Monthly Archives: September 2016
Couldn’t drag me away
Actual conversation:
Me – Look at that cloud! I don’t think we’d better make any more stops. We need to get away from that storm.
Patient Spouse – (no comment)
Me – Wait! I need to get that shot.
Patient Spouse – (no comment)
(Repeat many times, as needed.)
Wild Horse, Colorado
photographed 8.30.2016
They do go on
This store, The Famous, has been out of business for years – ten or fifteen, maybe. The last window displays are still there, in all of their faded, out-of-fashion glory. Like this dimpled lad, with his platinum hair and sun-burnt tuxedo. And, isn’t he wearing a surprising amount of eye makeup? Or, maybe that’s what you do when you wear a tux; my experience is pretty limited.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 8.27.2016
First Date
In the summer of 1974, I went to this restaurant for a date with a boy who would go on to become my ex-boyfriend.
The restaurant fared better, and lasted until just a couple of years ago. New owners decided on a full-scale renovation before re-opening; unfortunately they were in over their heads and the renovation wasn’t completed. The building’s vacant and nothing seems to be going on there at all. Except for the usual incremental deterioration, which will probably only get noticed after it’s too late to stop it.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 8.27.2016
Aztec
It was early enough in the morning that I didn’t even have to wait for the sidewalk on the other side of the river to be free of pedestrians before I could get my shot.
along the River Walk
San Antonio, Texas
photographed 5.21.2016
Dragon Boats
Good news! You haven’t missed the 2016 Portland Dragon Boat Festival, which starts this Saturday!
along the Willamette River
Portland, Oregon
photographed 6.9.2015
One Day | One Image 