Sunflower

 Here is an image of one of the many volunteer sunflowers in our garden this year. Birds have transplanted sunflower seeds from a neighbor's yard into ours and given us this gift. I love the transparent glow that comes from the side lighting of the flower. 

Sights along the Ohio River

Gallipolis Lock & Dam

 After the end of the family reunion we took a detour east to the Ohio river. We started in a little town of Gallipolis and drove along the river for a few hundred miles. Shortly outside of Gallipolis was this structure built for flood control. It is now named after the West Virginia senator Robert Byrd. 

Further down the we passed a number of suspension bridges, no two exactly alike. This is a small one I was taken with.