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sparklers
Is it considered stalking if you take 17 photos in a row of a trio of people posing for each other with sparklers?
There is, of course, no particular reason I am asking….
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 7.4.2025
drive-by
The highway heading south out of Lubbock (it has a number* but we call it the Tahoka Highway, but only because that’s the next town) has a lot of seasonal fireworks stands. At this particular one, I guess someone couldn’t wait ONE MORE SECOND to light up some sparklers.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 7.4.2025
*My brain refuses to complicate things by learning highway numbers; it would very much prefer to know the names of the towns a particular highway goes through. That led to many circular conversations with my father-in-law that went this way:
FIL: What road did you take? 86? 239?
Me: I don’t know. Tell me some towns I would have gone through…
FIL: So, then 44, maybe?
Me:
We each thought the other one was ridiculous, and in a rare agreement, we were both right.
a fair abstract
Looked back through some old stuff the other day and found this, which just shows that even when I didn’t know what I was doing with a camera I was still trying new stuff. (I mean, I am going to assume I meant for this to be blurry, but maybe it was just a mistake?)
South Plains Fair
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 9.23.2014
land lease
smile and a lollipop
She was happy, and happy to let me take her photo.
Also: it was so hot that I don’t understand how she kept her makeup from melting.
Lubbock Pride
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 6.28.2025
One Day | One Image 