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Lafayette | Rick Loomis

by Rick Loomis
Comus Moss creates a shadow on his refrigerator while putting his dish in the sink after an early morning bowl of cereal.
Comus Moss – the col light, nice nonexistent background type portrait.
Comus Moss checks the temperature of his granddaughter Michelle Williams, 23, for she was feeling sick after having laser surgery. Moss drove 45 minutes to her home to bring her some pea salad prepared by Blanche.
Blanche Moss completes some stitch work while Comus can be seen outside the window putting a coat of stain onto one of his highly popular items – the chest with pull-out drawers.
Comus Moss loads his grandson Danny Wayne Pippin’s (10) bike into the back of the pick-up truck after an early morning walk.
Comus and Blanche often take breaks together since they are not under the pressure of working by a clock.
Comus and Blanche Moss outside their craft store where the two combine their talents and sell what they produce. Comus does the woodwork while Blanche sews and paints adding the finishing touches.
Comus Moss inside his cluttered, but well equipped workshop in Red Boiling Springs.
Inside the pool hall in Red Boiling Springs.
John Tuck sits on one of the chairs that he has out in front of his Red Boiling Springs home for visitors to sit in. Tuck is 87 years old.
Comus Moss rests his hands on his knees during one of his daily breaks from woodworking.
Tom Fultz, 30, of Red Boiling Springs plays with two of four Pomeranian dogs that he has.
Sixteen-year-old senior Heather Ballou jumps down from the shoulders of freshman Tara Taylor, 14, after they put the finishing touches on a homecoming banner.
Horace Bean of the Al Mena Temple of shriners peddles the newsletter in a rain shower on route 52 as it enters Red Boiling Springs.
Deer yard art in the back of Comus and Blanche Moss’s home. Comus’s workshop is framed between the two animals.
R.L. Andrews, 55, and Dick Ellis, 63, take a much needed rest. They were tearing down a house and moving the parts to a new location.

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