stone/wall
Broken stone walls like this could be just about anywhere…
…and these are some I found in Texas the other day.
Fort McKavett State Historical Park
Fort McKavett, Texas
photographed 4.12.2026
(not the) moon
Here’s a view from that giant hotel room I mentioned yesterday. I like it that this looks like it might be the moon, but isn’t.
San Angelo, Texas
photographed 4.10.2026
low light
Hotel rooms always seem full of photos waiting to happen.
Last week I spent the night in San Angelo. One night. One person. And all I needed was one room with one bed. For some reason, they gave me a suite which had more square feet than the first apartment I rented. It had a living room! A giant bedroom! Two TV sets! A full size closet! A bar sink! Windows on two sides of the room! A desk! Two ( !! ) dressers. It was a lot, especially because I was exhausted and honestly the walk all the way to the bed in the other room seemed like it was almost more than I could do.
But on the way to the bedroom, I did see this cool lamp.
San Angelo, Texas
photographed 4.10.2026
escapement
My family find it hilarious that I have a collection of thesauri*. That just shows the narrow-minded way some people (“some” people) have. Imagine how funny it would be if they knew that I actually have a favorite thesaurus**.
But how in the hell else do you think I’d find a word like “escapement” if I wasn’t browsing around looking an actual (non-online) thesaurus for a better word for “flight” because I was thinking about that bird in the middle of the photo as well as the way the narrow ranch road stretches out on the right and a road is a way for non-winged animals to take flight.
And also, it reminds me “escarpment” which is also an excellent word.
Fort McKavett State Historical Park
Fort McKavett, Texas
photographed 4.12.2026
*That’s the funniest word I’ve typed in a long time.
*Thank you for asking. My favorite thesaurus is Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus in Dictionary Form. Fun fact: I purchased a thesaurus in Cambridge the first time I went to England. It was my souvenir, which probably confirms a lot of things you already assumed about me.
the night reflection
I think I’m figuring out the technique of using puddles and reflections…
It was very dark in the puddly vacant lot and I wasn’t even real sure what I was going to end up with. What I like is that the night, the reflections, and the puddles worked together to turn an extremely ordinary setting into something that’s unexpected.
And just as I was walking back to the place where I was staying it started raining. The rain, which brought its friends thunder and lightning, lasted nearly all night. I slept very, very well.
Mason, Texas
photographed 4.11.2026
One Day | One Image 