In the very small city where I live, Talent, Oregon, a catastrophic freak wildfire burned through the town at the beginning of September, and destroyed portions of both residential and the commercial parts of the town. I was among the lucky survivors: the old farmhouse on one edge of town where I live survived unscathed. In the ensuing days, weeks and months there have been outpourings of community spirit and goodwill as strangers have come together to try to help one another.
Right in the small downtown area - which ironically was totally devastated on one side of the street, but intact on the other, a local artist painted an impromptu mural on a framerwork of wooden planks - depicting, appropriately, a Phoenix rising to a new life from the ashes of the old.
Here is the Instax version from my Lomo Automat camera---
And here my monochrome infrared fisheye take---
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I've walked, ridden my bicycle and scooter, and driven by this spot many a time; this morning was the first time I felt the urge to take a picture. Today has been fairly cold and cloudy, with the weather promising rain which is sorely needed by the parched land around here.