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Long’s Cemetery on the long horizon

The other weekend, I met up with a photographer friend in Santa Rosa, New Mexico, which is one of my favorite towns to photograph. But on the way I took some back roads that were new to me. Which is how I found this little cemetery – a mile down a dirt road and thousands of miles from anywhere.

Long’s Cemetery
near Rogers, New Mexico
photographed 3.23.2018

History was made here

The stone arch that serves as the park’s entrance was built in 1937-8 by the National Youth Administration. Beside the gate there’s an historical marker outlining the history of the park. Among other things, it says that in 1884, Colonel John Henry Moore “wiped out” a nearby Comanche village, which I guess was an OK way to phrase it when the sign was written in 1970…

Ruddick Park
Colorado City, Texas
photographed 3.17.2018

As you journey ever on

I kind of wish my front yard looked like this…

Lake Colorado City State Park
near Colorado City, Texas
photographed 3.16.2018

at 38.6% capacity

If there’s no rain, there’s no lake to speak of. This lake is currently at only 38.6% capacity. However, there’s a lake only 50 miles away from this one that’s at 12% capacity, so that makes this one practically at flood stage.

Droughts are awful.

Lake Colorado City State Park
near Colorado City, Texas
photographed 3.16.2018

The Sky Takes a Lead Role

Some scrappy brush that hasn’t yet leafed out for the summer, dwarfed by the giant sky.

Lake Colorado City State Park
near Colorado City, Texas
photographed 3.16.2018