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Discs (floating)
I am not at all certain how a small city in Texas ended up with the International Waterlily Garden, but they did.
These giant lily pads reminded me of (1) those “silver dollar” pancakes we used to get; (2) sand dollars; and (3) a trip I made to Longworth Gardens in Pennsylvania when I was a senior in high school, because that’s the first place I ever saw lily pads that were this big. (Inside my head: a confusing place.)
International Waterlily Garden
San Angelo, Texas
photographed 8.1.2020
Remember Vacations?
It seems so long ago, when the Patient Spouse and I, like two carefree kids, just flew to Minnesota to take what we used to call a “vacation.” Those were indeed simpler times, those long ago days of the fall of 2019. We still think fondly of those times.
Gooseberry Falls State Park, Minnesota
photographed 9.25.2019
Cemetery Corner
I don’t always photograph cemeteries; it just looks that way.
Fun fact: my Uncle Donald was from O’Donnell, and when I was a kid I was almost positive that the town was called O’Donald. I may have been disappointed to learn the truth.
O’Donnell, Texas
photographed 7.13.2020
Groundskeeper’s Shack
I think you need to know that I have just completed a long list of tiny cemeteries scattered across the Texas panhandle. And you also need to know that I have a fascination with the stuff that makes things work – like the groundskeeper’s shack at a cemetery. If you see where this is headed…
Pearce Cemetery
Hale County, Texas
photographed 6.28.2020
Nothing lasts forever
The saddest part of any cemetery is this right here: the gathered up dead or damaged flowers and other mementos that families have left.
O’Donnell, Texas
photographed 7.13.2020
One Day | One Image 