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Luminous
This was practically my favorite thing in all of downtown Eureka Springs – that translucent window at a restaurant, with a blurry patron on the other side. The trash receptacles outside the window added to the scene in a way that I liked.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
photographed 10.6.2018
Streetscape
Here’s a collection of rectangles, broken up by an arch, a satellite dish, and one and a half trees.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 5.5.2015
Fountains in low light
I like to read reviews on Yelp, but only bad reviews. I like to see what sorts of things people find to complain about. It’s just astonishing the things people think matter*. One of the reviews of this place, the Gene Leahy Mall, said “…we misunderstood this to be a shopping mall and kept looking for one until I realized that it was a park.” So, um, yeah: it’s a mall in the same way that the National Mall in D.C. is a mall.
This mall had some very nice water features, especially when the light was getting slanty in the afternoon.
Gene Leahy Mall
Omaha, Nebraska
photographed 8.30.2018
*Sometimes, though, things ARE worth complaining about.**
**When I had a career in public transit, a woman called to complain on her bus operator. She reported, “He said ‘good morning’ to me, but he didn’t mean it.” That’s an example of a very funny complaint but one that’s not even worth the time to phone in and report.
Salt is very popular
Evidently, salt is a very popular item in this part of Nebraska – it accounts for 25% of the words in the signs on this market.
On the other hand, maybe the proprietors over-estimated the need for salt: the place is out of business…
Maywood, Nebraska
photographed 8.26.2018
Market (closed Sunday)
The Patient Spouse and I have just returned from a drive across Nebraska, where we visited some of the towns he lived in as a child. This grocery store was there when he was a kid, and I sort of think the very same person still works there as a cashier… The place is closed on Sunday, so we’ll never know for sure.
Maywood, Nebraska
photographed 8.26.2018
