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Waiting for lunch

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We had lunch at Poppa Joe’s (Home of Good Eats – Serving Ferndale since 1882) in what turned out to be the best day for photography ever.

These shots were taken on the same day:
The eternal question, Eureka, California
What water shows us, Arcata Bay, Eureka, California
So they gave it to the dead, Ferndale, California
Just a little sign, Poppa Joe’s, Ferndale, California
There’s never an end, near Capetown, California
And be inside, Petrolia, California
Into the perfect unknown, Petrolia, California

See what I mean?

Ferndale, California
photographed

U-Haul Parking

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Some of my favorite things came together here: a wide gravel parking lot, a lonely building, some good clouds. Add in a U-Haul trailer, and I am a happy photographer!

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.29.2013

Rectangles: too many to count

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I can’t argue with my pal Ehpem, who recently pointed out that I tend to shoot a lot of rectangles; it’s possible I overdid it a little bit here.

It’s a rectangle overload.

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 4.7.2013

Roll Arena: 2

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I am guessing that Patio 2 (and its counterpart, Patio 1) probably serve as smoking sections when the place is open.  It’s sort of hard to imagine now, but back when I went there as a kid, the smokers got to stay inside, letting us skaters get doses of second-hand smoke as we wheeled by.

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.29.2013

Roll Arena: 1

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When I was a kid, this was THE place to roller skate. I can still remember the smell of dust and feet, the sounds of wheels rolling over the wooden floor, the way I’d get a blister on my right foot from never varying the counter-clockwise circle.

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.29.2013