Monthly Archives: September 2024
room with a (bad) view
For some reason this particular abandoned farmhouse had a concrete foundation and floors, unlike many that have crawl spaces below rotted wood floors.
And for that very reason, I went ahead and stepped in for a look around. I can’t explain why, but this scene has a certain weirdness about it – the view, the angles of the window and mattress, the mattress itself, the dead tree…or maybe all of it.
Additionally, there were quite a few single shoes lying about. I don’t want to know why.
Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 8.3.2024
at her church
We’d been to the POW chapel, about 25 miles from this church, earlier in the afternoon. It was sad and bleak and was in need of upkeep (but it IS almost 80 years old). But it gave us a space to think about the five Italian prisoners who’d died there, so very far from home.
And in Umbarger, the cool air and the colorful light led us to think about prisoners from that same camp who painted frescoes on the church wall.
It was a day of many contrasts.
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Umbarger, Texas
photographed 8.4.2024
tru ex
earth’s reflections
We spent about twenty minutes lying in various road puddles trying to get the Most Awesome Photo Ever.
That was enough time for the entire population of Earth (898 people) to drive by to look at us. And I know for sure that one person (I’m looking at you, woman in a black Bronco) went by more than once.
Earth, Texas
photographed 8.4.2024
room 100
It was 104° at 6:00 pm and I had just the tiniest bit of heat exhaustion. Setting the a/c as low as it would go was very helpful. I know you were wondering.
(Note: I’d had plenty of water that day. And it had electrolytes in it. But still that damn heat just got to me.)
Post, Texas
photographed 8.6.2024
One Day | One Image 