I just love this one shot from yesterday’s video of Jefferson Street in the rain. (I just figured out how to export frames from a video.)

I just love this one shot from yesterday’s video of Jefferson Street in the rain. (I just figured out how to export frames from a video.)

Roanoke, Virginia.
Seen from the Jefferson Street overpass, looking west beyond the railroad tracks. March 2022.

South Jefferson Street, Roanoke, Virginia.
I could be mistaken, but I believe that the hats and scarves tied to lampposts and benches have been placed there for needy people to take. I’ve read about this in other parts of the country — I had no idea that people did this in Roanoke. There are some good, kind souls in my quiet, little city.


I am endlessly trying to get juuuuuust the right photo of St. John’s Episcopal Church with the Mill Mountain Star in the background. I’ll probably never get there, but sometimes the results are fun.
As I’ve noted in the past, this is at the corner of Elm Avenue and Jefferson Street in Roanoke, Virginia.

I just like how all those boxlike squares juxtapose themselves with one another.



Vicinity of Jefferson Street SW and Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
Looking south past the corner of Elm Avenue and Jefferson Street, Roanoke, VA, August 2021.

My cellphone camera is truly, categorically awful when it comes to shooting at night. Sorry, folks.
Campbell Avenue at Roanoke City Market.
Salem Avenue.
Jefferson Street.
Elmwood Park.

Sorry about the shaky cam. And my cellphone camera is obviously not high quality.
Fountain beside Hampton Inn & Suite (facing Church Avenue).

Looking north up Market Street.

The Roanoke Times.

A Banksyesque painting in front of Wok-ology on the corner of Campbell Avenue and Jefferson Street.
