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rancho
As soon as I saw that sign, I knew I needed to make this photo. At first I thought it just absolutely needed to have the spires of St. Rosa Catholic Church rising behind it. And so that’s the way I framed the image and the way I made the first few shots.
But as soon as I saw the phone booth (a phone booth!), the spires became completely unimportant.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
photographed 5.27.2022
Tobias was many things
Tobias – hijo, hermano, tio, y artista – must be missed by many people.
Galisteo, New Mexico
photographed 5.15.2022
trash/stairway
San Antonio’s famed Riverwalk is below street level, which adds some interest to walking around. If you get really lucky, you can see the street-level entrance to a bar or restaurant and at the same time spot the river-level back stairs where last night’s trash awaits collection.
In this case, I was looking at the back stairs to Dick’s Last Resort while standing next to the street-level doorway; a little bit later that same morning, when I was on the river, a man setting up tables for Dick’s L. R. called my attention to cat that was stalking a couple of ducks*. That was a nice bit of coincidental symmetry.
San Antonio, Texas
photographed 5.18.2022
*The ducks escaped a feline-induced end when the cat ran away. In case you were worried.
alley, with bird
I will always look down an alley. And I will generally photograph it, especially if there happens to be a cooperative bird in the vicinity.
San Antonio, Texas
photographed 5.18.2022
the shrine
How unfortunate that I was unaware of the existence of the Hispanic Elvis until after he’d passed away.
A very sweet article about him said, “Hispanic Elvis didn’t need a stage, all he needed was an open space, like the number 68 bus stop, to entertain and spread joy all across San Antonio.”
San Antonio, Texas
photographed 5.19.2022
