To me, this seems like an odd photograph. It’s odd because these days even a rusted out VW Bus can be worth close to $100,000. I don’t get it either but nostalgia exerts a powerful pull on car values. But why would anybody graft a VW Beetle body on top of a VW bus? One can come up with many scenarios, none of them likely the truth.

17 Mile House is part of a 70-acre open space in Arapahoe County, Colorado, which includes an 1860’s mile house, barn and silo along the historic Smoky Hill/Cherokee Trail route to Denver. It was originally a log cabin, some of which can still be seen.

Bingham Lake Park is a 30-acre park that’s located in Douglas County, CO and is a quiet oasis that’s enjoyed by hikers, mountain bikers, dog enthusiasts, fisherman and photographers like me.

The American Library Association (ALA) ALA doesn’t specify a minimum number of books to be considered a library, but some experts suggest that a library should have at least 500 books to be considered a “real” library.

Lest you think digital infrared capture is an esoteric photographic pursuit, a recent Google search turned up 9,600,000,000 hits for “digital IR.” By comparison “Gum Bichromate” produced only 546,000 hits; now that’s a bit more esoteric.