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keeper of cosmic and moral balance

Really, out here if you say “We had a windy day.” it’s redundant: every day – every damn one of them! – is windy.

(I reached out to the visitors’ bureau folks to see if they wanted to sponsor this post. They declined, citing my “poor attitude” and “tendency to exaggerate” and a few other things.)

Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas
photographed 5.10.2026

the last of them

“Dried and faded flowers” is a bit of a cliche, isn’t it? The flowers here were eleven days old when I photographed them and instead of fading, their color grew more and more concentrated, the way a sun-dried tomato takes on a deeper red and a richer, more nuanced flavor that its fresh version.

I didn’t eat these flowers at any point, so my comparison is more a product of my brain than a simple statement of facts.

But anyway…here’s the last of the dried flower photographs. Tomorrow it’s on to something else.

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 5.26.2025

the morning yucca

I took some time the other Saturday morning to explore my own town; it paid off handsomely because not only did I discover an excellent coffee place, but there were some exuberant yucca flowers out in front.

And this reminds me that when I was a kid, I’d eat these flowers, which could surely explain some things.

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 6.11.2022

Flowers, 2

In addition to the pink flowers that you saw yesterday, I also had these that needed photographing.

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 2.9.2021

Flowers, 1

I had some flowers. I had some spare time. The light was good.

You know what happened next. (Only it happened in color?)

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 2.9.2021