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too big to survive

I know for sure that this was the longest car on the whole block and feel confident that it was also the longest car in the entire town.

I tried to imagine parking a car this long…do you think there were smaller cars that operated like tugboats to nudge it into place?

Also, my shooting partner and I were surveilled while we were there – the business owner and his wife drove over* to see what we were up to after his camera alerted him that there was someone walking around. He was sort of belligerent at first but we were charming. According to us. Also we were on the public right of way so we sort of had that on our side and they decided to let us stay.

Floydada, Texas
photographed 5.30.2026

*They wheeled up so fast it was like something was on fire.

product/placement

I drive by this mashup of informational signage on a fairly regular basis, and finally stopped to get the photo that was in my head all along.

You’re welcome.

Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 5.29.2026

water/snake

You really should have seen me taking this photo. I was leaning over a low concrete wall and holding my camera as close as I could get it to this water. I am sure that the townspeople appreciated the view and so I think I need to apologize for that particular thing.

However, I also want to thank the fine folks of Petersburg, Texas, for providing such an interesting photographic subject. It was quite an ten minutes of shooting.

Petersburg, Texas
photographed 5.30.2026

light as a metaphor

Hello, and welcome to Yes, I Have My Own Thesaurus Day.

Metaphor:
allegory
analogy
emblem
hope
image
metonymy
personification
similtude
symbol
trop
concept

Portland, Maine
photographed 3.14.2026

100% probability

I think you know me well enough by now that there is a 100% chance that I will think hotel-room reflections are very enchanting. And also the same chance that I will make a photograph or ten of them.

Portland, Maine
photographed 3.14.2026