the replacement

When my uncle sold the family tavern in 1999, the Moose became the watering hole of choice for many of the displaced patrons. Lately, I haven't set foot in a pub, bar, or speakeasy in town. There's reasons, sure, but it'd still be nice to do something after my grandma goes to bed at sunset.
(ISO 1600, f/5.6, 1/13s)

cambria prison blues

When I was just a baby, my mama told me, "Son, always be a good boy. Don't ever play with guns."

But I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die...

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free birds

The Cambria County Jail is an imposing edifice in the center of town. Well, at least it used to be. No inmates are housed there anymore, but it had them when I was a kid. Despite 22 foot walls, I was still a wee bit creeped out by a correctional facility being across the street from the bar my family ran for 67 years.
(ISO 100, f/5.0, 1/60s)

trying to catch a bumblebee

Chasing around bumblebees in flowerbeds with a lens on manual focus is pretty tough. I should probably be more Zen-like in waiting, but that's hard to do when it's raining. Good consolation prize, no?
(ISO 100, f/5.3, 1/60s)

ebensburg cambria h.s.

The family tells me that this now-middle school has one more year in its current capacity. Afterwards, it is to become an assisted living facility or senior citizen apartments.
(ISO 100, f/5.3, 1/200s)