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St. Rose, crumbling
Afternoon sun cuts across the old cemetery and chapel in a pleasing fashion. I’ve been here before, but there’s something about the place that just keeps drawing me back. I wonder, though, if it will be as interesting after that building falls down – because it will surely fall.
St. Rose of Lima Cemetery
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
photographed 3.24.2018
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
