by a white-baked wall
This is the first historic building visitors to the National Ranching Heritage Center see; there are tons of pictures of the front of it.
So – you know how I am – I headed down the path and behind a berm to try to catch a different angle on a place that’s familiar to me. The windmill that’s nearly obscured by the trees was a bonus.
National Ranching Heritage Center
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.8.2026
in this rosy light
An oil lamp. A cowboy hat. Rough stone walls. Unmatched chairs.
(A summation of the development of ranching in Texas.)
National Ranching Heritage Center
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.8.2026
look how far the light came
The exact light that landed on those beds was the exact light I needed. It was never precisely like this before and will never be this way again.
Or, as Bruce Cockburn says “Look how far the light came/to paint you this way.”
National Ranching Heritage Center
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.8.2026
turn to the setting sun
Maybe this is a new building in the NRHC’s collection. Or maybe it’s been there and I never noticed it. But I climbed up the berm to get this shot. Remind me to go back later, after the trees have leafed out, to get another version of it.
National Ranching Heritage Center
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.8.2026
the dance of the landscape
I like it when the wind whips around the native grasses, so I poked my camera right down in the midst of these grasses and took a few shots. You know, because that’s the way I am.
National Ranching Heritage Center
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.8.2026
One Day | One Image 