Crestline Barn at Dusk. Crestline Ohio, Thanksgiving evening.
Tag: 24-70 L series Lens Canon
Built in 1900 But Looking Brand New
People at Work. Hard work.
NIcholas Karam leads the team at Karam Restoration of Natrona Heights. They can definitely take pride in their excellent work.
You can see from the photo below how bright and clean looking the brick is now that it’s been restored and new mortar has been put in. They are good at Brick Pointing for sure.
They would arrive before the sun was up and worked in cold temperatures, long dark days.
Today they came and took all the equipment and cleaned up the place. Rinsed the brick again. It’s a pleasure to pull up to the house and see it looking rejuvenated. Plus the porch roof won’t fall down from the missing mortar in the columns. I was thinking the house was built in 1920 but went and looked again and it says 1900.
(Now if only my carpenter would finish the wood that needs to be replaced)
Thanks to Nick and the team for a job well done. See below for the Before and After comparison photographs
Before photo/
Our first photo was four members of the team
Henry the Airedale Remained Unperturbed
Henry the Airedale sat serenely while Maura jumped around outside for a few minutes. She shed her coat. I had on wool socks, wool sweater, down vest and wool hat. I could hear my mother in my head, warning me about pneumonia weather or catching a chill. Maura thought that the sun being out and her running around made it an early Spring. She kept her hat on her head. Then put her coat back on. Brrrr. My hands were cold when I got inside.
Henry just sat there, taking in the fresh cool air. No “sit” or “stay”command given.
And no, I did NOT knit her hat.
Walnut trees along the Ohio River
I don’t see a lot of walnut trees in the city. These trees are at my friends’ home on Neville Island.
Crop of photo below taken with a 24-70 lens 
Preparing for winter
Photographed Monday
Look at the weather change on Tuesday afternoon,
blue sky and the temps in the 80s
Phantom’s Revenge at the Red Light
After I drove Jack and Maura to Aunt Linda’s and Uncle Frank’s (where I got to sample cookies for the wedding cookie table tomorrow) I pulled into the Kennywood Parking Lot drive at the bottom of their hill.
I marvel at roller coaster design, engineering, construction and contemplate the desire of those who ride,
ed the clouds and the people headed up to the first drop.
Showing the final shot first. The clouds looked threatening for sure..
Anticipation- I watched and listened to the riders scream.
Funnel Cake Stand with Fireworks
Arrived back in Columbus and went straight to the hospital to see new grandson Charlie. Mark and his family (with all four kids) came to visit too and filled up the hospital room fast.
Then on to the Fourth of July celebration at The Lakes. The ground so wet the blankets felt pretty soggy. We’ve had a LOT of rain.
Ms. Stacee Roy keeps the hot funnel cakes cooking. (Yes, that is two e’s in Stacee)
Son Cedric told me he’s the muscles of the operation. I’m sorry I didn’t photograph him for the blog.
Earlier I asked if I might photograph Mr. Ron Roy of Fun’l Frenzy as he cut the strawberries. Knew he would make a great portrait for the people at work series! Thank you Mr. Roy.
With Strawberries and Cream
The Classic
Experimenting with camera settings.
Read more about the origin of Funnel Cake here