too big to survive
I know for sure that this was the longest car on the whole block and feel confident that it was also the longest car in the entire town.
I tried to imagine parking a car this long…do you think there were smaller cars that operated like tugboats to nudge it into place?
Also, my shooting partner and I were surveilled while we were there – the business owner and his wife drove over* to see what we were up to after his camera alerted him that there was someone walking around. He was sort of belligerent at first but we were charming. According to us. Also we were on the public right of way so we sort of had that on our side and they decided to let us stay.
Floydada, Texas
photographed 5.30.2026
*They wheeled up so fast it was like something was on fire.
product/placement
I drive by this mashup of informational signage on a fairly regular basis, and finally stopped to get the photo that was in my head all along.
You’re welcome.
Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 5.29.2026
water/snake
You really should have seen me taking this photo. I was leaning over a low concrete wall and holding my camera as close as I could get it to this water. I am sure that the townspeople appreciated the view and so I think I need to apologize for that particular thing.
However, I also want to thank the fine folks of Petersburg, Texas, for providing such an interesting photographic subject. It was quite an ten minutes of shooting.
Petersburg, Texas
photographed 5.30.2026
daughter of the clouds
Lately I’ve been missing shade trees, specifically the dappled light under them, the sound of the leaves in a breeze, the way it feels cooler under them, and how they feel like an invitation to sit a while. I don’t know where this longing is coming from: I’ve spent most of my life living where shade trees aren’t really a thing that happens unless you have to foresight to plant them yourself. But it’s definitely something on my mind.
But on the other hand, a bunch of trees would block these kinds of views.
Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 5.22.2026
light as a metaphor
Hello, and welcome to Yes, I Have My Own Thesaurus Day.
Metaphor:
allegory
analogy
emblem
hope
image
metonymy
personification
similtude
symbol
trop
concept
Portland, Maine
photographed 3.14.2026
One Day | One Image 