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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

taller than a mountain

The thing is that Texans sort of do like to claim tumbleweeds as our own, even as we complain about them. When I have to mow over them, I will always think of them as “those bastards” because their tough, woody stalks seem to be stronger than the rotating blade of a riding lawn mower. But there’s a sort of perverse pride in them – in their quantity and size. So spotting this tumbleweed, the most gigantic one I’d ever seen, in California? It’s taking me a while to process my emotions…

Mecca, California
photographed 2.13.2022

marching on

In the thin early-morning light, the birds are not yet on the move. The water is still. The rhythms of the utility poles (and their reflections) seem to be timeless and endless.

Sonny Bono National Wildlife Refuge, California
photographed 2.12.2022