Monday, June 17, 2019

Delivery door


Delivery door logo

The delivery door of a paint store sports a different logo than the one above the front door.




SW store with corporate logo 
 

The hand-painted door logo almost has a graffiti like feel to it.

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Fiber optic


DOT 57x57  


This 57 x 57 diamond pattern utility cover was put in place by RIDOT and provides access to fiber optic cables.

The top of the cover shows the EJ company logo.

Monday, June 10, 2019

Between two poles


Rusty 28x28 cover
 

This 28 by 28 diamond pattern utility cover is located between two traffic signs in a much trafficked sidewalk.  Very few pedestrians walk in between the sign poles.  The lack of a constant and steady shoe shine has allowed the cover to reach a ruddy reddish rust state.

The cover ring was made by LeBARON FOUNDRY INC. and is further identified by the EJIW - MADE IN USA.  The LeBaron Foundry, founded in 1855, was located in Brockton, Massachusetts.  It was the primary supplier of manhole, catch basin, and sewer covers for the "Big Dig" in Boston.  The LeBaron Foundry was bought in late 2008 by the East Jordan Iron Works of East Jordan, Michigan, which had been founded in November, 1883.  The cover itself shows the EJ company logo, the corporate holder of those brands. 

Thursday, June 6, 2019

Bowed back barn


Barn building
 

The roof of this barn building is bowed in the middle.

Monday, June 3, 2019

Aquilegia

Aquilegia, also know as Columbine, is a genus of perennial plant with some sixty to seventy species.  This is one of those.


Aquilegia, no. 1
 


Aquilegia, no. 2
 



Aquilegia, no. 3
 


Aquilegia, no 4
 


Aquilegia, no. 5
 

This particular columbine is a wilding.  


Friday, May 31, 2019

Papaver orientale


Papaver orientale (oriental poppy) flower pod
 

Encased in droplets from the morning fog, this oriental poppy flower pod snakes out of the foliage and into the open.



Papaver orientale flower

The water droplets create a different texture for this drooping poppy flower.



Papaver orientale seed pod and flower
 

The seed pod and flower of this papaver orientale cultivar.  

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Eleven o'clock lady


Nap at noon in bloom

This cluster of Ornithogalum umbellatum waited for a warm and sunny day in early May to bloom.  A perennial bulb that can be invasive, this six petaled white spring flower is commonly known as "nap-at-noon", "eleven-o'clock lady", or "star of Bethlehem".