Month: August 2020

yellow bench next to little yellow house-shaped box on a post next to a larger round container on a post with fence and garden behind

Sidewalk Endeavors

with library, chalk and more… Photo: Jane Strauss

side view of a wild brown and tan rabbit sitting on a grass lawn

Garden Invader

stopped to pose… Photo: Chris Balck

a silhouetted bird flies up into a bright partly cloudy sky over a row of graffitied walls and demolition debris

Phoenix

Longfellow will rise… Photo: Sue Romain

three pastel orange flowers with white mesh nets over them in a garden

Petal Pushers

Northerly Flora CSA… Photo: Robin Lietz

SALE sign on side of a wooden ladder with colored flags next to a fence with yard tools and a table of many items

Garage Sale

**WEAR MASK**CASH ONLY** Photo: David Skarjune

small white circle of the moon in a dim sky with reddish streaks of clouds across, with the silhouette of a large tree covering much of the left frame

Morning Moon

through clouds before sunrise… Photo: Roxanne Dunlop

three men, two with guitars sitting on a bench under a tree with white blossoms

Jugsluggers

Outside Riverview Wine Bar… Photo: Jane Strauss

yellow and black butterfly, wings stretched out high, atop a yellow flower against blurred green background

Swallowtail

rests on Mexican Sunflower. Photo: Chris Balck

Sandwich sign with American flag, blue arrow, and VOTE HERE in red and blue on white, with greenery and blurred brick building in background

Voting Day

Primary election in person. Photo: Sue Romain

two stacked images of brick buildings with side by side, garages and doors.

Double Double

brick bungalows… Photo: David Skarjune

dark green cucumbers hanging off vines on a wooden trellis, with big leaves in the foreground

Cucumber Weather

I foresee refrigerator pickles… Photo: Jane Strauss

two young women in a hammock smiling for the camera on a grassy median across from a tree-lined parkway

Lazy Days

…on the hammock… Photo: Jane Strauss

large flower with six purple petals and a feathery white center on a gray wooden background

Clematis

creeps over a fence… Photo: Chris Balck

A bee sits atop an orange-petaled flower with yellow center on a fat green stem with other flowers, greenery, and blue sky blurred in background

Bee Time

Busy at Longfellow Gardens… Photo: Sue Romain

Man painting on an outdoor wall mural, with ladder and small table of supplies, depicting a deer with large horns

Coffee Por Favor

New Mural at Selam Coffee… Photo: Robin Lietz

Red and white Do Not Enter traffic sign in front of a burned-out red brick building with blue sky peaking through a portal

After USPS is Gone

Can we vote by mail? Photo: David Skarjune

wooden bulletin board on a tree trunk with several pieces of paper with text tacked on.

Poetree

for Longfellow poets. Photo:  Chris Balck

A yellow-banded bee sits atop a large cluster of small white flowers over a patch of greenery

Chive Bee

Just love the blossoms. Photo: Sue Romain

Dinosaur heads extend from a rusty metal shed ornamented with scrap metal sculptures

Jurassic Living

Dinosaurs for neighbors…? Photo: Robin Lietz

Cat commercial crane pulls down a wall of a house as water sprays over debris with a large green tree and blue sky in background

Tumblin’ Down

Final moments of this old house… Photo: David Skarjune

black outline of owl on turquoise paper cutout and tacked to wood

Aqua Owl?

What’s the story…? Photo: Rene Rosengren

yellow and purple blooms atop many tall green plants with green and white hostas in foreground

Burst of Blooms

The epitome of late summer… Photo: Jane Strauss