Monthly Archives: October 2024
labyrinthine
It is easy to get out of your vehicle and wander around these rocks and imagine that you’ve found yourself in a not-yet-discovered place and that maybe you are the only person there…and you can sort of feel yourself unwinding.
Until that car full of loud and rude (to be redundant, possibly) people shows up and parks right up next to the rocks, fucking up your mood as well as your view.
But I am not at all bitter about that. Nope. Not even a little bit.
Monument Rocks National Natural Landmark
Gove County, Kansas
photographed 9.5.2024
well.
Well.
This is the only place I’ve seen a community well building. I mean it’s the only place I’ve seen one that SAYS so.
(Villanueva is not really on the way to anywhere, if you’re normal and take regular routes. It was a nice surprise – it felt like we’d found ourselves in another time and place. But it was a place where there were wells.)
Villanueva, New Mexico
photographed 8.31.2024
what was, what is, and what shall be
I like the three generations of this particular flower – known in some parts of the country as jimson weed – and that’s why I took the photo.
And because (in spite of the way it often looks) I did some research for this post and found out more. This plant’s got a lot of interesting attributes:
- It’s poisonous
- It is an aggressive, invasive weed in many parts of the world
- It’s been used as an hallucinogen
- And it can be used to create intense, sacred, or occult visions
And if THAT’S not enough, my pal Wikipedia says “it is unlikely ever to become a major drug of abuse owing to effects upon both mind and body frequently perceived as being highly unpleasant, giving rise to a state of profound and long-lasting disorientation or delirium with a potentially fatal outcome.”
So, anyway, I guess I’ll stick to just taking photos.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
photographed 9.2.2024
play/ground (with tree)
If this centrifugal force death machine somehow fails at its job, there are about a million stickers in the grass and they are ready to take over.
Playgrounds! So much fun! So much danger!!
Haswell, Colorado
photographed 9.4.2024
please, no
The sign was sort of entertaining on its own, and then when I noticed the “new surface” behind the fence, it got even funnier.
But the sign maker was very polite about it with their request.
Healy, Kansas
photographed 9.5.2024
One Day | One Image 