the endurance of a hopeless love
Sometimes I like to read through my Dictionary of Symbols* to look for phrases that jump out at me. In fact, this is becoming a fairly regular part of my workflow, the last part of the process of editing a photo. I’ll look up the symbology of a particular element in the photo (in this case, I looked up the word “branch”) and see what series of words appeals to me and seems to add a mysterious narrative to the image.
And that’s how this image acquired the name “the endurance of a hopeless love.”
Fort McKavett State Historical Park
Fort McKavett, Texas
photographed 4.12.26
*And you thought my thesaurus addiction was at the goofiest thing about me!
the child reveals the presence
The first time someone told me that there was an international waterlily garden in San Angelo, Texas, I didn’t believe them. And you probably don’t believe it, either.
But sure enough, there is a waterlily garden right there in town. It’s located in what previously was a reflecting pool in the city park. (What, exactly, the pool reflected was not noted in the article I read.) A San Angelo man, Kenneth Landon, spent over 20 years collecting rare and endangered waterlilies and this passion was the start of the garden.
It’s on my regular rotation of things I like to look at when I go to San Angelo.
International Waterlily Collection
San Angelo, Texas
photographed 4.10.2026
links and bonding
This hand holds a lot of stories. I don’t know what they are, but I am confident of my assessment.
(I am also confident of using a long-ish lens to isolate a stranger’s hand, if that is what the situation calls for.)
Castell, Texas
photographed 4.12.2026
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
One Day | One Image 