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The headlands will protect us
About ten years ago, I had a business trip to a bus factory on the south end of San Francisco Bay; we completed our work a day early, so the bus manufacturer gave us a driver who spent the day touring us around San Francisco and the area. The best thing we saw that day was the Marin Headlands: I always sort of wondered what there was on that side of the bay.
Turns out that people of various affiliations have guarded the bay forever, nearly. The most noticeable relics of these defensive are concrete structures that date from World War II.
On my subsequent trips to the area, I kept a close watch on the sky – and in 2009, a clear day made it worth the drive across the bridge for another visit.
Marin Headlands, California
photographed 3.23.2009
The night shop
I was a speaker on the second day of a two-day conference, which required an overnight stay in this town about 100 miles from home. In the afternoon, I’d discovered a really nice coffee shop – Palace Coffee, for those of you keeping score at home. When I left the coffee shop – in time to make it to the conference’s evening activities – I noticed this little place and thought, “I need to come back here later.”
So I did.
Canyon, Texas
photographed 3.20.2013
One block: Brownfield
It is the county seat, so maybe you’d expect some commerce or something.
But you might be setting yourself up for disappointment.
On the other hand, the area is experiencing a boom from oil drilling in the areas once thought un-drillable, so it will be interesting to see how much of the boom money stays around in towns like Brownfield.
West Main Street
Brownfield, Texas
photographed 7.6.2012
Authorized Personnel
The is the same building as the rectangle-filled place from Sunday, only closer. And with fewer rectangles. Although I think I should get rectangle credit for the shape of the painted-out graffiti.
From a photographic standpoint, it’s nice that whoever painted over the graffiti didn’t even TRY to match the color of the brick. But from an aesthetic standpoint, maybe they should have?
True story: just as I was writing this post, I got an email from the Utne Reader, with a link to an article about green graffiti. Obviously this trend has yet to arrive in Lubbock….
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 4.7.2013
Spring storms
I was driving home from a meeting; there were clouds on the western horizon that gave a gold tint to the light. In the east and north were remnants of a storm that had had a tornado in it. It was a nice change to see so many clouds; the on-going drought has meant a lot fewer spring storms than usual.
Unless NOT having spring storms is the new usual.
I made a u-turn (safely, I mean, when the traffic conditions permitted) to get back around to capture this.
near Idalou, Texas
photographed 4.1.2013
