Out Take: Vietnam Memorial

West Alexander, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Power and Water

Ottawa, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: War Memorial

Ottawa, Ohio. Storefront memorial for those that have served. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Counting

Ottawa, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the midwest: Architectural Detail 3

Ottawa, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Architectural Detail 2

Ottawa, Ohio. The W. W. Sutton 1888 building. Wonderful brick and stone work with attention to craft and detail. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: IOOF Temple

Ottawa, Ohio. Ottawa is a village in and the county seat of Putnam County, Ohio. The population is a bit less than 4400. Located in the village are some of the finest architectural details to be found in the midwest. (click on image to enlarge)

Closing 4

Bentonville, Indiana. Another Indiana post office on the January closing list. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Paper "Windows"

Greenville, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Building Details

Greenville, Ohio. A once proud building now unused. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Midwest Words

Greenville, Ohio. Lease, rent, sale; as in for lease, for rent and for sale. These are the words that can be found everywhere in the Midwest. These are hard/bad times across the region. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: OUPS

Greenville, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: At Work on Sunday Morning

Greenville , Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: A Rare Sighting

Greenvile, Ohio: With the many handheld devices-cell phone, I pads, Blackberries, etc.- land phones on the street are becoming rare. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Indeed

Greenville, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Storefronts

Greenville, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana: Mail Boxes

Cambridge City, Indiana. (click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana: Rent To Own

Cambridge City, Indiana. (click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana: Stairs/Fence

Cambridge City, Indiana. (click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana: Along Main Street

Cambridge City, Indiana. (click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana: I.U.

Somewhere in rural Indiana. (click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana: No Service-Closed

Pershing/East Germantown, Indiana. Service stations were once just that. They provided service. Repaired/maintained vehicles and also sold fuel. Times gone by. Today service stations sell food-also a bit of fuel. Real service stations survived on repairs not fuel. Gone and forgotten times. (click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana: Closing 3

Pershing/East Germantown, Indiana. Third local post office to be closed in January. (click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana: Along Main Street

Boston Indiana. In the foreground the "Old Time Holiness Church". (click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana: Closing 2

Boston, Indiana. The Boston Post Office will be closing in January, leaving only one open retail store in town. (click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana: Closing 1

Economy, Indiana. One of three local post offices selected to be closed next January. (click on image to enlarge)