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Mop

I made 18 shots here, to get the flags just right. Guess which one was the best. Yes, the very first one.

But it’s only marginally about the flags anyway. It’s the mop, really.

Valentine, Texas
photographed 12.22.2018

the feel of the coming rains

By now, though, I should understand that just because it looks like it is going to rain does not mean it will…

Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas
photographed 7.8.2018

And promises of rain


Way over there, to the southeast, are some clouds that look like they might bring some rain. They don’t, of course.

Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 10.14.2017

…and then, the weather moved in

Sometimes, plans just don’t work out.

We thought it seemed like a good night to stay at our land out in the country. There’s no house, but there is a big covered gazebo. We took cots and bedding and snacks and booze and were ready for a nice time. We hadn’t been out there long when the weather took a turn.

By bedtime, we’d returned home…

Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas
photographed 7.3.2017

Couldn’t drag me away

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Actual conversation:

Me – Look at that cloud! I don’t think we’d better make any more stops. We need to get away from that storm.

Patient Spouse – (no comment)

Me – Wait! I need to get that shot.

Patient Spouse – (no comment)

(Repeat many times, as needed.)

Wild Horse, Colorado
photographed 8.30.2016