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Under observation
Remember yesterday, when I said I looked through a broken window and found no surprises?
I thought the same thing was going on here, in the very next window to the east. I saw those scales and the three slants of light, and got the shot. Later, when I got home and downloaded the SD card, I saw what I had somehow missed in the moment – that owl (and those talons!). And there was my surprise…
Hale County, Texas
photographed 8.10.2019
Off the hook
I found a broken window and looked inside, yet again feeding my interest in seeing what kinds of things get left behind when a place becomes abandoned. No big surprises here, really, but I did quite enjoy the off-the-hook telephone.
A barn swallow flew around in her frenetic way, kindly illustrating how that very splattery pattern of bird shit got all over walls.
Hale County, Texas
photographed 8.10.2019
1950 (or 1925)
I didn’t know it when I set out, but finding this church is the whole reason for taking the back roads last Saturday.
Up here on the High Plains, almost all the roads are set up on a straight north-south/east-west grid (except for curves to avoid playa lakes), and the buildings are built parallel to the roads. And then there was this church set at an angle to the road. It was a bright surprise.
Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 8.10.2019
Vine
I don’t know for sure that this vine is what keeps the place from falling down. But I do have my suspicions….
Plainview, Texas
photographed 8.10.2019
Leafy Fringe
Around the corner, a shy tree has taken root. The leaves, though, are thinking of checking out the world beyond their trunk. Leaves are like that.
Plainview, Texas
photographed 8.10.2019
One Day | One Image 