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ocean dreams

Really, is there anyone who can stand at the end of a pier and NOT stand on tiptoes to see just a little further?

Santa Monica Pier, California
photographed 6.2.2023

another inexplicable thing

Somehow a toilet found its way over a tall fence along the highway and onto a hard, dry slope at the cemetery. That seems like a lot of effort on someone’s part, but admittedly my experience at disposing of toilets is very limited.

San José Cemetery
Albuquerque, New Mexico
photographed 5.28.2023

ghosts and a flag

It was Memorial Day weekend, and a number of the graves were marked with flags.

This particular cracked-concrete headstone was also marked with ghostly symbols and illegible writing.

San José Cemetery
Albuquerque, New Mexico
photographed 5.28.2023

concrete takes many forms

The reason I even knew to look for this place is that a photographer from South Carolina, that I met in Cuba, told me about it.

The photographic world is really pretty small.

Anyway, it’s not lush. Or shady. Or green. But of course that makes it photographically more interesting (to me) and I spent a while there the other morning.

And, here’s a couple of ways that concrete can be formed into different shapes, each with a very specific use.

San José Cemetery
Albuquerque, New Mexico
photographed 5.28.2023

important cargo (maybe)

A junked out vehicle, filled with junk. Was it a redundancy or an amplification?

Also, in this town I saw a man walking along the highway. He was wearing a backpack and carrying a one-gallon container of water. Every time a car would pass by, he’d raise the water container as a wave to the drivers. (This is not a part of the state where people just…hike.) (So I am not sure what his deal was.)

Jayton, Texas
photographed 5.22.2023