Monthly Archives: June 2014
Turns a blind eye
Whatever it was that used to be lit at night now stands in darkness, as the light fixture turns a blind eye…
Roswell, New Mexico
photographed 5.10.2014
Fade away
The Pecos Valley Industrial Supply Company seems to have faded away, except for the shadow of a sign that’s on the brick wall. This building was empty and Google can’t find it anywhere else.
Roswell, New Mexico
photographed 5.10.2014
Is anyone else having this problem?
I’ve been getting a lot of spam comments on my blog – usually posted as replies to older posts. The comments say things like:
Right oni-ths helped me sort things right out.
What’s it take to become a sublime exnpouder of prose like yourself?
Was totally stuck until I read this, now back up and rungnni.
Dag nabbit good stuff you whireppsnappers!
At last! Something clear I can undntsraed. Thanks!
Now I know who the brainy one is, I’ll keep lokiong for your posts.
Very valid, pithy, sutinccc, and on point. WD.
I was struck by the hotnesy of your posting
That inghist would have saved us a lot of effort early on.
Didn’t know the forum rules allowed such brnalilit posts.
(These are the ones that came in just today.)
So, as much as I like getting comments and as much as I want them to continue, I’ve had to put some controls over who can post. I apologize if this means you have to do a couple of extra things to post your relevant and brilliant comment! Maybe in a while I can go back to the way it was…
Lighted entry
There’s just something about New Mexico – the color palette that is favored on painted surfaces, the desert light, the way the dry air and hot summers bake the color off of wood – that I find particularly attractive.
And, then, when you can add in cracked stucco and an old light above an entry…
Roswell, New Mexico
photographed 5.10.2014
The end of the line
The remains of the rail line looked skeletal, like dinosaur bones emerging from eroded dirt. But I guess what’s actually going on here is that what’s left of those old railroad ties is disintegrating into the ground and will eventually disappear.
Roswell, New Mexico
photographed 5.10.2014
One Day | One Image 