Blech!

Moving.

With photos in reserve, I'll still be posting, albeit sporadically. After two weeks or so, posting should get back to normal, unless I can't find the box I packed my camera in.

Please bear with.

Thicket

Shot from the stairs of the observation tower at Myakka River State Park.

Termite Towers

A huge termite tent, shot this morning, at a 55+ condo on 83rd Avenue, between 4th and MLK.

Found Photo Series, No. 7

Well, as stated before, the Found Photo Series really has expanded to any image that can be put through a scanner. This is another New Orleans menu, found in an anitques store on Central Avenue in St. Pete.








Also:

• Found Photo Series, No. 6

• Found Photo Series, No. 5

• Found Photo Series, No. 4

Sponge Haulers

At the Sponge Docks in Tarpon Springs.

Squatter.

A month later, and the lizard living in my bathroom ceiling fan is still there. Before I knew what was there, I could hear something moving around in the bathroom ceiling. I denied hearing anything--I just didn't want to know. Then, I started to see dust on the toilet seat just about every morning. After removing the grill and dusting it, I could see the lizard sticking its head out from behind the fan unit. It still finds dust to kick out of the fan. Speaking of which, I only use the portable fan now.

Also:

• Previous Lizard Encounters
  

Scenecape No. 4: Vintage St. Pete

Clockwise, from top left, checker players at Williams Park, the St. Petersburg Alligator Farm, and Central Avenue at night. Vintage images pulled from postcards at eBay.

Also:

• Scenescape No. 3: Ybor
• Scenescape No. 2: Crescent Lake

Hairdresser on Fire & Fish Face

All's good working Morrissey into a post title. These masks are on display in the Circus Museum at the Ringling.

The Tampa Bay Area as depicted on one of the panels from an old nautical map of 1982. Interesting are the fish havens marked out by John's Pass toward the bottom of the map, as well as unfamiliar place names like "Turtecrawl Point," south of Bay Pines.

David Looks Goliath

Looking past David's foot at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art courtyard.

On Flickr, some complete photos of the statue replica at the Ringling.

Gawking Like a Tourist in Manhattan

Inside the Ringling Mansion, looking up before the skylight: an example of the tapestries (Flemish, I think) in the mansion, and a detail of the carved wood ceiling.

Sarasota Jewel

In front of the Ca d'Zan mansion at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.

At the Sunshine Skyway Fishing Piers. On the horizon, a barge heads out to the Gulf of Mexico.

Extremity of Sky

At Fletcher & Sons, Pinellas County.

More Pianos in the Sky at Flickr.

Bumper Crop

An array of bumpers at an automobile salvage yard somewhere in Pinellas County, between Ulmerton Road and the Solid Waste plant.

Winter Sunset

Hillsborough River downtown.

How Many Bathrooms?

One-room schoolhouse for sale last month in Cortez.

Scenescape No. 3

Ybor City on Seventh Avenue.

Also:

• Scenescape No. 2
• Scenescape No. 1 (16th Street)
• Dali-scape
  

Mugging for the Camera

Even though I wanted the palm in this photo at Crescent Lake, it still reminds me of someone that inadvertently inserts themselves into your photo, or the ham who mugs for the camera behind an on-the-scene reporter.
In the background is a water tower that may not be long for the city.

Also:

• Leaning Palm
• Sunset w/ Palms
  

In That Order

At the bait and tackle shop in Pass-a-Grille.