Thanks Pat. I got some great captures of this old abandoned gas station and like them as is but I felt with the decay, It would be best served to add a little sinister-ness to it, if that is a word.

Thanks Photophile.

Nice touch!

That just looks cold RR.

Lovely capture Judy.

Thanks Judy.

Thanks RR. You just never know what you will find when you least suspect it.

Don't have to ask me twice! Let's go....

I drove up to Oklahoma this week and as usual, I dragged all my camera gear with me. I purposely found time to look for photo opportunities and the first night there I was rewarded with a pretty nice sunset on Hefner Lake. The first two shots are from that lake. Who would have thought there was a lighthouse in Oklahoma?

The third shot is from a very remote ghost town in the middle of nowhere Oklahoma. Even with my car's GPS, a Garmin handheld and Google maps with lat-long coordinates, I still had a hard time finding this place. This town died in the 50's and this particular gas station had a brief moment of glory with a cameo appearance in the movie Rain Man with Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise. The pumps showed 47.9 cents for regular and 48.9 cents for Eythl. Being a deserted gas station I decided this needed to be processed differently so I processed it to accentuate the ghost town nature of this long since dead and forgotten building.

Sleeping yachts


Fishing at night


W S Kelly General Merchandise

North American T-6 in B&W with red checkers on the cowl and pilots helmet

Brrrrrrr. It was 69 degrees here in Fort Worth today!

Just checking of the back pack is still available.

With all the ice and snow pictures, I decided to warm it up a little. The first shot is taken from a recent trip to Puerto Rico. I took this on a very secluded beach long after the fishermen went home for the night.

Photopyle reminded me with her Brandywine falls shot of my recent trip back home to Cleveland, before it turned cold of course. The next 2 shots are from the beautiful and quaint town of Chagrin falls. Chagrin Falls is a village in Cuyahoga County and is a suburb of Cleveland. The village was established, and has grown around a natural waterfall on the Chagrin River. The village was incorporated in 1844 from parts of three townships in two counties.

The Chagrin Valley Hunt Club, located in Gates Mills just around the corner from Chagrin Falls, began in Sept. 1908 at a gathering of friends at Tannenbaum Farm, the Waite Hill home of Charles A. Otis, Jr. Otis and a group of like-minded Clevelanders who enjoyed horseback riding and jumping decided to revive foxhunting in the Cleveland area. Today the area is well preserved with beautiful old homes surrounding the area.

Sleeping boats on the beach


Chagrin falls


Chagrin falls from the side


Chagrin Valley Hunt Club


Chagrin Valley Baptist Church

Wow!