All work and some play.

July 31, Richfield.

Like last year, we were parked around a whoop, yippee, and there were three shows, sigh.
Last year the third was hastily scheduled after more people showed up for the first two that could be accommodated; this year they were scheduled in anticipation even though the sponsor was different. The bet paid off, as all shows were well attended.

Nicolas (not asleep.)

July 31, Richfield.

Sara.

July 31, Richfield.

Dylan asleep in the truck.

July 31, Richfield.

My Dylan has slowly been gaining acceptance into kids' play, not just small kids' play. Yesterday he ran around with everybody from Flaco to Renzo until late into the night.
But this morning in the truck he slept like a baby.

Armando and his son Luciano.

July 31, Richfield.

Together.

July 31, Richfield.

Armando's two other children arrived yesterday for a visit.
His oldest son, Christian, is seventeen, and Luciano is eight. Both Zefta and Renzo are leaving along with them after Kelley's Island next week; they'll go back to Hugo later on this summer to attend school.

A trailer with a view.

July 31, Richfield, Ohio (13 miles, behind town hall.)

A trailer with a view.

July 30, Sagamore Hills, Ohio (46 miles, township park.)

Blue.

July 29, Massillon.

All the characters.

July 29, Massillon.

Off to the side.

July 29, Massillon.

Mirror.

July 29, Massillon.

Lift.

July 29, Massillon.

A trailer with a view.

July 29, Massillon, Ohio (63 miles, K of C Hall.)

Midway evening after the storm.

July 28, Windham.

Delena walking.

July 28, Windham.

Ice-cream truck.

July 28, Windham.

A trailer with a view.

July 28, Windham, Ohio (33 miles, old KT field.)

Backstage.

July 27, Kinsman.

Bric-a-brac (customers.)

July 27, Kinsman.

Bric-a-brac (more books.)

July 27, Kinsman.

Bric-a-brac (Don Sutton.)

July 27, Kinsman.

There was a sign going into town advertising "100,000 books!" so even though I still felt slightly hung over from yesterday's book buying spree I had to go and take a look.
It turned out to be a quirky overstuffed shop, called Market Square, housed in a turn-of-the-century building with a 1957 soda fountain (the owner, Don Sutton, discussed the many ways of saying soda with LeBron and me, pop in the Midwest, soda in the East, tonic in New England, fizzy in New Zealand, according to a customer who visited earlier from that country,) a wooden phone booth from the nineteen-thirties, galleries of dusty used books, various seeds in plastic jars, a basket full of smelly bulbs, rows of vitamins and pain killers and band aids along the pharmacy aisle, wall papers, old Christmas decorations, insulating material, old signs, and the bric-a-brac of the usual thrift store, true vintage added.

A trailer with a view.

July 27, Kinsman, Ohio (81 miles, school grounds.)

Feasts.

July 26, Willowick.

After Conneaut and the lake this is one of my favorite lots of the year, a city park with a pool and a spray area within walking distance of a gigantic thrift store, a Giant Eagle stocked with all sorts of organic foods, and a big public library.
After a morning reading books followed by the spray park and running up and down the whoop Dylan came home, went to the bathroom and was out. He woke up this morning when I turned off the truck after a never-ending drive.
The library was having a bag sale (two dollars for a bag full of books) and I was a Dylan in a toy store.
The four bags will have to live in the truck for now, as there is no more room in the trailer.
They're my moveable feast.

A trailer with a view.

July 26, Willowick, Ohio (50 miles, Dudley park.)

Shapes.

July 25, Rock Creek.

Out-take (glow.)

July 25, Rock Creek.

A trailer with a view.

July 25, Rock Creek, Ohio (30 miles, community center.)

Sky.

July 24, Conneaut.

Nikki and Georgia.

July 24, Conneaut.

Casey and Genevieve.

July 24, Conneaut.

Circus beach party.

July 24, Conneaut.

Today we owned the best piece of real estate in town, right on the lake.
It was hot and it was humid and then we all went down for a swim.
The scene was miraculous, the water and the sunset glow falling on our faces, all of us down at the beach, and then the sky immense and aflame, and so nobody else existed and nothing else mattered.

Walking wind.

July 24, Conneaut.

Walking wind just occurred as I watched them walk away.

Beads.

July 24, Conneaut.

It's so hot and humid again; Cathy's face was scintillating with tiny beads of sweat as she emerged from the web act.

A trailer with a view.

July 24, Conneaut, Ohio (57 miles, Lakeview park.)

Cornice.

July 23, Middlefield.

Boxes.

July 23, Middlefield.

Ghosts.

July 23, Middlefield.

Yesterday I finally managed to recover some files from a damaged card and was treated to some surprises.
The pictures are from a ghost of a town we played back in May.

Out-take (mornings.)

July 22, Middlefield.

In the summer morning before the generator is turned on it gets warm in the trailers; at the Fuscos that day Susana had a headache.

Old times.

July 22, Middlefield.

Sara joined us again on Monday; she should start working today, the showgirl we've been missing since Tatiana stopped performing when she got pregnant.
It's like old times with Gigi and the kids.

A trailer with a view.

July 22, Middlefield, Ohio (68 miles, middle school grounds.)

Dance practice (Sara.)

July 21, Girard.

A trailer with a view.

July 21, Girard, Pennsylvania (67 miles, high school grounds.)

Nicolas flying off.

July 20, Youngsville.

Nails.

July 20, Youngsville.

Hoops.

July 20, Youngsville.

Homework.

July 20, Youngsville.

Dressing room.

July 20, Youngsville.

Today I walked in Reyna's footsteps, however briefly (then I ran out of batteries.)

Interiors (Mosses.)

July 20, Youngsville.

Wheelchairs.

July 20, Youngsville.