Author: Jim
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Fall of the Short Line
Como, Colorado. September 2024.
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Decatur Decay
In addition to the “prettier” pictures of Decatur that I shared last week, I found plenty of more worn and weathered tidbits, too. I love the colors in the image above: the blue-green oxidized copper goes really well with the blue-gray asphalt roof tiles. There’s a lot of nice textures, too, including a fine wire…
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Three Red Windows
Decature, Alabama. March 2025.
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Decatur Preserve
During our time in Alabama, we tried to explore the area within easy reach of where we were staying in Madison, immediately west of Huntsville in northern Alabama. One of the first places we went was Decatur, a city on the Tennessee River. There were several nice historic neighborhood walks featuring many different styles of…
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Red Vines
Norton, Virginia. October 2024.
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Spring Comes to the Swamp
Five weeks can make a difference. All of a sudden you say, “Wow. It’s green.” All of the images this week are taken along the Beaver Dam Boardwalk in the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, an irregularly-shaped reserve that straddles the Tennessee River and some of its swampy tributaries. I have visited this trail three times…
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Train of Wrecks
Trinidad, Colorado. February 2025.
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Huntsville Train Depot
We just returned from ten weeks in Alabama where my wife was on a temporary assignment for work. As you would expect, I used this as an opportunity to photograph some new places, which has given me a nice backlog of images to share. I’ll have a plenty of (green!) landscapes going forward, but I’ll…
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Devil’s Stairsteps
Highway of Legends, Colorado. February 2025.
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Cokedale
Heading west from Trinidad, Colorado, you can drive an 82-mile half-circle on what is known as the “Highway of Legends.” Early along this route we passed the vast coke oven ruins at Cokedale, above, which was a bizarre and unexpected feature. These are the remains of 350 ovens, arranged on both sides of two nested…