Feature Hunting

One of the best ways to get to know a new town is by aimlessly cruising the streets and shooting photos. Luckily I get paid to do this. I was sent out to find a feature photo to fill space in the paper the other day and ended up at an old candy factory that a family is living in and restoring as well as tending a glorious garden in front of the imposing structure.

The Wilson's are a really interesting family and were extremely nice about allowing me to follow them around the yard and shoot photos. This summer is the first year that the garden has produced food and they all seemed excited at the prospect of their first "harvest." Eventually they hope to renovate the top floor of the building as a loft living space, create and rent out several apartments, set aside a woodworking shop and weaving space, and open a gallery space for their creative pursuits. Sounds like a great plan to me and in the mean time, their gardening project made for some nice feature photos for the paper.

And then, entirely unrelated, there was this truck I thought was cool.

More wanderings soon to come.
-Pat