Ross Klatte
an occasional student of Japanese
dead ringer
Wife: one
Daughter: one, on her own
Daughter: one, on her own, sort of
Son: one, at home, sort of
Cat: one
Who are these people and what are they doing on my webpage?
(jpeg, 22kb) This guy reminds me a lot of Rocky.
(jpeg, 248kb) those old goats
Don't bet on it.
(jpeg, 197kb) Feel like a Big Mac?
(jpeg, 197kb) a Yorkshire gathering
(jpeg, 62kb) These little piggies go to market.
(jpeg, 276kb) of another color
(jpeg, 284kb) one more
(jpeg, 178kb) hard-shell Baptist
(jpeg, 383kb) where's Charlotte?
(jpeg, 134kb) stiff-necked
(jpeg, 117kb) take to water
(jpeg, 63kb) Barnaby
(jpeg, 107kb) Jack
(jpeg, 119kb) silly
(jpeg, 155kb) proud
(jpeg, 193kb) main building
(jpeg, 58kb) student
(jpeg, 59kb) auditorium
(jpeg, 58kb) gymnasium
(jpeg, 62kb) lawn mower
(jpeg, 35kb) "Yawn" by Kenn Brinson
(jpeg, 92kb) "Four Seasons" by Jay Bopp
(jpeg, 58kb) gazebo, at 4:00 p.m. Wednesday
(jpeg, 64kb) gazebo sign
(jpeg, 480kb) main street
(jpeg, 126kb) Mexican store
(jpeg, 105kb) store clerk
(jpeg, 196kb) One
(jpeg, 229kb) Two
(jpeg, 227kb) Three
(jpeg, 229kb) Four
(jpeg, 209kb) ferns
(jpeg, 277kb) poison ivy
(jpeg, 400kb) Butterweed, sometimes called "Ragwort," also called "Small's Groundsel" (Family: Asteraceae/Compositae, Genus: Senecio, Species: smallii) [For interesting properties of this weed, see: Zalkow, L.; Gelbaum, L.; Bonetti, S. (1979) Pyrrolizidine alkaloids from
Senecio smallii. J Natural Products 42:688]
(jpeg, 153kb) chimney
(jpeg, 207kb) pond
(jpeg, 238kb) Dusty Zenobia (Zenobia pulverulenta), with fire ant mound
(jpeg, 183kb) rain
(jpeg, 173kb) July 2--almost blackberry season
(jpeg, 100kb) Oh, Bambi, stay away from here!
(jpeg, 62kb) Whose woods these are I think I know.
(jpeg, 63kb) For the Power Rangers fans.
(jpeg, 63kb) Brown house.
(jpeg, 198kb) Here's the pitch.
(jpeg, 196kb) fouled off
(jpeg, 199kb) stretching it into a double
(jpeg, 62kb) Something you don't do on Sunday.
(jpeg, 56kb) What's going on here?
(jpeg, 57kb) waiting to vote
(jpeg, 61kb) registrar observed by McCain pollwatcher
(jpeg, 58kb) typical McCain supporter entering voting booth
(jpeg, 50kb) ballot (sorry about the flash)
(jpeg, 56kb) still waiting
(jpeg, 185kb) final result in South Carolina
(jpeg, 56kb) convenience store
(jpeg, 60kb) gas pump
(jpeg, 61kb) public auction in a parking lot
(jpeg, 209kb) Very nice--espcially if it's only a couple of times per decade.
(jpeg, 211kb) holly
(jpeg, 62kb) The TV program "Unsolved Mysteries" featured a murder that happened here. (It's still unsolved.)
(jpeg, 58kb) Something you do on Sunday.
(jpeg, 361kb) center of town
(jpeg, 188kb) textile mill--closed by economics
(jpeg, 52kb) video game room--closed by politics
(jpeg, 62kb) Greene's catfish lake--still open
(jpeg, 385kb) courthouse
(jpeg, 504kb) 1st United Methodist
(jpeg, 192kb) pumpkins
(jpeg, 380kb) Carolina Piedmont Railroad
(jpeg, 106kb) museum
(jpeg, 56kb) tourguide
(jpeg, 58kb) gallery
(jpeg, 60kb) giftshop
(jpeg, 103kb) flag
(jpeg, 58kb) hei lung
(jpeg, 61kb) suitable for flaming
(jpeg, 59kb) dummies
(jpeg, 186kb) Revolutionary War battlefield
(jpeg, 387kb) Route 66
(jpeg, 196kb) hardware
(jpeg, 187kb) curb market
(jpeg, 343kb) abandoned cotton mill
(jpeg, 256kb) entrance
(jpeg, 248kb) fence
(jpeg, 82kb) gate
(jpeg, 325kb) relaxing on Sunday morning
(jpeg, 153kb) peach orchard
(jpeg, 203kb) up close
(jpeg, 340kb) center of town
(jpeg, 245kb) Episcopal church
(jpeg, 254kb) a house
(jpeg, 199kb) high school
(jpeg, 196kb) People's Grocery
(jpeg, 361kb) Peachoid
(jpeg, 187kb) Limestone Street
(jpeg, 193kb) 1927 Maxon
(jpeg, 60kb) intersection
(jpeg, 60kb) house
(jpeg, 194kb) home of Ed Brown's Rodeo
(jpeg, 198kb) ready for Halloween
(jpeg, 358kb) center of town
(jpeg, 58kb) on main street
(jpeg, 182kb) house of comfort
(jpeg, 58kb) cafE#060;/A>
(jpeg, 358kb) off to the races
(jpeg, 58kb) Newberry County: Milk and Egg Capital (but, of what?)
(jpeg, 58kb) courthouse
(jpeg, 59kb) side street
(jpeg, 61kb) soccer game
(jpeg, 61kb) Bergen's
(jpeg, 60kb) mailman
(jpeg, 59kb) policeman
(jpeg, 203kb) big house on Main Street
(jpeg, 203kb) little house on Main Street
(jpeg, 186kb) I-26 dawn
(jpeg, 160kb) bike down
(jpeg, 142kb) sad scene
(jpeg, 385kb) coming in from the south
(jpeg, 191kb) meter reader
(jpeg, 196kb) carefully laid out
(jpeg, 59kb) downtown square
(jpeg, 57kb) Bedenbaugh Seed and Outdoors
(jpeg, 197kb) main street mural
(jpeg, 186kb) abandoned cotton gin
(jpeg, 63kb) an old house
(jpeg, 60kb) a new house
(jpeg, 211kb) abandoned farm
(jpeg, 424kb) plum blossoms
(jpeg, 397kb) peach blossoms
(jpeg, 210kb) upcountry swamp
(jpeg, 147kb) a car
(jpeg, 128kb) unreconstructed
(jpeg, 211kb) Stuck in the Middle
(jpeg, 199kb) meadow
(jpeg, 57kb) drugstore
(jpeg, 407kb) railroad bridge
(jpeg, 364kb) highway bridge
(jpeg, 186kb) Masonic Temple
(jpeg, 58kb) Celebrate the Arts
(jpeg, 57kb) Choice Mortgage
(jpeg, 6kb) In the Year 2025, this will be the most expensive beverage on the market.
(jpeg, 59kb) Not going anywhere for a while?
(jpeg, 57kb) school buses
(jpeg, 57kb) bus driver
(jpeg, 192kb) I-26, Columbia
(jpeg, 138kb) D.P.S. Director Boykin Rose chatting with Governor Jim Hodges
(jpeg, 100kb) Lexington High Class of 2K
(jpeg, 234kb) room for 6 passengers...plus $45 million worth of Meth
(jpeg, 229kb) Director Rose and Governor Hodges examine the contraband
(jpeg, 379kb) Carolina Wrecking disposes of Kline Steel
Gary Allen band warming up
shishkabob
National Guard vehicle
(jpeg, 61kb) garden
(jpeg, 58kb) statue of Strom Thurmond. On top of the capitol dome, the white thing is the U.S. flag, the blue thing is the S.C. state flag, and the red thing is the Confederate Flag.
(jpeg, 61kb) Highway Patrol cars parked; no parking tickets today.
(jpeg, 60kb) The jack-booted thugs were few in number and mostly out of sight.
(jpeg, 61kb) Visitors drifted in casually on the south side; on the north side it was packed. Restrooms in the rear.
(jpeg, 62kb) crowd scene
(jpeg, 58kb) man in a hat
(jpeg, 61kb) "Two Flags in 2000"
(jpeg, 55kb) a red bow
(jpeg, 63kb) crowd gathered before the statehouse steps
(jpeg, 203kb) throng
(jpeg, 198kb) throng on the statehouse steps
(jpeg, 200kb) drummer
(jpeg, 191kb) keyboard player
(jpeg, 196kb) This lady is holding the South Carolina state flag.
(jpeg, 198kb) Some people were cheerful; others were grim.
(jpeg, 202kb) "Don't Pause--Take It Down Today"
(jpeg, 202kb) NAACP staff worker
(jpeg, 194kb) marchers
(jpeg, 203kb) Sign says something about The Anointing--I can't quite make it out...
(jpeg, 197kb) marchers
(jpeg, 168kb) marchers
(jpeg, 182kb) At least one of the marchers was an Atlanta Braves fan.
(jpeg, 204kb) There was a good deal of apparently aimless milling about.
(jpeg, 203kb) "Down With the Flag and On With the Holiday"
(jpeg, 190kb) The Sherlock Holmes Pub solved my Mystery of the Thirsty Throat.
(jpeg, 182kb) crowd
(jpeg, 192kb) The parade route was down Main Street.
(jpeg, 197kb) two policemen
(jpeg, 203kb) Black News. Published in Columbia. Their website is http://www.scblacknews.com.
(jpeg, 198kb) marchers
(jpeg, 198kb) marchers
(jpeg, 208kb) State Law Enforcement Division officers stroll under the holly trees.
(jpeg, 197kb) Some people watched from office windows overlooking Main Street.
(jpeg, 203kb) marchers
(jpeg, 199kb) time to reflect
website
(jpeg, 60kb) support from a veteran
(jpeg, 59kb) waiting
(jpeg, 58kb) troopers
(jpeg, 58kb) student troopers
(jpeg, 58kb) TV trucks
(jpeg, 191kb) campaign bus
(jpeg, 198kb) chatting with welcoming committee
(jpeg, 184kb) being introduced by Bill Bennett
(jpeg, 202kb) speaking on law enforcement
(jpeg, 59kb) entrance
(jpeg, 58kb) Rebekah's Garden
(jpeg, 166kb) pansy flats
(jpeg, 59kb) Joey Ciramella
(jpeg, 60kb) mural
(jpeg, 57kb) Severt and Sons
(jpeg, 60kb) Green card? We don't need no stinking green card!
(jpeg, 59kb) tomatoes
(jpeg, 57kb) trucks loading
(jpeg, 280kb) Billy G's
(jpeg, 88kb) Beulah's
(jpeg, 195kb) discovery, government, civil war, industry, and agriculture
(jpeg, 192kb) Trolley-like bus shuttles between businesses and government offices on Main Street and the Vista
(jpeg, 204kb) Attention, K-Mart shoppers!...oops, never mind.
(jpeg, 195kb) Why do they call the Vista the Vista?
(jpeg, 110kb) street blocked...what's happening?
(jpeg, 480kb) smell something burning?...could be the Cajun chicken
(jpeg, 194kb) what a way to spend your lunch hour
(jpeg, 392kb) message from Ted
(jpeg, 193kb) Main Street
(jpeg, 193kb) Atlanta Bread
(jpeg, 60kb) corner of Washington
(jpeg, 196kb) in front of Wachovia
(jpeg, 62kb) jazz band
(jpeg, 185kb) An art museum ought to be "No Admission Fee"--this one isn't.
(jpeg, 59kb) 1401 Main is vacant--wanna rent?
(jpeg, 59kb) The Richland Library knows how to organize AV. The Spartanburg Library hasn't a clue.
(jpeg, 63kb) Gracious lunch time dining, in the open air
(jpeg, 61kb) main building
(jpeg, 59kb) event site
(jpeg, 59kb) dog
(jpeg, 63kb) horse
(jpeg, 61kb) lobby
(jpeg, 58kb) dining room, 10 to a table
(jpeg, 59kb) Working on the seating chart. Cheapest tickets were $1,000 per couple.
(jpeg, 59kb) The chocolate cheesecake alone was probably worth half a grand.
(jpeg, 61kb) Wouldn't one be enough?
(jpeg, 61kb) Secret Service agent (Please don't look at his picture.)
(jpeg, 58kb) Smile--you're on candid rifle-sight.
(jpeg, 111kb) Crossing the West Blossom Street Bridge
(jpeg, 127kb) marchers
(jpeg, 126kb) marchers
(jpeg, 127kb) marchers
(jpeg, 377kb) airport gas station
(jpeg, 343kb) hangar
(jpeg, 202kb) commercial and foodservices district
(jpeg, 189kb) government and office district
(jpeg, 200kb) transportation and heavy industry district
(jpeg, 200kb) retail and fine arts district
(jpeg, 208kb) residential
(jpeg, 203kb) wetland
(jpeg, 209kb) more wetland
(jpeg, 297kb) Great Pee Dee River
(jpeg, 354kb) more river
(jpeg, 378kb) still more river
(jpeg, 195kb) bank
(jpeg, 191kb) Tommy's Café
(jpeg, 58kb) Value Pak
(jpeg, 59kb) square
(jpeg, 504kb) plant
(jpeg, 578kb) field
(jpeg, 384kb) truck loading cottonseed
(jpeg, 122kb) partially processed
(jpeg, 118kb) cleaned
(jpeg, 100kb) People's Gin, at Clio
(jpeg, 209kb) ginned bale
(jpeg, 59kb) ginned bale
![(jpeg, 400kb) Butterweed, sometimes called "Ragwort," also called "Small's Groundsel" (Family: Asteraceae/Compositae, Genus: Senecio, Species: smallii) [For interesting properties of this weed, see: Zalkow, L.; Gelbaum, L.; Bonetti, S. (1979) Pyrrolizidine alkaloids from Senecio smallii. J Natural Products 42:688]](http://geocities.datacellar.net/klatte_ross/tcseneci.jpg){kind=link}
