House portrait: pantry
For various reasons*, I wasn’t feeling it over the weekend when I should have been outside somewhere making photos. So I walked around my house to see what I could find.
Those Big Bend glasses were my dad’s; getting something like that on a trip was not something he did often (or at all), so I don’t know what was going on to inspire the purchase. But the idea of my dad buying those glasses and getting them home and then never using them is sometimes** enough to bring tears to my eyes.
We use them a lot; we’ve got these things that make giant, spherical ice cubes*** that fit nicely into these glasses. Then add whiskey or something similar…
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 2.17.2019
*Saturday – the wind was blowing approximately 1,000 miles/hour. And it was dusty.
Sunday – it was cold. Also, I was lazy.
**Always.
***I guess they’re not really ice cubes if they’re spheres, but you know what I mean.
Posted on February 19, 2019, in Photography and tagged 365 photo project, barware, black and white photography, house, learning to see, Leica, lubbock, lubbock texas, melinda green harvey, monochrome, one day one image, pantry, photo a day, photography, postaday, texas, thoughtful seeing. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.
Perhaps your dad was REALLY impressed by Big Bend. We are happy you were lazy. Don’t make it a habit as I have done.
Btw, are the two glasses between Big Bend and Sweet Dreams just for the spherical ice cubes ?
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He DID love Big Bend! The spherical ice cubes don’t even fit into those other glasses; the Big Bend glasses are the only ones that work with them.
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This is the kind of photograph that changes me from an art lover into an anthropologist. Did your dad like whiskey? Because they are perfect whiskey glasses. Anyway, I could explore this image for a long time picking up fascinating details.
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They ARE perfect whiskey glasses, but I learned that on my own. I never saw my dad drink whiskey, and thinking back, I’m not even too sure I remember his using these glasses.
I love to look at photographs that have normal house stuff in the background – seeing those overlooked (usually) details is interesting. And I can draw lots of conclusions based on, well, not that much!
Thanks for commenting on the post!
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