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sidewalk seating
While I sat on a bench to people-watch (and grab some photos) the two men next to me were discussing whether or not to get two of the last eighteen tickets to the night’s drag show. I believe they eventually opted out because of the price, but really the point here is that the show was nearly sold out.
It was just one year ago that the City Council and the Mayor involved themselves in a kerfuffle regarding approval of arts funding for things they personally found distasteful. (Yes. They were pissy about a drag show.) The arts community pushed back and here we are.
If you ask me, which of course you did not, the City Council and Mayor would be much better served by figuring out any number of REAL problems we’ve got around here. But sure: drag shows are the main thing that needed taking care of.
But I digress. Here’s a picture.
Lubbock Pride
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 6.28.2025
amber
Every window in this old church is boarded up except for these three. The amber glass was unexpected and the way it looked against the blue of the sky is why this is in color.
I appreciate that the only three amber windows were close enough together to get in one shot.
Historical Note: the June 2022 Google Street View image has a sign over the front door of the church that says “The Redeemer El Redentor.” Otherwise, it still looks the same.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 6.27.2025
see/through
I went to the museum the other day to look at the motorcycle exhibit.
Actually, that’s not correct. I went to the museum to photograph the motorcycle exhibit. My favorite thing was mirrors.
Also: the name of the exhibit mentioned “two-stroke street bikes” and I still do not know what that even means.
Yamaha: the rise of two-stroke street bikes
The Museum of Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 6.27.2025
scene/not seen 1
One thing about my mind is that it comes up with projects at a steady pace. And rarely those ideas turn into Things That I Have Done but that does not slow it down, even a little bit.
The idea for this project came to me in 2004 or 2005, before I even thought of myself as a “real” photographer. Or any other kind of photographer, as far as that goes. When the idea arrived, it came with a title, which was a nice thing for it to have done. I dabbled with it back then, but ran into some problems. I lacked Photoshop, for one thing, and the cheap alternative was unwieldy. I got bored trying to figure it out and gave up.
Or so I thought.
My brain had other ideas, as it does, and anyway, here I go again with this thing that wants to be called “scene/not seen”. We’ll see where it goes this time…
Lorenzo, Texas
photographed 4.18.2025
bottled/water
One of my friends told me about this place because she was pretty sure I’d like to photograph it. That’s Interesting Detail 1.
Interesting Detail 2 is that I made this on the very first day I didn’t need the knee scooter I’d been using since mid-May. (I’ve moved on to a gorgeous primer-gray walking boot.)
Other than those things, this is just a pile of empty 5 gallon water bottles in a side yard of the Sierra Springs water store.
Hang on! I just discovered Interesting Detail 3: Google street view of this place was in 2023 and at that time, this area contained one roll-off dumpster, one white pickup with a camper shell, and not a single bottle.
As the Talking Heads said, “I got some wild, wild life.”
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 6.21.2025
One Day | One Image 