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The Shady Side
There wasn’t a lot of shade, but there was a little bit beside an abandoned church. The small and infrequent trees didn’t offer much, so it was nice that the building stepped up to help.
Grenville, New Mexico
photographed 8.26.2017
It was a one-star place
Here’s another view of the Texan Motel, which evidently, no matter how hard it tried, was ever only a one-star kind of place.
Raton, New Mexico
photographed 8.27.2017
Texan
I won’t lie: my photographic heart beats a little faster when I see an abandoned place that’s got a window I can look through. This time, I spotted the Texan Motel lobby, complete with a rack of outdated (probably) tourist brochures.
Raton, New Mexico
photographed 8.27.2017
Books! I have books!
I used to do a book every year, sort of as a recap of stuff I’d posted on the blog. But then I got out of the habit, and it’s been a couple of years since I’ve made the effort.
The other day, my cousin mentioned in a Facebook comment that she’d really like to see a book of photos from Lubbock; she said photos from Lubbock made her “feel like home is not so far.” Challenge accepted! It’s called Lubbock: the prevailing themes.
And, then, while I was at it, I did a small book of haiku that I’ve posted over on my other blog, The Poetry of Photography. This one is called 17 (haiku).
Both books are now available. They’d make really good gifts, if you catch my drift…
Lubbock, Texas
N. Rateliff
Well, this was fun! We are concert tourists and our schedule worked out so we were able to catch Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats at Red Rocks Amphitheatre a few weeks ago.
We got two shows, actually, because the extraordinarily drunk man in front of us put on quite a performance. (We decided to find it amusing; otherwise it would have just been annoying.)
Also, if you’re planning a trip to Red Rocks, get ready for some walking – the fitness tracker on my phone told me we’d climbed the equivalent of 24 floors from the parking lot to our seats and back.
Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Morrison, Colorado
photographed 8.28.2017
