BETTER DAYS

This 12' Lowe aluminum boat has seen better days, its hull buckled and with gravel on top, like the first shovelful tossed on at a funeral. It sits buried among the overgrown foliage at the shore of Thompson Lake, a small gem of a lake with a solitary island that can be spotted from the highway, and accessible from behind the Esso gas station.

THE GATHERING STORM

I thought this scene resembled a landscape destroyed by battle with its ravaged trees and the horizon ablaze by a distant firefight. With a forecast of rain for the weekend there exists the possible threat of war between parents and their kids if they don't have a battle plan in place, while on some fronts they may choose to retreat home earlier.