Monthly Archives: July 2019

Hotel pool

This other project I’m working on has been keeping me busy to the point where I haven’t been able to get out and make new photos. Sorry about that, but at least this one is new to all my follower(s) even though I actually made it a couple of years ago.

If you’re wondering what the Hampton Inn pool looks like at dawn, this ought to help. Although I can’t imagine why anyone would wonder about that…

Lafayette, Louisiana
photographed 10.22.2017

Opposite of fine dining

I’ve worked at my current job for a decade; in that time, the restaurant around the corner has been out of business more than it’s been open. One of its most recent tries was a buffet place where you had to pay at the front door, before you’d even seen the food. And, not surprisingly, the food was awful. But at least it was all-you-can-eat.

Levelland, Texas
photographed 7.5.2019

It seems questionable

Yes, I know that is says “drive-up window” but I find that proclamation to be questionable, at best. For one thing, the place is vacant. And for another, there’s that wooden box blocking access to the windows.

But other than that…

Levelland, Texas
photographed 7.5.2019

Shelter Tree

Here’s a tree, by a lake, on a summer day. In the winter the lake is covered with Canada geese, who winter (for some reason?) in Levelland.

Levelland, Texas
photographed 7.5.2019

Fish out of water, in a manner of speaking

I’m an urban planner by profession, so land use patterns interest me. This city block has a cotton gin and a church on it, which is…well, I’m not sure what it is. Uncommon, at least.

And, then, on the vacant part of the block are all these boats. Is someone over at the church anticipating Biblical-level floods? Are we thinking rising sea levels will impact us here, at our High Plains elevation of 3,500 feet? Is it an art installation? Is it some kind of housing program for homeless boaters? What the hell is happening here?

Levelland, Texas
photographed 7.5.2019