Monthly Archives: August 2025
one-half mile
The cemetery was about knee-high in weeds and it’s both snake territory and snake season, so I didn’t walk around. But from what I could see, the number of headstones on the sign is roughly equivalent to the number of graves in the cemetery.
Fun fact: the town and the town’s cemetery are spelled differently.
Roosevelt County, New Mexico
photographed 8.17.2025
today’s hymns
I went inside every building in the entire town, which took a lot less time than it sounds like it would have. Of course, that’s largely because there is only one building in town and it has only one room. So all in all, I feel like I did a thorough building assessment.
Inez, New Mexico
photographed 8.17.2025
an early warning
There’s something different about the light quality these days – I can’t describe it at all. (I tried. It did not go well). I feel it more than see it…
But what I can see are that the sunflowers have drooped toward the ground, literally hanging their heads.
The change in light, the change in flowers: the seasons are tilting toward change.
Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 8.15.2025
ag/industry
It’s not “just” a farm: check out those power lines.
Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 8.15.2025
dead flowers
I have no concept of how far away something is…it might be three feet, or 7 yards, or a quarter of a mile: I just can’t really estimate it.
That’s why this particular shot is at once a challenge and a triumph. I was shooting a vintage lens that didn’t communicate with my camera to any particular degree and that meant I had to flat out guess how far away the camera was from the subject and dial it accordingly on the lens. And look what I did: I got the focus on the actual things I wanted to, you know, be IN focus.
For just a very brief time, I felt like a genius. (I’ve gotten over that feeling by now, of course. But I did feel like I ought to mention it.)
Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 8.15.2025
One Day | One Image 