From out of the mist...

For Monochrome Weekly. More black and whites from around the world here.

At the dock

Boaters on Boggs Lake at a temporary standstill near Stoll's Lakeview Restaurant.

Son and Mom

Lucas and Colleen at The Cabin the other day.

Profiles of the Boys

Ian and Lucas were at The Cabin for breakfast yesterday morning while the rains fell at the golf course. Eric, Colleen, Diane and I were also there.

Night clerks

Diane and I snuck into town the other night and got ourselves a tasty treat at the Dairy Queen - a chocolate sunday and a blizzard of the moment - girl scout tagalongs. Yum.

Candlelight on a July night

We lost electricity for several hours last night and had to do with candlelight at the dining table. Very different than the usual evening with the hum of lights and fans and tv's and computers and refrigerators. Didn't take long for Diane to go off to bed - darkness is great for sleeping, isn't it? I finished a book (The Reader by Bernhard Schlink - it's excellent, as is the movie), drove around the neighborhood (to see how extensive the outage was), took some photos (see above for one example), and eventually turned off what I remembered was on, and went to bed. Guess what - thirty minutes later I was suddenly awake again with the house coming back on - fans and coolers and lights, all those accepted and welcome additions to our modern lives. Still, the candlelight was enchanting, even if for just a little bit. It's Monochrome Weekly time and more from around the world can be found here.

Martin County Fair Beginnings

Hazel and Helen Pielemeier, sisters who spent their working lives in the field of education, were helping out...

...as was Eldean Sherfick who is chatting with Marty (Bird) who she hadn't seen since he was still a teenager.

Laura Tarr and Diane (Bird) were also busy with the details of getting everything accepted and registered.