I have had the very good fortune recently to be able to split my time, week-by-week, between a rural/small-town environment and a metropolis of millions, 100 miles away.

Really quite extraordinary. Everything is different.

Was I hiding from the Sun? Or was the Sun hiding from me?

Driving by this sign on my way into town, I could never quite make out what it said. Even on foot and up close, I wasn't certain. But I made a picture of it…finally realizing that it said (or once said):

Keep Out

Finally came across an exposure I'd made in January 2009, that shows the entire Vespa logo painted on the wall:

Walking down an alley last month, I passed the wall of a former Vespa dealer that I had studied back in 2010. Five of the seven images from that time have been posted on this blog already, and here are the other two, along with the complete series.

[scroll screen to the right to see the rest]