Mobile Mosaic

Drove by this panel truck the other day, and snapped this picture. Mondrian, eat your heart out...

Tags: Montclair | photography

Riding Shotgun

The truck in yesterday's picture pulls out of the parking lot, proving once again that still life never sleeps...

Tags: Morristown

Old Ironsides

I pulled into the parking lot next to a truck whose function was a mystery to me but which kind of captivated my attention with its fang-like handles and slab sides against a bright blue sky with puffy clouds...

When Bumper-to-Bumper

Yesterday's commute was a bear. Traffic bumper to bumper for a mile or more, from 280 to 80 to 287. About a 30-minute delay, most of it spent not moving at all. The only thing to do--for me, anyway--was reach for the camera and roll down a window...

Tags: traffic | photography

Step Right Up 2

The front of this shoe repairman's shop was blocked off for reconstruction of the building's facade, so all customers were directed to the back...

Tags: Montclair | Upper Montclair | photography | shoes

Step Right Up

During the renovation of the facade of the building where he rents his shop, a shoe repairman placed his sign not where signs go but where feet are found...

In the Park 2

While the leaves turn color (see this month's How Things Work for an illustrated explanation), the evergreens do not stand idle. Though they will keep their coats all winter, they do the opposite of what we do--lighten them as the weather gets colder...