Full Service, Film Photography & Family on the Southern Tier
From about the 1930s to well into the 1970s, drive-in gas stations weren’t just about gassing up; it was the creation of American driving culture. [...]
A Week Before Christmas, 1954
On this day in 1954, a gentleman named Carl Leonard Wehrle dropped dead from a heart attack in our house. It was a week before [...]
Farewell to Johnny B’s – The Diner on Route Niner
Ike Ketzer, 2012. Clearly violating the no shirt, no service rule. When our boys were toddlers, there were few restaurants that would happily [...]
Red Heart, Wide Lens
Every August our massive Red Heart Rose of Sharon blooms at the entrance to our property. It wasn’t pruned this spring – something about a [...]
We’ll Take Lewis Bay, Thanks
Great Island, shot from a town way to Lewis Bay at Hyannis Park, West Yarmouth. Probably still the most exclusive and restricted location on all [...]
Three on the 4th
Had to take a few weeks off from this space, so easing back in with a few Independence Day facts to ponder: The Second [...]
The Ghost of Old ’36
Today would have been my mom’s 84th birthday. This shot was taken at my grandmother’s home on School Street in West Oneonta, which she bought [...]
Kick Ass Trees of Delmar, Part 1
Like most homo sapiens, I’ve been known to exaggerate for effect. But I’m not kidding when I say we must have just about every major [...]
A Forest Through the Trees
In his epic poem The Wasteland, T. S. Eliot called April the cruelest month, and boy oh boy. April 2020 will be known as [...]
The Ikey Special
I like Ike. Almost everyone does. Fast as a cheetah. Cleopatra eyes. An infectious giggle and a thrill-seeking shriek that shatters fine stemware if you’re [...]
Towner Schoolhouse – Monticello, NY
My far better half hails from the Borscht Belt of Sullivan County, New York, and spent her summers there during a slow but steady economic [...]