Orange, Massachusetts.

Touching.

89B-05"Robertson Library 1913" 1989

Keywords: Building, library.

Location: Leyden, Massachusetts.

A very small hilltop library. Leyden has about 800 inhabitants and, like most small towns in Massachusetts, has an open town meeting. It is near the New Hampshire border due north of Greenfield.

89C-24Peace Pagoda against stormy sky 1989

Keywords: Building, church.

Location: Leverett, Massachusetts.

We read later that there was a near tornado a few miles north of here in Gill which accounts for the dark sky.

89F-12M. N. Spear Memorial Library 1989

Keywords: Building, library.

Location: Shutesbury, Massachusetts.

This is among the world's smallest libraries with books on every horizontal surface. Another such tiny library is the North Amherst Library.

90A-5Misspelled address labels 1990

Keywords: Sign, playful.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

Other people with names more complicated than Mange must have even larger collections of garbled address labels.

90B-01"Glovers Imperial Mange Medicine" 1990

Keywords: Sign, bottle.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

This bottle was given to us by a friend, but I later found the same bottle in a flea market in Leadville, Colorado.

90C-37Gargoyle with pipe, Merrick Library 1990

Keywords: Building, library.

Location: Brookfield, Massachusetts.

Seems to me like a very bad toothache.

90E-35Friend Barbara's kitchen window 1990

Keywords: Arts, home.

Location: Monson, Massachusetts.

I once complained to an artist friend that I didn't much care for still lifes, but it seems that I do them myself.

90F-08Pine tree and leaning stones 1990

Keywords: View, cemetary.

Location: Monson, Massachusetts.

This photo appeared on the cover of a 2005 calendar published by the Association of Gravestone Studies based in Greenfield, Massachusetts.

91I-16Icicles under ledge, Mt. Sugarloaf 1991

Keywords: Climate, winter.

Location: South Deerfield, Massachusetts.

One of several pictures of icicles and frozen surfaces of ponds and streams.

91J-01Boarded up with "Road Closed" sign 1991

Keywords: Sign, window.

Location: Worcester, Massachusetts.

Is this true whimsy or manufactured cuteness?

91J-21Wm Burbank -"opened, bloomed & died" 1991

Keywords: Gravestone, phrase.

Location: Suffield, Connecticut.

One of the better verses that adorn many old New England gravestones. (This graveyard is at the church next to Suffield Academy.)

91L-13Downtown from Georges Island 1991

Keywords: View, harbor.

Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Georges Island in Boston Harbor is occupied almost entirely by a fort, built, perhaps, for the War of 1812. Like many East Coast forts, it never fired a shot at an enemy. It was used as a prison and hospital during the Civil War.

91Q-07Public library 1991

Keywords: Building, library.

Location: Easthampton, Massachusetts.

One library in my collection of dozens of local libraries.

91Q-12"She came up like a flower and..." 1991

Keywords: Gravestone, phrase.

Location: Southampton, Massachusetts.

One in a large collection of gravestones marking childhood deaths.

92E-13Iron fence (with light from mirror) 1992

Keywords: View, cemetary.

Location: Southampton, Massachusetts.

Discerning viewers will see that the fence is lit from an angle different from the rest of the picture. I used a door mirror on a tripod set in the sun.

93A-08Bulletin board: astrology, etc. 1993

Keywords: Sign, information.

Location: Buckland, Massachusetts.

This is on the side of a general store next to the much advertised Bridge of Flowers. Good ice cream.

94A-08Door at 24 1/2 Grove St., Beacon Hill 1994

Keywords: Sign, number.

Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

The many "1/2" addresses on Beacon Hill houses touched my sense of whimsy.

94L-35Brooklyn Bridge and skyline 1994

Keywords: View, city.

Location: New York, New York.

I have seen better pictures of Brooklyn Bridge, and some not so good. This is mine, and includes the World Trade Towers.

94M-34World Trade Center Towers 1994

Keywords: Building, city.

Location: New York, New York.

I stood on the plaza directly between the Towers and looked up. I like the way the south Tower is reflected on the side of the North Tower. All I knew at the time was that this would be a dramatic picture.

95A-24"Garbage" exhibit at NY Public Library 1995

Keywords: Building, city.

Location: New York, New York.

Again, the "Garbage" at the New York Public Library seemed whimsical to me. The exhibit traced the history of garbage collection in the City, and was fascinating.

95C-13Solomon's seal, New York Botanical Garden 1995

Keywords: Plant, leaves.

Location: New York, New York.

Gardeners, hie yourself to the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx (by very convenient public transportation).

95C-23Raindrops on Alchemilla, lady's mantle 1995

Keywords: Plant, leaves.

Location: New York, New York.

We had a light rain in the New York Botanical Garden. The leaves of this plant are hairy and famous for causing water drops to bead up.

95C-30Hosta, New York Botanical Garden 1995

Keywords: Plant, leaves.

Location: New York, New York.

It was sprinkling. We were prepared for that, but I lost my umbrella, somehow. So I now have a beautiful green umbrella which proclaims "The New York Botanical Garden."

95G-02Cormorant on rock 1995

Keywords: View, ocean.

Location: Cape Elizabeth, Maine.

We are lucky to have friends who actually live year-round a few hundred feet from where this picture was taken. A few hundred feet further is "Two Lights," a scene that was painted several times by Edward Hopper (see 00D-32). Along this stretch of Maine coast, I have repeatedly tried to take wave pictures that might measure up to the paintings of Winslow Homer. I have never come close.

95K-08Boats and squiggly reflections 1995

Keywords: View, harbor.

Location: Camde, Maine.

Our friends (see 95G-02) were negotiating here to buy a small boat (but did not). But we took a sailing ship tour of the harbor area. The breeze that day was very stiff and we hunkered down.

96H-01Salvage yard with dog statue & cherubs 1996

Keywords: Arts, store.

Location: Newport, Rhode Island.

A salvage yard on the main street with innumerable statues to enhance your lawn. We have been tempted, but our lawn is still unadorned.

96I-34Vines around pink poles at Durfee Gardens 1996

Keywords: Plant, vines.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

Talking about putting your foot in your mouth: One day, when this garden was new, I meandered around. A man was raking smooth the gravel paths. I asked him the name of the flowers that graced a fence, and he told me (a Clematis species). Then I said that I loved the layout (and whimsical stone decorations), but was put off by the pink plastic-covered poles. He said, "That's funny; I designed this garden." So said Dean Cardasis of the Landscape Architecture Department (filling in for the maintenance person, who had broken his shoulder).

97M-05Weed & shadow & wall crack 1997

Keywords: Plant, weed.

Location: Northport, New York

We are lucky to have relatives who live here in Northport, on the north shore of Long Island not far from the City. It is a lovely town both for people who make their living from the sea and for tourists.

97M-19"A pleasant plant...cut down..." 1997

Keywords: Gravestone, phrase.

Location: Granby, Massachusetts.

One of several old New England gravestones with allusions to being a cut down in youth.

97N-06Vine in netting at Tower Hill 1997

Keywords: Plant, leaf.

Location: Boylston, Massachusetts.

Tower Hill Botanical Garden in Boylston (close to Worcester) is a delightful day's outing from Amherst.

98C-2298C-22 1998

Keywords: Plant, leaf.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

Wandering around (again) in our backyard after a rain.

99CC-33"Beth + Ed" 1999

Keywords: Sign, graffiti.

Location: Ware, Massachusetts.

Scratched in the plastic window on the observation landing of the tower at Quabbin Reservoir.

00B-35Contour ridges in Lawrence Swamp 2000

Keywords: Pattern, ice.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

This is a prize-winning photograph ("Nature in the Pioneer Valley;" Abstract" category) from the Robert Floyd Gallery in Southampton. The contour-like lines are from successive thawing and freezing of a puddle in Hop Brook, just south of Station Road.

00C-06Ice ridges with oak leaves 2000

Keywords: Pattern, ice.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

The ridges are likely formed by successive freezing and thawing. This area is along Hop Brook in Lawrence Swamp near Station Road.

00D-32Two Lights above rocky shore 2000

Keywords: View, shore.

Location: Cape Elizabeth, Maine.

I have tried to capture what lighthouses are for - to keep ships away from the rocks.

00F-18Quilt: The thing about my mother 2000

Keywords: Sign, playful.

Location: Northfield, Vermont.

How could a whimsy-seeking observer not take this picture. The quote is from Calvin Trillen. We were here because Elaine's sister-in-law is a master quilter from Macon, Georgia (with contributions to the Atlanta Olympics) who wanted to go to this quilt show.

00F-19Quilt: My grandmother's walking 2000

Keywords: Sign, playful.

Location: Northfield, Vermont.

Again, how could I resist taking this picture. The quote is from Ellen DeGeneres.

00F-21First place in quilt show 2000

Keywords: Arts, quilt.

Location: Northfield, Vermont.

This is a good place to say to my friends who inquire about why I don't do color? The answer is that I find enough to do in black and white, and sometimes color is a distraction. Occasionally, I say to myself, wouldn't this be a nice image in color, and I either take it anyway, or I don't take it at all. I can say this would be a nice color picture. So be it.

00N-09ADoll game, vendor, misspelling 2000

Keywords: Sign, information.

Location: Cummington, Massachusetts.

As I said before, I am less and less interested in misspellings. English is just difficult, and I am less interested in the mistakes.

01A-05"Dead End - Graves Ave." 2001

Keywords: Sign, information.

Location: Northampton, Massachusetts.

I had a large show at Cooley Dickinson Hospital of whimsical signs. I thought it was appropriately light. One of the doctor viewers said to me, "I have just the sign for you." And here it is.

01A-36"A fun fact about germs" 2001

Keywords: Sign, information.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

A concocted still life.

01M-26Cubist design with Elaine 2001

Keywords: Arts, quilt.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

At the biennial "Hands Across the Valley Quilt Show" at Amherst College.

01GG-17Duplex with matching flags (re 9/11) 2001

Keywords: Building, home.

Location: Northampton, Massachusetts.

I wandered around Northampton soon after the World Trade Towers disaster. Whether this twin display was a response, I don't know, but I am emotionally attached to this picture.

01GG-22"No Problem" on heavy truck bumper 2001

Keywords: Sign, information.

Location: Northampton, Massachusetts.

Harold's heavy-duty garage, next to the twin flag display in 01GG-17.

01GG-33Bridge with graffiti and reflection 2001

Keywords: View, river.

Location: Northampton, Massachusetts.

This is the Rail Trail bridge with a thoroughly confusing inscription. Your guess is as good as mine.

01HH-15Margaret Bromfield stone 2001

Keywords: Gravestone, phrase.

Location: Brookfield, Massachusetts.

Like others in colonial America, she died of small pox (in 1761 at age 29).

01LL-07"Eunice Hannum" 2001

Keywords: Gravestone, phrase.

Location: Belchertown, Massachusetts.

Trees and gravestones interact here.

01LL-15Shagbark Hickory, Plum Brook 2001

Keywords: Plant, tree.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

This was one of the first pictures I took with a new camera: Canon EOS Elan 7E, after my 20-year-old Olympus sort of gave out. What all those letters and numbers mean, is beyond me, but the standard 50-mm lens renders remarkably sharp pictures.

01LL-21Pin oak at Plum Brook Conservation Area 2001

Keywords: Plant, tree.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

This very full tree was next to the shagbark hickory (01LL-15). Check it out: a couple hundred yards north of Pomeroy Lane.

01LL-33Beaver pond - Plum Brook 2001

Keywords: View, pond.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

This beaver pond crosses under Pomeroy Lane in Plum Brook Conservation Area.

02A-20Gallery A3 coming 2002

Keywords: Sign, information.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

At this time (Summer 2006), Gallery A3 is about to open again, after being closed for a time. Check it out - at the new Amherst Cinema Arts Building.

02D-10"Park as straight as possible" 2002

Keywords: Sign, information.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

Many pictures were taken to assemble part of a Burnett Gallery Committee Show. My contribution was entitled "Very Local Sights - Scenes Within 400 yards of Amherst Town Hall."

02E-15Sycamores on South Pleasant St. 2002

Keywords: Plant, tree.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

These sycamore trees have been often photographed by myself and others. I have yet to get a really good image.

02F-05Amity St., radiating siding 2002

Keywords: Building, home.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

House with radiating clapboards.

02F-06Shutter latch & shadow - Jones Library 2002

Keywords: Building, detail.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

This picture has proved to be a very popular image. Check it out yourself on the west side of the Library.

02F-14"Cupola Building" with cupola 2002

Keywords: Building, detail.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

This building is the residence of Amherst Chinese Restaurant.

02Y-02"Cupola Building" 2002

Keywords: Building, detail.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

The cupola on the Cupola Building. The building houses the Amherst Chinese Restaurant.

02Y-28Town Hall banister and shadow 2002

Keywords: Building, detail.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

This image was included in the Burnett Gallery Committee Show.

02BB-34"Olivia and Eva were here" 2002

Keywords: Sign, playful.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

Typed on an old typewriter outside the typewriter/computer shop on Pleasant Street.

02LL-04Mt. Washington Hotel veranda 2002

Keywords: Pattern, banister.

Location: Bretton Woods, New Hampshire.

The Mt. Washington Hotel is huge and the expansive veranda completely surrounds the building for hundreds and hundreds of yards.

03D-02Bloodroot & shadow, 160 Gray St. 2003

Keywords: Plant, flower.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

I moved the rock a little to receive the whole shadow of the flower. Sorry.

03D-17Two pin oaks & UMass buildings 2003

Keywords: Plant, trees.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

Taken from the University of Massachusetts Farm off Roosevelt Road.

03G-26"God Bless America" 2003

Keywords: Sign, patriotic.

Location: Westfield, Massachusetts.

I have a small collection of "God Bless America" signs. It is a popular sentiment.

03H-26"Town Tomb 1851" 2003

Keywords: View, cemetary.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

Fairly modest for a community burying place.

03T-02Roadside plant with disease patterns 2003

Keywords: Plant, leaves.

Location: Tamworth, New Hampshire.

This is probably a fungus infection, but the pattern is nice.

03T-19On stone wall in Wonalancet 2003

Keywords: Plant, lichen.

Location: Tamworth, New Hampshire.

Our 39-year-old son had spent the night camping out alone on top of nearby Mt. Whiteface. It rained very hard, but he was well prepared, and did fine except for awkward positions needed to relieve himself. We had rented a cabin in the valley near the town of Tamworth, in the southern portion of the White Mountains.

03T-29Club moss four-headed 2003

Keywords: Plant, club moss.

Location: Tamworth, New Hampshire.

Various species of clubmoss have been favorite subjects.

03U-35Miner lesions on paired leaves 2003

Keywords: Plant, leaves.

Location: Tamworth, New Hampshire.

The plant was not too happy, but it makes a nice pattern.

03V-30White church at Wonalancet 2003

Keywords: View, hills.

Location: Tamworth, New Hampshire.

Very New Englandish.

03W-12Club moss flat on ground 2003

Keywords: Plant, clubmoss.

Location: Tamworth, New Hampshire.

More clubmoss and other mosses. Our daughter and her partner pitched a tent for the night on this spot.

03W-19Club moss three single spikes 2003

Keywords: Plant, clubmoss.

Location: Tamworth, New Hampshire.

Yet more clubmoss.

03W-27Rundown fence near sunset 2003

Keywords: Pattern, fence.

Location: Sandwich, New Hampshire.

While moseying around the Tamworth area. We chatted with the very pleasant, somewhat self-isolated owner of this property.

03Y-10Workman cutting Katsura - Grace Church 2003

Keywords: Plant, tree.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

While taking this picture, an apparently shy woman approached me and asked if I thought the workmen would mind If she took a souvenir of this venerable tree. I said that they would probably be delighted if she took the whole thing. She settled for a branch.

04F-23Garlic? 2004

Keywords: Plant, garden.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

During the Amherst History Museum annual garden tour - a garden on West Street.

04H-02Central Park trees and 5th Avenue buildings 2004

Keywords: View, city.

Location: New York, New York.

This view is from the roof of the MET looking south. Although the tree canopy looks "natural" as opposed to the buildings, Central Park was completely man-made; everything was brought in from elsewhere.

04H-17Type faces, Chelsea Flea Market 2004

Keywords: Arts, fair.

Location: New York, New York.

We were on an Elderhostel trip in New York City. This is a well-visited flea market on 7th Avenue.

04H-31Times Square 2004

Keywords: View, city.

Location: New York, New York.

Taken from a bay window in the lobby area of the Marriot Hotel.

04J-13Trinity Church with Wall Street behind 2004

Keywords: Building, landmark.

Location: New York, New York.

I spent a lot of time composing this shot of contrasting values. I'm glad that some detail was retained in the dark shadows of the Church. This day was the 200th anniversary of the death of Alexander Hamilton, who is buried here.

04L-24"Cost of coming to Minnesota" 2004

Keywords: Sign, information.

Location: New York, New York.

This is one of thousands of items in the Museum on Ellis Island. It was an emotional trip of discovery since we got the documents of the passage of Elaine's mother who came through Ellis Island in 1923 from Christiania (now Oslo) to Iowa.

04L-31Street repairs near World Trade Center 2004

Keywords: View, city.

Location: New York, New York.

The workmen informed us that some of these pipes were hundreds of year old. The complicated repairs were taking place nearly three years after the attack. Nearby restaurant owners told us that their businesses have never recovered.

04N-18"Cheesecakes" in Times Square 2004

Keywords: Sign, window.

Location: New York, New York.

My wife was taking three children to a nearby theater matinee. I was given leave to mosey around Times Square. I loved it.

04N-20Hershey's Building in Times Square 2004

Keywords: Sign, ads.

Location: New York, New York.

Lots of signs.

04Q-08"T'was brillig, and ... 2004

Keywords: Sign, playful.

Location: New York, New York.

One of many Lewis Carroll poems around the Alice in Wonderland statue in Central Park

04Q-13Statuette at boathouse, Central Park 2004

Keywords: Arts, outside

Location: New York, New York.

The statue is about six inches in length.

04Q-34Fancy banister in Brooklyn Heights 2004

Keywords: Pattern, banister.

Location: New York, New York.

Brooklyn Heights is an upscale area on the bluff that overlooks the East River and the skyline of Lower Manhattan. Here, George Washington lost the first of many Revolutionary War battles.

04R-03Brooklyn Bridge cables 2004

Keywords: Pattern, bridge.

Location: New York, New York.

It doesn't bother me that the Brooklyn Bridge (among other New York sights) is endlessly photographed. In this collection of photographs another one by me taken ten years previously and including the World Trade Center is 94L-35.

04R-09Condos 2004

Keywords: Building, facade,

Location: New York, New York.

Near the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge, which we had just walked across. Find the flag.

05C-33Photographer's angle on Christo Gates 2005

Keywords: People, one.

Location: New York, New York.

The Christo Gates brought to New York a sense of joy and community, and thousands of families strolled around leisurely. This photographer wanted the very best angle. I wonder whether she was satisfied.

05W-23Fire escape and clapboards 2005

Keywords: Pattern, steps.

Location: New York, New York.

While moseying around the Bridge of Flowers and the Glacial Potholes areas.

05W-32First Prize squash at fair 2005

Keywords: Sign, information.

Location: Cummington, Massachusetts.

The Cummington Fair is quintessential, small-town New England. My wife, Elaine, is overlooking the squash. I like the label made out of duct tape.

05AA-04"Institute, The Hillside Ag'l Society..." 2005

Keywords: Sign, information.

Location: Cummington, Massachusetts.

Included at the Cummington Fair in an exhibit of local history.

05AA-19Hot air balloon and wires 2005

Keywords: View, sky.

Location: Cummington, Massachusetts.

One of my friends complains that utility wires keep getting in the way of her pictures, but she likes this one.

06C-11Smooth icicles at Gunn Brook Falls 2006

Keywords: Climate, icicles.

Location: Sunderland, Massachusetts.

I'm with the professional naturalist and nature photographer, John Green, both of us bundled up against the cold. We photographed for several hours at the Falls.

06D-12John Green 2006

Keywords: People, one.

Location: Sunderland, Massachusetts.

John is a naturalist and photographer. He is setting up equipment at the foot of Gunn Brook Falls in the winter time.

06D-20Bumpy icicles at Gunn Brook Falls 2006

Keywords: Climate, icicles.

Location: Sunderland, Massachusetts.

Why these icicles are bumpy while those in 06C-11 are smooth is a mystery.

06D-27Ice on pond with oak leaf 2006

Keywords: Climate, winter.

Location: Sunderland, Massachusetts.

This pond is near Gunn Brook Falls.

06F-28Edge of Gunn Brook Falls 2006

Keywords: View, waterfall.

Location: Sunderland, Massachusetts.

Not winter-time, but a bright day with lots of spring flowers. My wife got a case of poison ivy on this stroll.

06J-02Morning web on bird feeder pole 2006

Keywords: Animal, spider.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

The dew does nice things to spider webs.

06J-05Ground spider in its matted lawn web 2006

Keywords: Animal, spider.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

Again, clinging dew highlights spider webs.

06J-17Shelf in Yiddish Book Center 2006

Keywords: Building, library.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

We often take out-of-town guests to hear and see the story of the Yiddish Book Center.

06J-32Removing tornado debris 2006

Keywords: People, one.

Location: Wendell, Massachusetts.

A number of tornadoes struck Wendell in July 2006. While we were curious, the afflicted were not thrilled with the damage or us.

06J-33Wendell Free Library entrance 2006

Keywords: Building, library.

Location: Wendell, Massachusetts.

Subsequent to this stop with visiting London friends, we got lost - going north rather than south. When we asked a Wendell State Forest ranger how best to get back to Amherst, he said, "By helicopter."

06K-29Sunbathers at the Glacial Potholes 2006

Keywords: People, two.

Location: Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts.

Although there are plenty of signs warning people away from entering the Glacial Potholes area, some take the signs as a challenge.

06K-33Sojourner Truth and friends 2006

Keywords: Family & friends, Elaine.

Location: Florence, Massachusetts.

Margaret from London (left) and my wife Elaine join with an oversized Sojourner Truth.

06AA-09Tomatoes at Farmers' Market 2006

Keywords: Plant, fruit.

Location: Brooklyn, New York.

This is downtown Brooklyn - Court Square - on a summer morning. The farmers' market was joined with a publishers fair - about 50 book booths.

06BB-34Door of defunct Montgomery Rose Company 2006

Keywords: Building, detail.

Location: Hadley, Massachusetts.

I'm not supposed to be roaming around these abandoned buildings, but nobody seemed to care. Oakland Raiders Football?

06DD-20Gingko leaf fall 2006

Keywords: Plant, leaves.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

The bright yellow leaves of our front-yard gingko are falling. Quite amazingly, they all fall - every last one -- in one morning.

06DD-29Redbud leaves about to fall 2006

Keywords: Plant, leaves.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

This is a purple-leaved variety that does well on our front lawn.

06EE-14American Elm 2006

Keywords: Plant, tree.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

A fine, old, vase-like specimen on the East Amherst Common. I am testing out a new lens, a 100mm macro fixed-focal length.

06EE-21Downtown sycamore branch 2006

Keywords: Plant, tree.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

Three large sycamores grow across Pleasant street from the Town Common.

06EE-31Pinocchio's restaurant with glue patches? 2006

Keywords: Sign, playful.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

A fire put Pinocchio's out of business. I'm guessing that the name sign was covered up with a board, but the board fell off.

06EE-36"We will worship at HIS Footstool" 2006

Keywords: Sign, window.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

In the entranceway of Grace Episcopal Church.

07A-01"FIRE ALARM ANNUNCIATOR" 2007

Keywords: Sign, information.

Location: Salem, Massachusetts.

I'm not sure what this annunciator at the Peabody Essex Museum actually does.

07A-02Chinese wall decoration. Peabody Essex Museum. 2007

Keywords: Arts, museum.

Location: Salem, Massachusetts.

The Museum has a fine collection of East Asian art and maritime objects, many from the 1700's when Salem was a major commercial port.

07B-31Our picnic table under 12 inches of snow 2007

Keywords: Climate, winer.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

As photographers know, snow fools a camera's light meter and manual adjustments must be made to render the snow white, rather than gray. Although that has been done here, the picture would have been improved by a little direct sunlight.

07D-12Bolts of quilt fabric for sale 2007

Keywords: Arts, quilt.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

This biennial show is always marvelous. Although all entries are accepted for exhibit, the show is better than many juried shows we have attended.

07D-14The featured quilt at "Hands Across the Valley" 2007

Keywords: Arts, quilt.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

A good question is whether this image shouldn't really be in color. Perhaps. All the quilt pieces are light and dark shades of pea green.

07F-01Gingko shadow on sugar maple. 2007

Keywords: Pattern, shadows.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

These trees are on our front lawn. The gingko's shadow splits the sugar maple's truck like a sundial or a botanical stonehenge.

07F-22Cut branch of a sugar maple 2007

Keywords: Plant, tree.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

The trunk of an ancient sugar maple. If you hold the picture upside-down the stump, amazingly, turns into a low table top.

07F-35Fly on end of cut log 2007

Keywords: Animal, fly.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

The pile of freshly cut logs was sitting next to the railroad tracks near Strong Street. The cut faces apparently oozed a sweet liquid that attracted flies, butterflies and other insects.

07G-02Charred doorframe with metal latch 2007

Keywords: Pattern, wood.

Location: Holyoke, Massachusetts.

A burned out factory next to United Paper Box. Persons belonging to the Pioneer Valley Photographic Artists had been invited to the functioning United Paper Box factory next door for a photo "shoot." About ten of us roamed around inside and out.

07G-11"PICKLED EGGS" on broken bottle 2007

Keywords: Sign, information.

Location: Holyoke, Massachusetts.

"PICKLED EGGS" on broken bottle

07G-15Chain-link fence along the Third Level Canal 2007

Keywords: Pattern, fence.

Location: Holyoke, Massachusetts.

This canal is separated from the Connecticut River by only one row of factories. It has about a 10-foot head, which, I am told, was sufficient to turn the water turbines in the old days.

07G-18"DO NOT HIT FENCE" 2007

Keywords: Sign, warning.

Location: Holyoke, Massachusetts.

Well, somebody did. The fence separates a byway from one of the canals that delivered water to turn turbines for power in the hundreds of old factories.

07G-19Ladder from street level to canal level 2007

Keywords: Building, detail.

Location: Holyoke, Massachusetts.

This concrete structure housed the intake sluice directing water from the Third Level Canal under the 19th-century factory that predated United Paper Box where it turned a water turbine.

07G-34Charred wood at burned-out factory 2007

Keywords: Pattern, wood.

Location: Holyoke, Massachusetts.

See also comment for 07G-11. Middle Water Street parallels the Third Tier Canal, the lowest of the channels which take water from above the Holyoke Dam and eventually returns the water to the Connecticut River below the dam.

07G-36Vines and peeling paint on factory wall 2007

Keywords: Building, detail.

Location: Holyoke, Massachusetts.

On an unburned side of the otherwise burned out factory.

07H-10"Rafael" 2007

Keywords: Sign, graffiti.

Location: Holyoke, Massachusetts.

Inside United Paper Box. The bricks were laid in the 1850's

07I-22Backup from beaver dams (with Maya) 2007

Keywords: View, flooding.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

Grandniece Maya plays while the grownups talk near the section of the Rail Trail that is washed out from the flooding. If you're thinking that the offending beavers should be captured and moved, my understanding is that Massachusetts has run out of places that could accept more beavers.

07I-28Branch and reflection in beaver backup 2007

Keywords: Pattern, reflection.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

The beaver flooding is good for birds, amphibians, and photographers.

07Q-06Inflatable "USA" 2007

Keywords: Sign, patriotic.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

Our neighbor on Gray Street has many inflatable lawn decorations for each of many holidays.

07R-16Coneflowers 2007

Keywords: Plant, garden.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

These coneflowers in Elaine's garden are on their last legs

07S-11Ghoulish figures 2007

Keywords: Sign, graffiti.

Location: North Adams, Massachusetts.

The artist decorated the rear of an abandoned mall. I guess the artist's name was SUN.

07S-16Eye-shaped light fixtures 2007

Keywords: Arts. outside.

Location: Williamstown, Massachusetts.

This art piece is outside the Williams College Art Museum.

07T-05Ithamar Conkey House 2007

Keywords: Building, historic.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

The house was rehabilitated for offices in about 2000. It looked like a haunted house in 1975 (see 75K-37). Mr. Conkey was a leading citizen of Amherst, lawyer, state representative, founder of Amherst Savings Bank in 1864, and town meeting moderator for a record 26 years

07T-34Weathered plywood 2007

Keywords: Pattern, wood.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

A detail from an abandoned 4x8 piece next to the railroad tracks near Elder Lumber. Make of it what you will.

08A-34Rapids below Gunn Brook Falls 2008

Keywords: View, stream.

Location: Sunderland, Massachusetts.

In this exposure (perhaps 1/15 second), each water droplet has travelled about 1/2 inch. Some viewers guess that it is a picture of fur.

08B-07Icicles under overhang 2008

Keywords: Patern, ice.

Location: Sunderland, Massachusetts.

Near Gunn Brook Falls. This is on a winter outing with John Green

08B-20Branch encrusted with ice 2008

Keywords: Patern, ice.

Location: Sunderland, Massachusetts.

Near Gunn Brook Falls.

08B-28More icicles 2008

Keywords: Patern, ice.

Location: Sunderland, Massachusetts.

At the base of Gunn Brook Falls.

08B-29Yet more icicles 2008

Keywords: Patern, ice.

Location: Sunderland, Massachusetts.

At the base of Gunn Brook Falls.

08B-34Message for photographers 2008

Keywords: Sign, request.

Location: Northampton, Massachusetts.

I have been known to move a label (only temporarily) to get a better shot perhaps, so I know what bothers the curators of the Smith College greenhouse.

08C-09Chandelier in State House 2008

Keywords: Building, detail.

Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Chandelier in State House

08C-18Dome window in State House 2008

Keywords: Building, detail.

Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

This is not the main dome seen from outside, but a subsidiary one. I am with a group from the Pioneer Valley Photographic Artists, who had just hung an extensive photo show in the offices of Senator Stan Rosenberg.

08D-09Ducks in a row 2008

Keywords: Arts, fair.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

At a shooting gallery at the Amherst Town Fair. I am reminded of an in-law who says now and then, "You got your ducks in a row?"

08E-12Grass in turfstone 2008

Keywords: Arts, museum.

Location: Beacon, New York.

Outside DIA:Beacon Contemporary Art Museum. So I never previously knew what turfstone was. Here it is.

08E-18Chimney and utility wires 2008

Keywords: View, city.

Location: Turners Falls, Massachusetts.

A group from the Pioneer Valley Photographic Artists made a day-long outing to Turners Falls.

08E-31Chain link fence and shadow 2008

Keywords: Pattern, fence.

Location: Turners Falls, Massachusetts.

The fence is meant to keep people away from the crumbling building behind it.

08F-23Bob Hallock with view camera 2008

Keywords: People, one.

Location: Turners Falls, Massachusetts.

Professor Hallock is accompanied by his R2D2-like companion. He is taking a picture of the facade of the crumbling building in 08E-31.

08G-02High tension pole with insulators 2008

Keywords: View, pole.

Location: Turners Falls, Massachusetts.

The clouds look a little electrified.

08G-17Flags at Memorial Park 2008

Keywords: Pattern, flags.

Location: Turners Falls, Massachusetts.

A little south of the town center on Avenue A.

08G-2087 Fourth Street 2008

Keywords: Building, facade.

Location: Turners Falls, Massachusetts.

This scene is across the street from the stairway in 08G-21.

08G-21Porch banister with pot 2008

Keywords: Building, detail.

Location: Turners Falls, Massachusetts.

The pot was there. I tried the scene with and without it. The picture is clearly better with the pot.

08CC-05Bridge of Flowers 2008

Keywords: Building, bridge.

Location: Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts.

The underside of the bridge with reflective shadows and a few pigeons. I am with a group from the Pioneer Valley Photographic Artists.

08DD-01Wooden Horse 2008

Keywords: Arts, outside.

Location: Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts.

Near the Salmon Falls Gallery and showroom

08DD-04Peeling paint 2008

Keywords: Pattern, old paint.

Location: Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts.

On the side of an old railroad car at the Railroad Museum.

08DD-06Weeds bent in breeze 2008

Keywords: Plants, grass.

Location: Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts.

On railroad tracks. "Who has seen the wind/ Neither you nor I/ But when the trees bow down their heads/ The wind is passing by." Christina Rossetti

08DD-13Fire escape with shadows 2008

Keywords: Building, facade.

Location: Buckland, Massachusetts.

Sort of a standard shadow picture.

08DD-24Street benches with shadows 2008

Keywords: Pattern, shadow.

Location: Buckland, Massachusetts.

The iron benches are not about to wear out.

09A-09Snowflakes - folded paper cutouts 2009

Keywords: Arts, home.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

I made these over several holiday seasons, and continue to make them when kids show up.

09A-34Ceramic "EVIDENCE" 2009

Keywords: Arts, home.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

The well-known artist is Francine Ozereko. The scrapings which made EVIDENCE evident are retained. The books are mine.

09C-27Pussy willow flowers 2009

Keywords: Plant, garden.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

The puffs are backed up by our house clapboards. A similar composition is 81A-18.

09C-35Maidenhair fern 2009

Keywords: Plant, fern.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

Springtime fiddleheads in our garden

09K-154th of July decoration 2009

Keywords: Building, detail.

Location: Hadley, Massachusetts.

This ribbon is on the North Hadley village hall. Old and new.

09K-29"Llama Poo" 2009

Keywords: Signs, information.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

The very best stuff, I guess, from a farm on North East Street.

10A-18Fence at the Emily Dickinson House 2010

Keywords: Building, museum.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

The fence is only a few weeks old in this picture. It goes on and on and on.

10D-03Entrance sign for the Marvell Cemetery 2010

Keywords: Gravestones, view.

Location: Leverett, Massachusetts.

This cemetery is carved out of the woods on Jackson Hill Road. The extent of the picket fence is seen in10D-06

10D-06Marvell Cemetery 2010

Keywords: Gravestones, view.

Location: Leverett, Massachusetts.

The fence is quite intricate. The spelling on the older stones is "Marvel" - with one "l." Someone must have thought that two "l's" were better.

10D-14Mary L. Marvel stone 2001

Keywords: Gravestone, feature.

Location: Leverett, Massachusetts.

In the Marvell Cemetery, but with one "l." Her stone is surrounded by tall clover and other flowers.

10E-01"GEORGIE" 2010

Keywords: Gravestone, name.

Location: Leverett, Massachusetts.

In the Jackson Hill Cemetery next to the Marvell Cemetery. The stone has a good growth of lichen. An angel appears to be carrying Georgie to heaven.

10E-16Cemetery with iron fence 2010

Keywords: Gravestones, view.

Location: Leverett, Massachusetts.

On Rattlesnake Gutter Road near the intersection with North Leverett Road.

10E-25Water surface 2010

Keywords: Pattern, water.

Location: Leverett, Massachusetts.

The water is flowing over a flat stone just under the surface (under Rattlesnake Gutter Road).

10E-34"The Mall at Moore's Corner" 2010

Keywords: Building, facade.

Location: Leverett, Massachusetts.

A Leverett citizen is expressing a fine sense of humor. Across the street is The Village Store, the rest of the mall.

10L-02The letter "Y" example 1 2010

Keywords: Sign, letter.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

Our photo group, The Pioneer Valley Photographic Artists, decided to compile the letters of the alphabet in nature. I got assigned "Y." This example is the trunk of a yew (of course) bush across from the Emily Dickinson Museum. It is sort of an italic "Y."

10L-22The letter "Y" example 2 2010

Keywords: Sign, letter.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

Our photo group, The Pioneer Valley Photographic Artists, decided to compile the letters of the alphabet in nature. I got assigned "Y." This example is the cracks between flagstones in our yard. It is sort of a Roman "Y."

10L-28The letter "Y" example 3 2010

Keywords: Sign, letter.

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts.

Our photo group, The Pioneer Valley Photographic Artists, decided to compile the letters of the alphabet in nature. I got assigned "Y." This example is our grand niece who got interested in what I was doing. (She is also in image 07I-22.)

10M-17Diadema Sherwood stone 2010

Keywords: Gravestone, name.

Location: Montague, Massachusetts.

In Locust Hill Cemetery. I liked the name and the lichen covered surface.

10M-27Enos Morton stones 2010

Keywords: Gravestone, name.

Location: Shutesbury, Massachusetts.

In West Cemetery. The elder Enos Morton has reversed "N's."

10M-30Owen Fleischman stone 2010

Keywords: Gravestone, phrase

Location: Shutesbury, Massachusetts.

In the Jewish Cemetery. Among the things he had to say (according to a Google reference) was the preface to a socialist songbook!

10N-05Joel Bent stone 2010

Keywords: Gravestone, feature.

Location: Wendell, Massachusetts.

In the Center Cemetery. A large number of stones in this cemetery have the same willow decoration, undoubtedly all done by the same stone cutter. The same willow branch and vase is on a stone in Sunderland (79E-24).

10N-12Beulah and Lucy Sweetser stones 2010

Keywords: Gravestone, feature.

Location: Wendell, Massachusetts.

In the Center Cemetery. Mother and daughter have the same "hair-raising" carving.

10N-14Joseph and Josepha Kilburn 2010

Keywords: Gravestone, feature.

Location: Wendell, Massachusetts.

In the Center Cemetery. The inscription suggests there might have been two Josephas, the first one (Joa.?) living just two weeks (and dying about 2 weeks after Joseph died, both in April 1790).

10N-25Louella stone 2010

Keywords: Gravestone, feature.

Location: New Salem, Massachusetts.

Near sunset. The iron fence around the central cemetery is casting its shadow.

10N-30Three Seymour daughters 2010

Keywords: Gravestone, feature.

Location: Hadley, Massachusetts.

Old Hadley Cemetery. All three were very young -- a flower decoration for each.

10N-36UNKNOWN from the Conn. River 2010

Keywords: Gravestone, phrase.

Location: Hadley, Massachusetts.

Old Hadley Cemetery. The stone cutter (perhaps unpaid) was as brief as possible.

10P-02227 Bridge Street 2010

Keywords: Building, facade.

Location: Northampton, Massachusetts.

After tenants moved out, the owner of this building found a foul-smelling box, which, it was established, contained materials for making methamphetamine.

10P-12Withered vine 2010

Keywords: Building, detail.

Location: Northampton, Massachusetts.

In back of the row of businesses on Main Street. Both the vine and the window bars are all worn out.

10P-19227 Bridge Street 2010

Keywords: Building, detail.

Location: Northampton, Massachusetts.

The entryway to the "methamphetamine" house (10P-02) with arty mailboxes and a sign "ART ROCKZ."

10P-27Sunflower 2010

Keywords: Plant, flower.

Location: Northampton, Massachusetts.

Pictured against a passing car. In front of the "methamphetamine" house (10P-02).