Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Store door



Not in use
 


Although it is no longer used, the steps and the doorway are periodically painted and swept so they are in harmony with the rest of the storefront.


Thursday, October 17, 2019

Plastic basket



Plastic basket window display

This display window that is filled with plastic baskets is at the rear of the dollar store.

There are 45 courses of brick visible on the left side of the window and 46 courses visible on the right side.  That does not explain why the left side seems higher than the right side.

N.B.  The interior of this store, prior to becoming this "dollar store" can be seen here.


Friday, October 11, 2019

Convoluted corners



Downspout elbow
 


Door painted shut
 

After a building is built, additions are often added.  Some of those additions are used and then not used.  These can result in convoluted corners and painted shut doors.

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Shutter dogs



Church window 

The two shutter dogs tell us that at one time this stained glass window had shutters.  Without them, their curves add an interesting element to the window and clapboard lines.



Friday, October 4, 2019

Sign of the tomatoes


Plum Tomatoes 59 </ LB


The plum tomatoes are your everyday tomatoes from a truck farm in New Jersey.  The sign is not.  A lot of thought and talent went in to creating that:  the "O"-s are little tomatoes, the letter color is almost  the same color as the tomatoes, some of the letters are shaped like tomatoes, and, there is the innovative use of the "<" and "|" to represent the "cents" symbol.

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Lemony pink



Lemon and pink
 


Pink and lemony

At the street festivals, lemonade can be had in two flavors - lemon and pink.  They each taste the same - they just look different.

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Brown eye butterfly


Common ringlet butterfly
 

This Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia) butterfly was flitting through a meadow in northern Vermont, never staying on one flower for too long.  Eventually, it got close enough to capture lensatically this small brown butterfly with an "eye".