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Where open doors lead
I don’t actually know where these doors lead. It’s all about the mystery.
Except for the part that’s about not trespassing.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 8.16.2014
Stairway to…9th Street
What a graceful stairway! It connects the rarely-used plaza level of the Civic Center with pedestrian-unfriendly 9th Street.
As we say about failed architecture, “I guess it looked good on paper.”
Lubbock Memorial Civic Center
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 8.16.2014
After the season
It’s pretty quiet at the soccer complex this time of the year, between seasons.
There were several rabbits, some birds, a toad, and (literally) a snake in the grass. But no soccer players or soccer coaches or soccer moms. Just the wildlife and me and distant storm clouds.
As a warning to anyone who might be considering a visit out here: the far end of the bottom bench has become un-welded from the frame so if you sit down on it, down is how you’ll keep going for longer than you might expect. (Want to guess how I know?!)
Burl Huffman Soccer Complex
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 8.16.2014
A worn windowsill
This building in downtown Lubbock has surely seen better days. It’s been a few things in the past – a hospital, a college – but most what it is now is vacant. I’ve shot it before (here and here) but this was the first time I followed my own advice and walked around back.
It was worth the trip, I think: most of the first-floor windows were broken, giving me views of cabinets with open doors, a random grocery cart, and a fabulous worn windowsill.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 8.16.2014
It loomed over Lubbock
Check out this cloud! I was working through the weekend (on my real job, which sometimes get busy) and when it was time to take a break, of course I went on a bit of wander to see what I could see.
There was a big line of clouds building up east of town; I found a nice vantage point at the soccer fields, where I sat on a broken aluminum bleacher and watched the clouds build. And the thing is that just sitting and watching a scene unfold is new for me – usually I am more of the shoot-it-and-move-along sort of photographer. This slower approach doesn’t (yet) feel natural, but I’ll keep trying and see how it works out. (See, Brett Erickson: it looks like I am still learning from that class all the way back in July!)
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 8.16.2014
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