fire

fire training exercise, centralia, washington, 2000

happened upon firemen honing their skills on a practice burn just blocks from my house. orange flames hungrily licked up the old wood frame structure, and the intense heat dried out my contacts from a hundred feet away.

firemen, centralia, washington, 2000

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st frances of asisi statue, nombre de dios cemetery, st augustine, florida, 2005

wandered through the ancient grave yard, looking at the rain-stained gravestones.

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reflection, the great cross, st augustine, florida, 2005

this 208-foot stainless steel cross, built in 1966, stands above the marshes of the matanzas river, on the grounds of the mission of nombre de dios.