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LotLotLot (for sale)
Of course, when this town was settled and named Mecca, it was a name with great connotations, with grand visions of a beautiful life beside a thriving inland sea.
Now it seems sort of an ironic name.
But there ARE lots and lots of lots for sale.
Mecca, California
photographed 2.13.2022
the seeker
And you’re limned
In light, golden and thin
(A pair of lines from Bruce Cockburn’s lovely song “Look How Far” seem particularly relevant here.)
Bombay Beach
Salton Sea, California
photographed 2.12.2022
three arrows
I get the idea – which is very subtly presented – that maybe drivers need to turn to the right.
near Calipatria, California
photographed 2.12.2022
53 (or it was just that kind of place)
The speed limit might have been 35 mph. Or it might have been 53. Or it might not have even mattered. It was just that kind of place.
Niland, California
photographed 2.11.2022
Skeleton
Yes, I was very happy when our photography group leader not only drove us past this skeleton of an agriculture building, but then pulled off the road so we could photograph it. And my thanks to everyone else in the group who may not have been quite as giddy as I was, but were too polite to tell me they rather be anyplace else.
near Calipatria, California
photographed 2.12.2022
One Day | One Image 