There aren’t many of these, so they’re all together on this page.

 

U.S.A.

I think this was in 2006; my diaries are up in the loft, so can’t check at the moment. However, it’s Davenport, Iowa, and we’re there for the annual Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Festival, held in July. The U.S. has always been known for its overhead wires, though they are not usually this messed up. Reason was, there had been a serious wind-storm the day before, and hundreds of telegraph poles (they’re telephone poles over there) and electricity poles had been blown down in this region. We saw a fascinating piece of Americana as a consequence: dozens of

more here later…

Grafton, Wisconsin, U.S.A. 2007.

more here later…