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The prevailing themes
In a certain part of town, most of the buildings have to do with agri-industrial uses. And while they are not lovely in a traditional sense, they do catch the light in a certain way late in the afternoon.
At least I think so.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 2.5.2017
All but one
This place. I have a strange fascination with it.
It used to be a fancy downtown hotel called (I think) the In Town Inn. It’s been mostly vacant since I can remember, but there are a few hints of its former grandeur. Ha! Ha! Of course there’s no such thing. It’s just another empty building. Its most recent reincarnation was a residential treatment center for people with substance abuse issues; that didn’t last, but the name it went by – the Jim Kimmel Center* – is still there.
But look at that wall of rooms. And lamps. Except for that one, lampless room.
Anyway, I really REALLY want to get in there and take a few (thousand) pictures. But I want to do it without breaking in or anything. I’m sort of legal, when it comes right down to it.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 2.5.2017
* I know, right?
Cooler
Of course, my traveling companion was looking at fruit when we stopped at the fruit stand. I, on the other hand, was predictably distracted by the well-worn walk-in cooler.
(We did get some delicious cantaloupe, though. No thanks to any effort on my part.)
Rocky Ford, Colorado
photographed 9.4.2016
Eventually
The rough stuff is right here in front of us, but it gradually recedes to softer and less defined memories.
I hope.
near Evergreen, Colorado
photographed 9.3.2016
