These photographs were taken by my late father, Frank W. Jennings, circa 1960. The first is of some of his buddies admiring a Yamaha 350 motorcycle — I am pretty certain that this was taken in Boston (corner of Gaffney St. & Commonwealth Ave.).

The family beagles, Peanut Butter & Sparky.

A cat in Iquitos, Peru. This rambunctious little cat hangs out at the Casa de Fitzcarraldo (Hotel Fitzcarraldo) in Iquitos, Peru.

Trouble is a microscopic Chinese Crested Dog.

I visited the Robert Frost Farm in Derry, NH, last June after I read that the tree said to have inspired some of his poems was to be cut down because it “posed a safety hazard.” A branch had already fallen from the tree.

According to the Boston Globe, “Wood from the tree was distributed to artisans, who have plans to craft it into walking sticks, bowls, furniture and other items.” A new tree is to be planted in the spring.

The view from the edge of the woods behind the house.

See more photographs, including the tree: Robert Frost Farm.

These are photographs from my family photo-albums. I do not know who took them, other than it was someone in my family using a 35mm camera.

These were taken about 1978. The car is a Nash–I do not know the year or model. The “pipe” is a gas canon that my brother Tom made–a 3″ dia. pipe with the end flattened and bent over, a sparkplug and coil as the igniter; just add some gasoline… It worked. That’s my brother Frankie pointing to it. (I do not recall what the small tube in his mouth was for.)

On Saturday, October 27, at least 100,000 people from all walks of life and in every part of the country participated in 11 regional demonstrations against the war in Iraq. Scores of other protests took place across the country.
October 27 : Fall Out Against The War
United for Peace and Justice

More photographs: Boston, October 27, 2007

I was not “supposed” to take this photograph. This is down in the Washington, DC, Metro (”The Great Society Subway”). The ceillings there are quite artistic looking. The “vaults” of the Metro were designed by Chicago architect Harry Weese. The design you see are the “coffers” used to simplify concrete construction.

But around and within the Metro there are many signs prohibiting the taking of photographs. Yet as I stood there in a vault “they” were taking taking photographs of me.

Again, the view of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier — mostly of the Changing of the Guard — growing up was narrow, usually of a guard’s solemn face with his gun held before him.

However, the view one has as one walks up the path and to the barricade before where the guards pace… You see the guard’s humanity.

The day I was there I first saw the guard facing away.

I find that most views of Arlington National Cemetery — that is, most photographs are trying to “view” the place only to portray it in a narrow way — do not really show what the place is like.

When I walked there I found the place much different than the view of it I grew up with.

I have tried to portray it as it is — a cemetery.

Close-up, Drake’s Brook, Waterville Valley, NH.

As usual with water the camera and the eye see different; these brilliant, scintillating lights were not evident until I viewed the images on the computer.

This is my “The Environment” post/photograph for Blog Action Day.

The image is of a flattened plastic cup in the street. It is a really interesting shape, which is what caught my eye.

I know that this is not a blog about the “environment,” but many of my photographs are of the environment (see this post, and this post; and I started photographing mushrooms with my first digital camera).

Most of the greatest photographers ever spent much of their lives out of doors photographing the–our–environment.

Sometimes things just line up for the camera, and I sigh…

These are some photographs of the Answer Coalition March on Washington, DC, September 15, 2007. I have several more posted to my Panoramio portfolio.

Inside a coffeeshop in New Paltz, NY. Since it was about 7:30AM and the snoozing patrons were with instruments, I assume they are from a local band. One imagines they were up late the night before performing to a grateful crowd.

Sometimes I think the excessive light washing in from the window is a flaw, but then again, I sometimes like the effect.

A beautiful, mist encompased morning just outside New Paltz, NY, on route 299. Looking into the sun shining through the mist was much clearer than the camera could capture (I adjusted the contast of this photo ever so slightly in attempt to fix it).

The title is “Missed Shot” because just a few seconds later the bicyclists—four of them—zoomed by is a blur of bright color….

This is a water fountain at the Grey Towers National Historical Site in Milford, PA.

I like these images of stark difference. In this case the soft, almost inviting red leaf against the harsh, painful looking stones. This photo was taken on the walkway to the Grey Towers National Historical Site in Milford, PA.

I would have liked to clean some of the debris from the stones to get a really clean area around the leaf… but I never modify things I photograph.