Jug-a-Lug
I stopped because of the Jug-a-Lug sign. But I made the image because of the state of that building with the boarded over windows and the (probably ineffective) patches.
So my Very Important Lesson For The Day© is that sometimes the thing you think you need to photograph is actually the thing that leads you to the thing you need to photograph.
Weatherford, Oklahoma
photographed 11.27.2021
Security Dog
You know how sometimes you go to an unfamiliar town and it feels comfortable and happy and friendly and you say to yourself, “I think I could live in a place like this!” and then you spend a happy few minutes imagining your new life in this magical place?
This was not that kind of town.
Bridgeport, Oklahoma
photographed 11.27.2021
Vast + Beautiful
“There’s nothing to see on the Plains.” – a falsehood
Here are a couple of iPhone panoramas that may help dispel that line of thinking. The top one is a highway rest area along Interstate 40. (That smudgy grey thing on the horizon on the right side is wildfire smoke.)
The bottom image is from a rest area on a back road in Briscoe County, taken about an hour after the first one.
Gray County, Texas
Briscoe County, Texas
photographed 11.27.2021
Dead Blade
I am not sure what happened to this turbine blade. All I know is that I stopped by there to photograph it on November 21; I wasn’t happy with those shots. So I stopped by there again a week later to give it another try. That might indicate a great level of dedication. Or it might indicate a complete lapse in photographic skills on the 21st.
(It might also indicate a lapse in photographic skills on November 27th, as far as that goes.)
Floyd County, Texas
photographed 11.27.2021
9:03 (the recovery begins)
The Oklahoma City bombing memorial is carefully and thoughtfully designed place. In addition to the Field of Empty Chairs, it includes the element called the Gates of Time, which are described this way:
Monumental twin bronze gates frame the moment of destruction – 9:02 – and mark the formal entrances to the memorial. On the eastern gate, 9:01 represents the last moments of peace, while its opposite on the western gate, 9:03, represents the first moments of recovery. Both time stamps are inscribed on the interior of the monument, facing each other and the reflecting pool. The outside of each gate bears this inscription: We come here to remember those who were kind, those who survived, and those changes forever. May all who leave here know the impact of violence. May this memorial offer comfort, strength, peace, hope, and serenity. –Wikipedia
Oklahoma City National Memorial
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
photographed 11.25.2021
One Day | One Image 