TROLL OUT BACK

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Thomas Bethune

Troll in the Backyard

I ran into this guy just as he was waking up for a night of trolling in the woods. I think he just wanted to greet me as best he could.

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GRATE ART

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Thomas Bethune

Grate Art

Grate Art-2
Which side up?

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TINCAN MAILMAN

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Thomas Bethune

Tincan Mailman

Tincan Mailman-2

Tincan Mailman-3
Here are three variations of one image. I have yet to decide which I prefer, but I am leaning toward the color image.

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NEW WORK IN COLOR

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Thomas Bethune

The Ancient Ones in the Community Forest Number 1-2

I think it works in color – perhaps better.

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NEW WORK

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Thomas Bethune

The Ancient Ones in the Community Forest Number 1

Ancient Snag

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DEAD DOOR AND WINDOWS

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Thomas Bethune

Dead Doors and Windows

In a Eureka Alley

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THE MIDWAY HEADSTONE

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Thomas Bethune

Midway

The Midway Drive-in Theater located midway between Arcata and Eureka. I wonder how long it will stand.

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BALANCE

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Thomas Bethune

Balance

This image is one of my selections for an upcoming exhibit in Arcata.

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DEAD DIESELS

Posted on February 7, 2015 by Thomas Bethune

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When I was about twelve years old I frequented the area where the outdated steam locomotives were in storage. That place was in the Southern Pacific’s Bakersfield Yard. The locomotives were replaced with “modern” locomotives like this one. The new diesels were more efficient in about every way. They required a smaller crew, and could be connected together so that one engineer could operate up to ten locomotives at one time.

These locomotives in this photograph are now at the end of their lives and await their time to become scrap metal. Bye-the-way, my very first trip as a locomotive engineer was on an EMD-GP-9 like this one.

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FOR GEORGE

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Thomas Bethune

Near Lake Louise

This is a repeat, but I want to be sure that George sees this.

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