Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Tattered on Taylors Island, MD

A camo knit (left) glove found in the grass at the Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal church (1857) on the wind swept rural peninsula of Taylors Island, MD on the east side of Chesapeake Bay.


Saturday, December 27, 2008

Listless in Lancaster, PA

A leftie lying listless in the recent rain, lost on a curb in front of Wal*Mart. This lost grip has a cute little embrodered white cat carrying a pink purse. A favorite glove for sure.


Monday, December 15, 2008

Cherryfield, Maine


Found in *The Blueberry Capital of the World* they claim - a grip fallen by the bridge where Route #1 meets Route #193 . . . a men's large black knit with a nicely trimmed wrist.


Saturday, December 13, 2008

Lobster Blues

Deer Isle, Maine - The lobster industry here is losing more than a grip. Meat prices have plummeted and the fishermen just can't cover their expenses. Stacks of unused cages are piling up on the docks and filling the fields of fishing towns.


Sunday, November 30, 2008

A Triple in Maine Today!

A man's large cotton working glove (right) - found on Beal's Island, Maine by one of the largest lobster pounds in the area.



And then about 20 yards away, at the same lobster pound - a grimy blue (left) rubber work glove.

Machias, Maine: Flat and soaked in the rain, a medium size (left) grey knit, lost grip - found at the Mobile station next to the Machais Falls on Highway #1.


Saturday, November 29, 2008

Ellsworth, Maine

A nice, new looking 'Thinsulate (TM) Insulation 40 gm' men's (left) winter glove was lost sitting atop a red push-in trash can, in Ellsworth's indoor mall this afternoon.






Thursday, November 27, 2008

Sullivan, Maine

A man's grey and leather (right) work glove lies flat, wet and lost on a sidewalk in the tiny coastal town of Sullivan, Maine.



Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Misplaced in Maine

Later this afternoon, found at the end of a wooded peninsula at Naskeag Point near Acadia National Park in Maine - a nearly new, excellent condition Gor-Tex brand, thickly padded camo colored man's ski type glove - just flopped on the beach with a huge pile of lobster traps nearby in the shallow water.



Bungled in Bar Harbor, Maine

On a cold icy morning, in a parking lot on Cottage Street across from Cafe Milagro, in Bar Harbor, Maine - a lone left - a woman's black fabric glove, lost near parked cars.



Monday, November 17, 2008

Southwest Harbor, Maine

On a country road not far from Acadia National Park on the coast of Maine - like a discarded dog left behind after the family moves, this lost grip (a right, grey working glove in good condition) was left on the lawn when the house got locked up and the For Sale sign pounded into the ground.



Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Shaniko, Oregon

In the wind swept town of Shaniko, Oregon, I found a lost grip (leather workman's) on a spider web covered ledge of one of the historic old buildings.



Lost on Lopez Island

Sailing no more - found aboard an abandonded wooden boat in the fields of Lopez Island, WA -


- a stiff, torn and dirty leather work glove . . . a lefty.


Collapsed Near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

Flattened, cracked and weather beaten, I found this left knit work glove beside Route 95 while on my way to Sandpoint, Idaho.



Monday, November 3, 2008

Next to the Chatham Fish Pier (Cape Cod) MA

By a dead seagull with fresh bird tracks in the sand, I found a blue rubber glove - a right, half covered with blown sand.




Muddy and Motley in MA

Rotting and beached in a grassy field, in Chatham, MA (Cape Cod), this old wooden canoe wouldn't be paddled anymore.


Inside on the splintered wood - someone had left a blue and white knit work glove, a left.




Thursday, October 23, 2008

Numb in Niagara, Canada

Left on the Canadian side railing, a woman's right glove - black knit, soaking wet and so cold it was nearly frozen stiff.



Saturday, October 18, 2008

Here's a Hand in Michigan

This lost grip almost reached out to those driving and walking by - on Route #26 that goes through the little village of Ahmeek on the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan. A right black rubber glove was stuck on a stick wedged in beside a telephone pole.



Monday, October 13, 2008

Sheridan, Wyoming

Early in the cold morning as I drove out of Sheridan, Wyoming - passing 5th and Lincon Dr., I saw this right, leather workman's glove fallen in the middle of the sidewalk. Heavily soiled and stiff with dirt and grime, I imagine its mate is in the trash by now.