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Her Own Pace
I saw this scene from a bus window. It’s easy to tell that the woman exasperated by the little girl’s pace along the sidewalk. And it’s also clear that the little girl doesn’t care one bit: she’s quite comfortable with the way her day is unfolding.
Paris, France
photographed 6.8.2017
Art Fan/Fan Art
You know, of course, that I like to look around the backs of things. And I also like to look up – ceilings are more interesting than maybe you’d think. This lovely ceiling-plus-skylight-plus-fan was inside an artist’s studio at Houston’s Silo at Sawyer Yards.
Sawyer Yards
Houston, Texas
photographed 1.13.2018
Alternating Current
And here we are in Houston, at a very cool art space called The Silos at Sawyer Yards; it’s an area of old warehouses and silos and etc. that have been repurposed as arts spaces. As it happened, our visit coincided with the monthly Second Saturday event, when studios are open, so we were able to look at art and visit with the artists.
The Silos are part of a larger arts area in Houston – you can read about that right here.
And, if you do have a reason to go to Houston, think about adding this to your itinerary. And if you don’t have a reason to go to Houston, a visit to to Sawyer Yards and all the adjacent artsy stuff is reason enough to plan a visit.
Sawyer Yards
Houston, Texas
photographed 1.13.2018
Weariness of travel
Remember the other day, when I said I didn’t make pictures of people, unless I did make pictures of people?
Same, here.
Houston Hobby Airport
Houston, Texas
photographed 1.14.2018
Garden Gate, and ruins
More ruins from the Lubbock tornado.
I was in junior high in 1970, and like everyone who lived in Lubbock then, have clear memories of the storm and its impact. My dad, a civil engineer, was one of the people who had immediate access to the heavily damaged portions of downtown, and he took pictures of what it looked like. They are frightening.
We still get big storms in the spring, but never again a tornado like that one.
Here’s a reenactment of the City’s emergency management response the night of the storm. It’s equal parts corny and historic, but watching it makes my memories seem more recent.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 1.6.2018
