stumped

as foretold, the stump collection- sign of life cut short, etc. etc. ^mount feake cemetery, waltham, MA.
iowa city had a curiously high percentage of stump gravestones, as well as a great deal of actual stumps and logs around. here are a few; one is under the superstition-worthy (and likely painted) BLACK ANGEL. i wasn't plucky/foolhardy enough to kiss it.

this cool hand was in a cemetery in andover, MA on the phillips academy campus. nothing like a shawl to calm one down before a job interview.
in maine at the moment. a bounty to come once near cords and scanners and such. til soon, summertime.

last of the spraypaints- iowa city aristosnack advocacya bit of yellow tragedy, green harbor, MA.
went to maine for the weekend to do all sortsa things. one of those things was a stop by randy reiger's storefront, the nupenny toy store. it's at 82 parris st. in portland. randy makes amazing sculptures that are 1950s rocket ship and space-race ephemera. they're great. stop by and peek in if you can. big props to ma taylor for knowing the spot!

FIGS from a tree near where the pigs live in new orleans. now i'm in iowa; spent the day yesterday picking raspberries, plums & peaches in alleys and admiring stump gravestones in iowa city. more to come, from the homefront.