Great batch of pics! I love #1---composition and exposure right on the money..

Absolutely stunning!

You betchum Red Ryder!

I'll drink to that!

AMEN!

Looks to me like the very elusive, double-breasted seersucker.

So, what happens when someone else happens to go into one of those outbuildings. These are vicious, aggressive, toxic spiders! Get rid of them before someone is bitten.

"Sweet Adeline"

Tranquility!

Does your grandson hire out as a nature guide?

Excellent post, Old Man Dave. No rant, just a good explanation of your views and why you hold them. (For what it's worth, I tend to agree with you) I am 82 y/o and have been in love with photography since I was16 and worked to earn enough money to buy a Kodak Duaflex for the outlandish price of $14.95!
I love your pics, especially the first one with an amazing array of color in a "nothing" scene. To me the second one evokes a sadness of someone's dream long gone. The more I look at it the sadder it gets. Someone else may see something totally different. What could be better than an evocative photo that stirs different emotions in different people.

Don't let the nay-sayers get you down. As my grandpa often said, "He'd complain if he were hanged with a new rope!" There is a way to criticize or disagree without being snarky.

Gorgeous!

#6 should be titled, "If looks could kill!"

It'll be around for a long time, I think it is on the endangered species list.