Bud Simpson

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I photograph what I like, I write when I can. Digital Old School. Still learning. Age neutral. Enjoy every sandwich. https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/bud-simpson budsimpson.substack.com

Me with my dad out strolling in a puddle, 1952
An F5 Tornado, shown here, nearly 3/4 of a mile wide, hit parts of the Kansas City Metro on this date, 1957
Trunk badge from a 1954 Hudson Hornet
Image of a stucco-front church.
A tall, ornate, mausoleum, with an iron gate.
Two rows of corrugated grain bins are in an overgrown area. Shadows encircle the bins in the afternoon sun.
A 1948 Chevrolet Sedan that has been fully customized in Lowrider style - slammed to the ground, lots of chrome, and a certain level of unmistakable street cred.
A fern frond is half green half brown
A mass of cut flowers at a farmer's market.
The trunk badge from a 50s era Oldsmobile. It shows the globe encircled by a ring.
A group of six small sailboats that students use to learn how to sail properly and safely on the open waters of the Puget Sound.
A set of concrete steps at a defensive gun emplacement are highlighted by the sun.
A rusty chain lies on top of a coiled cable.
Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City is the home of the Kansas City Royals. Today was the last home game of the 2025 season. The Toronto Bluejays won 8-5
A peck container of green peppers, with one red one in the mix
Rooftops and a steeple of an Episcopal church in Port Townsend, Washington
Concrete steps with a steel railing in dappled shade are next to a barred window.
A sailing ship at anchor is silhouetted against the morning sky.
Four volcanoes of the Washington Cascade Range as seen from the air. iPhone image
The vast expanse of the salt beds of the Bonneville Salt Flats
A brick train station, probably from the early 20th century.
Exaggerated through a long camera exposure, steam trails off from a bayside paper mill.
The sleek, classic, jet age hood ornament of a 1956 Chevy looks like an aircraft with an eagle's head.
A mannequin wearing a tuxedo and top hat sits in a shop window.
A chain, showing the signs of many coats of red paint casts a shadow on a wall painted the same color of red.
A large, ornate mausoleum
The hood ornament on a 1950 Ford Custom is from the last generations of pre-jet-age decorations from Detroit. It is a simple spear with a mounted chrome disc and a plastic accent.
A church, probably no longer in use, it's clapboard siding weathered and peeling.
A small, clapboard-covered house or business edifice, now unused and in bad repair, the roof nearly gone.
The Palace of Fine Arts was built for the Panama-Pacific Exhibition in 1915. The current building is a reconstruction. The original was razed.
A chrome badge from a fifties-era Oldsmobile Rocket 88
A ceramic tile showing two rabbits, two snakes, and a turtle, from Zakariya al-Qazwini's Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing, 13th Century, Iran (Persia)
A nondescript brick building, with bilateral symmetry
The bonnet badge from a Jaguar
Six one-pint boxes of peppers.
A simple concrete building with the name "Topeka" in stainless steel letters.
A road sign with an arrow is reflecting headlights on a road in dense fog
A pair of panel doors with a round leaded glass windoew in the center.
A picture of the front fender and right front wheel of a 1960 Ford Sunliner. The Sunliner was a convertible hardtop, with the roof of the car raising and folding itself into the trunk, making the car into a convertible. Also in this image are wide whitewall tires on genuine wire spoke wheels, these with a Thunderbird wheel cap.
The winged Dodge Brothers logo from a vintage Dodge sedan.