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bowl
I really hope that in its past the “bowl” sign was neon instead of just that faded paint.
But the main thing here is that partly-painted, non-matching green wall. It reminds me of when we’ve tried to match the paint on the walls at home and every single time, it worked just about this well.
Midland, Texas
photographed 8.10.2025
got the blues
I think at some point this building had been a school but those days are pretty far in the past. Now it’s falling down (literally) and filling up with dirt from frequent dust storms (also literally).
However, I greatly admire someone’s decision to go with the blue glazed bricks AND the blue desks. That was a bold decision (maybe) but it’s still paying off (in my opinion).
near Ackerly, Texas
photographed 8.9.2025
game/face
Because I am still encumbered by that delightful orthopedic boot, I am looking for ways I can still make photos without a lot of walking around. Also, it’s freaking hot and who needs to be walking around in that??
Turns out that a minor league baseball game holds a pretty good set of subjects, including this player getting ready for his turn at bat. I’ve never quite seen this much concentration on one face.
Amarillo Sod Poodles at the Midland Rockhounds
Midland, Texas
photographed 8.9.2025
motors
I’ve been watching the place for a long time, waiting for the abandonment to hit the critical, photo-worthy point. And it’s nearly there…
The day I visited I noticed how those letters were cut from sheets of plywood. And then I realized that the wood grain is going in different directions on the letters and now I can’t un-see that part of it. (That’s a weird relic in my brain left over from when I was learning – unsuccessfully – to sew. Nice that I still remember to lay a pattern the same direction on the grain of the fabric and how hilarious that one thing still hangs around to influence random photographs.)
Slaton, Texas
photographed 8.7.2025
red light district
Of course my eye was drawn to the only bit of color in the scene…even though what I’d gone over there to photograph was the remains of a building on the right side of the image. Now I can understand that the building-husk was just the bait to lure me in.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 5.20.2025
One Day | One Image 