The Library and the Post Office

The building beyond the PO was Forrest Meier's barber shop for well over five decades. Just wanted to mention that.

I picked up my mail last March 13 and wandered behind the Main Street buildings to shoot a few pix of the tracks and trackside structures. Then I circled back to Main. This photo could be considered a complement to my Creative Taxidermy pic from January 7--I was at the same location, but facing west instead of east.

Then I crossed the street and caught the Farmer's Tavern Coca-Cola sign photograph that got posted to 366 Snaps. That sign tells a lot about Roger and Sandy Sain, who own the restaurant--and an antique business on the side.

By the way, I'd photographed the sign before, with my (then) brand new Nikon D300. And before that, with the D70. Farmer's Steakhouse is endlessly photogenic.

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I bought the D300 late in 2007. It was a significant upgrade from my D70, and the learning curve was pretty steep. Eighteen months later I was taking decent photos but was often fighting with the camera. At that point I took a rather long sabbatical from serious photography (not the camera's fault; my job turned unusually chaotic and my hobbies suffered).

In mid-2010, when I resumed my photography habit, using the camera came easy. I can list several reasons for that--the break helped, as did the prior experience, and my attitude had changed for causes unrelated to either. Another reason was my then-new 16-85 mm VR lens.

I love this lens.

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This photograph is an outtake from my 2012 photo-a-day project, 366 Snaps.

Number of project photos taken: 17
Title of "roll:" Downtown Mulliken
Other photos taken on 3/13/2012: none.