At the end of the dock

A window on Water Street

6am and Ty was window shopping when he found today's special. It was 5 below at the time so he did not linger.

A bit a skew

Numbers on the skids.

The sun was setting on the Carson’s Bay. I was more focused on the shoreline that looking out. It is February, the unlucky month. Julius Ceasar borrowed days from February to pad his own. Numbers on the skids.

Big Island and Back Cross Country Ski Race

Note: Big Island was not to be a part of the race. I do not know the complete details, just that the open water was an obvious danger. I arrived at the start as the instructions were being called out to the participants. An alternative course had been mapped for a 7 kilometer race. It involved a few circles at the midpoint in order to achieve the distance. That's all water under the bridge. But it is February. The C.C. Ski race to Big Island and back never made it out of St.Alban's Bay. I watched as a throng of about 150 skiers shooshed and shuffled to circumnavigate the shoreline of St. Albans Bay. The sun was high and snow blindess effected my photographic abilities (Glaucoma and all that rot).

February monochrome

The Narrows Horizon

Kowalskis on Waterstreet Excelsior Illustrated

It was once Mason Auto. Inside Masons there were signs touting it as one of the top award winning GM dealerships in the country. I remember this because my wife’s vehicle was serviced there and she enjoyed their service. Mason Motors is gone now. And after some wrangling the empty lot will be filled again. The prime attraction will be Kowalski's Groceries. One has an insight into the marketing approach of Kowlskis when you look carefully at the artist rendering. The cars in the parking lot all seem to be small, compact vehicles with no luxory SUVs. Does this foreshadow a youth marketing orientation or simply the illustrator’s vision. 


Note: Also,the illustrator envisions a half-full lot. One must assume this was a conscious decision. The illustrator, no doubt, is envisioning a Kowlaskis with a fair percentage of walking or bicycling customers. As an artist I can say I have done these illustrations and they are considerations.

My gridiron career was brief

I am posting this as a Superbowl Sunday post. Enjoy the football game, I lean toward the Seahawks but I am a weak football fan. This photo of the "barefoot boys of football" was taken in circa 1961. It was early in my yute I discovered that I was not a top prospect for football.