Tormented

Snow Pumpkin

A Work of Art

My friend Pete from The Devil's Workshop made this one of a kind scarecrow. These photos were taken while it was on display at an Illinois art gallery. Simply amazing.

Just look at those teeth.

Vacant

"And where do you live, Simon?"
"I live in the weak and the wounded...Doc."














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Vine Creature

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Harry Warden Are You Down There?

I'd love to photograph an old mine. Since I made my Harry Warden costume the desire has grown a lot to do just that. I hope to tour an old iron mine this summer a few hours north of here. Maybe, just maybe, I'll see Harry Warden there...

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Old Homestead

I really like old homesteads: their character, self-sufficiency, link to the past and usual decrepid condition. This property is on the outskirts of town where we used to live and is set back from the road quite a ways. Ames and I had driven by here several times and often wondered about its history. I did a little digging and soon discovered that former U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy lived here during his youth in the early 1900's. The people that own the property now do little to maintain it other than mow the grass. The owners occasionally grant people permission to photograph the property because of its unique history.

I was thankful to be able to take a few pictures here several years ago. Such a neat piece of property. Oh what a person could do with this place around Halloween...