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Cold Air

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The thing is that I hate cold weather.

But the other thing is that even though I hate cold weather, I can’t completely avoid going outside. And when I do, and when I get to see things like this at the nearby gas station, I hate the cold a little less.

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 1.1.2015

Picket Fence

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I seem to be on a bit of fence binge lately. There was the crowded one, the wire one, and the solitary one, and now these pickets.

What do you suppose is going on here? (Dreaming of fences can symbolize a need for privacy, or a desire to shut off the rest of the world. I’m not dreaming about fences, but am posting photos of them, so I don’t think that’s it. Let’s just go with “I like the way they look!”, shall we?)

National Ranching Heritage Center
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 8.5.2014

Screened

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The window screens on this building are raveling away in a very nice fashion.

Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas
photographed 12.6.2014

Rock corral

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The same misty morning that gave me yesterday’s shot let me get a view of the canyon where the mist obscured the far edges, blending the escarpment into the sky.

The previous owner’s rock corral (My term, not his. As far as I know.) in the foreground looks the way it always looks, only a little more damp this time.

Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas
photographed 12.7.2014

Like watery gems

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This was a rare sight: a day so misty that tiny water drops clung to the tips of vegetation….

Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas
photographed 12.7.2014