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anxieties

It’s not enough that the dog has anxieties, but I had to go and not even get his WHOLE FACE in the photo. How rude of me. I mean, I’m not like the biggest dog-lover you’ll ever see, but I still feel bad about my actions.

I only hope the dog is anxious to the point where his human keeps him away from social media so he won’t know what I did.

Edinburgh, Scotland
photographed 11.11.2023

fountainbridge

Where I live, in Texas, there really aren’t any streets that could be called walkable. It’s dumb.
But check this out: a walkable street that has a nicely-lighted building and a conveniently placed pedestrian.

Edinburgh, Scotland
photographed 11.2.2023

second-story man

I really don’t have the faintest idea what that guy was doing up there – the one standing in front of the red window. It’s not like it was a balcony. It’s not like it was balcony weather. I just don’t know. It may have had something to do with the spirit merchant on the ground floor or it might not have. Other than that guy, I suspect that no one else knows. Or even noticed what was going on.

It was one of those reflex photos – I saw it and made the shot without taking time to do stuff like composing it or anything. The moment was there and then it was gone, possibly because a bus drove by.

Edinburgh, Scotland
photographed 11.2.2023

like a rug on a wire

Look! Here’s a rug that was stabbed onto the top wire of a barbed-wire fence. I can’t image why, but how about that color pallette?

Nazareth, Texas
photographed 12.7.2024

liberty + rules

Let’s go ahead and call this folk art, because I’m not what else it might be.

The Statue of Liberty is made from a stump of one of the town trees that died; it was carved by a regionally-famous chainsaw carver.

I don’t hate it – in fact I really like repurposing the old metal tank to make sort of a retablo. But I am not a fan of the giant ten commandments over there in the background. But if you feel the need to go read them yourself, here’s Helpful Hint: there’s a spotlight on them so you don’t even have to race sundown with the short December days and all.

And, finally, here’s a Fun Fact: all of this has been assembled by the town’s mayor.

Nazareth, Texas
photographed 12.7.2024