Cincinnati
russian sage
native to central Asia
Latin name: Perovskia atriplicifolia
positively front street
Monroe, MI
agave in bloom
80 year old Agave americana variegata imported from the state of San Luis Potosi, Mexico in 1934; blooms one time, sets seed, and dies; a window pane was removed from the conservatory roof to allow the stalk to continue growing
Matthaei Botanical Gardens; Ann Arbor, MI
classic standard oil station
red crown design, built in the 1920s; now occupied by an insurance agency
Port Huron, MI
sawyer motor building
4 story auto dealership built in 1926, converted to condominiums/office/parking in 2010
Asheville, NC
simulacrum
morning haze
dam with abandoned powerhouse, Ypsilanti, MI
votive candles
figures of Saint Anthony and the Infant of Prague
Basilica of Saint Lawrence, Asheville, NC
red barn with silo
Huron Township, MI
glass works
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Asheville, NC
tugboat at dock
Port Huron, MI
solstice
St. Clair Township, MI
deco filling station
opened 1936 as the McGeachy Filling Station, now a convenience store and bio-diesel fuel station
Asheville, NC
tunnel skylight
Dalton Ave, Cincinnati
dome, basilica of saint lawrence
Guastavino vaulting made of interlocking terracotta tile and mortar.
Asheville, NC
indigo sky
ned skeldon stadium
home field of the Toledo Mud Hens, 1965 – 2001
Maumee, OH
hermetic glass jars
rhododendrons in bloom
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Blue Ridge Parkway at Craggy Gardens, NC
the orange peel
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Asheville, NC
ford valve plant
Designed by Albert Kahn, constructed in 1936 as part of Henry Ford’s Village Industries program, later converted to office space.
Northville, MI
mill stream with vapor trail
winter sleep
Detroit
portico view
Belle Isle – Detroit
ubi sunt qui ante nos fuerunt
“Where are those who were before us?”
railroad overpass
the village florist
eternal spring
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Spring Grove Cemetery; Cincinnati
facade, r. hirt jr. building
Eastern Market; Detroit
lumina volta 