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slide damage

I have a small body of work that includes playground equipment. Slides are particularly well-represented, for some reason.*

This slide, which looks to have had an encounter with a vehicle, is my current favorite. (And will be, too, until I the next time I see a playground that needs photographing.)

Weed, New Mexico
photographed 7.3.2023

*I like them. That’s the reason.

very high

I mean, it’s not dangerous enough to fix the letters on the sign to remove any confusion, but still: be careful.

Mayhill, New Mexico
photographed 7.4.2023

cowboy country

We went out of our way (but not by much) because we’d heard about the deliciousness that is the Steak House. The food was worth the additional 26 miles of driving, but really, those cowboys with their spurs and all were the best part of the stop.

Tatum, New Mexico
photographed 7.1.2023

watershed

A pine tree in the cemetery shedding raindrops, or how I used the continuous shooting feature to get what I knew would be there.

Mayhill, New Mexico
photographed 7.3.2023

community

This town up in the Sacramento Mountains doesn’t even get a Google street view map: it’s that small.

However, the population DOES seem to be all the way into triple digits, at 112 people. (Up from 98 in 2020, and up from 63 in 2010.)

The World Population Review provides this helpful information about the place: “The average household income in Weed is $0 with a poverty rate of 0%. The median rental costs in recent years comes to – per month, and the median house value is -. The median age in Weed is 0 years, 0 years for males, and 0 years for females.”

All that aside, I can tell you with certainty that there is a community center in town. And at least one bird.

Weed, New Mexico
photographed 7.3.2023