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fleeting brevity of pleasure
Wildflowers/weeds are brave: they just grow wherever they want to and don’t even care.
I spotted these flowers, which were at once tenacious and fragile, growing in front of an abandoned, scary motel. The flowers were doing what they could to, in the time they had, to soften the scene.
Mason, Texas
photographed 4.12.2026
terrestrial reception
I like Mason. It’s a comfortable town, an easy drive from Lubbock. The town square is interesting, especially at night when light retreats into the corners and a plywood-covered window becomes profound.
Mason, Texas
photographed 4.11.2026
muddy unformed waters
The flowers at the waterlily garden are pretty. But what I like the best is the dark and reflective water in the ponds. It’s moving all the time, creating ever-changing abstracts on the surface.
And don’t tell ANYONE because I am not a member of Team Tripod, but I sort of wish I’d had a one with me, along with some ND filters, to get some longer exposures. But you do not hear that from me.
International Waterlily Collection
San Angelo, Texas
photographed 4.10.2026
and it was called “yellow”
I know for a fact that an extremely pleasant way to spend a few afternoon hours is to stop at the Castell General Store. You can get a beer inside and wander back out, sit in the shade, and watch the day go by.
And if you like to notice various shades of yellow, you will have an especially nice time.
Castell, Texas
photographed 4.12.2026
the endurance of a hopeless love
Sometimes I like to read through my Dictionary of Symbols* to look for phrases that jump out at me. In fact, this is becoming a fairly regular part of my workflow, the last part of the process of editing a photo. I’ll look up the symbology of a particular element in the photo (in this case, I looked up the word “branch”) and see what series of words appeals to me and seems to add a mysterious narrative to the image.
And that’s how this image acquired the name “the endurance of a hopeless love.”
Fort McKavett State Historical Park
Fort McKavett, Texas
photographed 4.12.26
*And you thought my thesaurus addiction was at the goofiest thing about me!
One Day | One Image 