Monthly Archives: March 2024

as it was left, so shall it remain

Inside an abandoned farmhouse, light bounced around until it landed on the wood-paneled wall, four jackets, and one orange hat.

Welch, Texas
photographed 2.24.2024

caddy

This sewing caddy captured my heart during an exploration of my friend’s grandmother’s house. The caddy  had been there for a while – notice those wooden spools of thread – and my thoughts went to the sewing habits of a woman I’d never met. It was more poignant than I had anticipated.

We looked around the entire house and then, just before we left, both of us needed just one more look at the sewing things.

Welch, Texas
photographed 2.24.2024

simplicity 5030

This wasn’t my mom’s sewing room. But it could have been. Visiting this room gave me the chance to think about my mom, which is always a lovely thing for me to take time to do.

(And also, that pattern piece is for a nightgown. I looked it up. Also you cants spell too much from those Boggle pieces, which somehow escaped from the rest of the game.)

Welch, Texas
photographed 2.24.2024

stacked circles

The other weekend my friend Whitney and I went to see her parents who live on a farm near a tiny unincorporated community near Lubbock. After our visit with her folks, we walked around the farm and the best part of that was getting to see the variety of equipment that was stored in rows beside the house.

And that’s how I found this…thing.

Welch, Texas
photographed 2.24.2024

aloe/sun

And, to wind things up from my visit to the Springs Preserve, here’s one last plant. The plant’s nice but really the best part is the way the sun was hitting it, making that new green growth just about glow.

Springs Preserve
Las Vegas, Nevada

photographed 2.15.2024