Gun Raffle

Shelby, New York

Big Trucks

Skaneateles, New York

Shoe Trees

Yates Center, New York

No, I don't have any idea why dozens of shoes are hanging from the trees at this intersection, about half a mile from the south shore of lake Ontario.

Two More from Sampson

Romulus, New York

 Romulus, New York

"Continental Breakfast"

Batavia, New York

Hi, Sailor!

Romulus, New York

At the entry to the Sampson Memorial Museum, Sampson State Park, in the Finger Lakes region of New York state.

Home Again...

Torrington, Connecticut

...or...not down the drain yet.

Yesterday I went to the hospital for a procedure to correct my coronary arrhythmia problem. It was supposed to be outpatient surgery, but didn't quite work out that way. A series of emergencies tied up the operating rooms specially equipped for catheter procedures, so we waited nine hours to get in. The procedure itself, I'm told, went extremely well and test results indicate a high probability I'll be able to resume full normal activity. But spending over four hours under anesthesia during the procedure and recovery, flat on my back, set off a sciatic nerve problem that left one leg inoperable—think of having an arm or leg "go to sleep" on you, raised a couple orders of magnitude. Of course nobody knew yet what was causing the partial paralysis, which was...awkward. The terrible risk of uncontrolled arrhythmia is the possible "side effect" of having a stroke.

Unable to stand or walk, I had to spend the night at the hospital. Around midnight, my leg "woke up." When that happened, I immediately recognized it as consonant with my decades-long experience of lower back/sciatic nerve difficulties. Just a new way to enjoy them. By late morning, my arrhythmia specialist who had performed the procedure—and was more than a bit disturbed by reports about the leg—concurred with my amateur opinion that my sciatica was the probable cause of the temporary problem, so I got to go home.

I'm now going to take an undetermined number of days off.

Rain

Woodbury, Connecticut

Washington, Connecticut

Weeds

Woodbury, Connecticut

Two Walls and Some Weeds, Redux

Union City, Connecticut

Torrington, Connecticut

Banana and Weed

New Milford, Connecticut

Early Morning Rain

Woodbury, Connecticut

Purple Post

New Milford, Connecticut

Bingo every Mon. Nite

Alabama, New York

1989

Woodbury, Connecticut

Washroom

Waterbury, Connecticut

Patriotic Church

Waterbury, Connecticut

Factory Walls

Naugatuck, Connecticut

Naugatuck, Connecticut

Clouds, Contrails, Moon

Roxbury, Connecticut

Blue Laws

Woodbury, Connecticut

Poster in the entry of the local market, protesting the remaining Connecticut state "blue law" prohibiting sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunday.

Car Show

Lime Rock, Connecticut

224 PEARL ST

Torrington, Connecticut

Pictures on the Wall

New Milford, Connecticut

Earlier this afternoon, Bob the Facilities Guy installing a set of my prints in the hallway of a newly built MRI section at a local hospital.

Weeds, and...

Union City, Connecticut

Evening Rider

Roxbury, Connecticut

"Trust Government"

Lime Rock, Connecticut

Empty Factory on a Gloomy Afternoon

Naugatuck, Connecticut

For Tyler.

Two Chairs

New Milford, Connecticut

Also, stop on over to today's post at The Public Eye Blog for another addition to the group project "peace."

Bench

Union City, Connecticut

Two Posters

Waterbury, Connecticut

Waterbury, Connecticut

Two Trees

Torrington, Connecticut

Torrington, Connecticut

Two Flags

Union City, Connecticut

Union City, Connecticut

Two Parking Lots

Torrington, Connecticut

Torrington, Connecticut

Two Fireplugs

Waterbury, Connecticut

Waterbury, Connecticut

One Chair, Two Matresses

Torrington, Connecticut

Piano in the Window

Waterbury, Connecticut

Not a Weed

Naugatuck, Connecticut