On Route 35 West of Williamsburg, IN.

Rabbit's Welding. This is one of several area welding shops that have closed. Why is that?

Winchester, IN.

Tis The town square in Winchester, Indiana is a very interesting place.

Winchester, IN.

Let the games begin. The political season is underway in Randolph County.

Spiceland, IN.

The Henry County Bank Building. The corner building housing Mane Salon/Andy's has been cited as unsafe. The County offices and the Library, housed in the Bank building, must be closed until the corner building is either repaired or removed. With no public or private money available, the Bank building will be closed for some time.

Richmond, IN.

From County Lines: A Wayne County documentary. The geenhouses were torn down and the roses are now grown elsewhere.

College Corner, OH.

Doorway. Something different from College Corner, Ohio.

Richmond, IN.

A PR shot of J.B. for a theater production.

Eaton, OH.

Sunday at the Preble County Pork Festival.

Ansonia, OH.

The vacant old Town Hall of Ansonia, Ohio.

Stone, IN.

In the Southwest there are "newspaper" rocks. They are usually good sized stones that contain messages and drawings. This county schoolhouse near Stone, Indiana seems to serve a similar purpose.

Union City, IN.

The Steps. Store front church in Union City, Indiana. Open 6-8:30pm.

Farmland, IN.

The Chocolate Moose on the street floor of the IOOF #208 building. The F&AM Lodge building is next door.

Richmond, IN.

Loading dock from the "Along the Tracks" project.

College Corner, OH.

Jodie Carrabrant at the College Lands Carryout.

Richmond, IN.

Before there were shopping malls this would be a place to spend a rainy day.

College Corner, OH.

This image was taken today while wandering around the "downtown" section of College Corner. My seeing and feeling recall 9/11/01. Even here in a small, almost empty Midwestern town, the memory can be found and shown.

Preble County, OH.

Beans and corn along a quiet county road in Western OH.

Cambridge City, IN.

Canal Days in Cambridge City

North of Cambridge City, IN.

Abandoned Knights of Pythias building North of Cambridge City.

College Corner, OH.

Clarence Bowman owner of the College Corner Liquor Mart.

South of Mooreland, IN.

Roadside memorials are scattered around the countryside marking a death. Several towns and communities have banned such markings. While I never met Teresa Miller, her death reminds me to drive a little slower and pay attention to the rough road as it curves on southward between Mooreland and Millville.

Richmond, IN.

This is an update of an earlier post: http://journals.aol.com/rodgersfoto/TodaysImage/entries/2006/01/25/richmond-in/1009 The Arboretum trees are long gone replaced by functional franchise buildings.

Farmland, IN.

The Farmland elevator has been converted into a collection of small shops. Tourism appears to be a major industry with several other similiar stores in the community.

Richmond, IN.

Photographed in Richmond and soon to be built in Greensburg, Indiana.

Rural, IN.

The Rural Quaker Meetinghouse. The small community of Rural, Indiana has only one commercial business - a small greenhouse/lawn service.

Farmland, IN.

There was a time when men went to "lodge affairs" and women to the women's club.

Ridgeville, IN.

Route 28 passes thru the community of Ridgeville, Indiana. The Shiffer Block building has been on the highway corner since 1879.