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room with a (bad) view
For some reason this particular abandoned farmhouse had a concrete foundation and floors, unlike many that have crawl spaces below rotted wood floors.
And for that very reason, I went ahead and stepped in for a look around. I can’t explain why, but this scene has a certain weirdness about it – the view, the angles of the window and mattress, the mattress itself, the dead tree…or maybe all of it.
Additionally, there were quite a few single shoes lying about. I don’t want to know why.
Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 8.3.2024
room 100
It was 104° at 6:00 pm and I had just the tiniest bit of heat exhaustion. Setting the a/c as low as it would go was very helpful. I know you were wondering.
(Note: I’d had plenty of water that day. And it had electrolytes in it. But still that damn heat just got to me.)
Post, Texas
photographed 8.6.2024
the visitor
Evidently the Photography God(s) thought our photos of this old place needed just one more element because this vulture showed up and posed exactly where we needed him or her to be. And for a few minutes we forget that it was a thousand degrees outside, that we’d driven a million miles that day and still had a few hundred to do, that we were standing where there could indeed be snakes lurking: the sheer joy of photography and of discovery took over. You know, the way we wanted it to.
King County, Texas
photographed 8.6.2024
last rider
And then, when it was fully dark, the last rider left the rodeo arena.
We left too, but reluctantly, because it had been just an outstanding evening, one that wasn’t planned but that was the perfect end to a trip with my friends. It just goes to show what can happen if you decide to cross the highway to the rodeo arena to see why the lights are on. Or whatever: just go look.
Post Stampede Rodeo
Post, Texas
photographed 8.6.2024
flag/bearer
At rodeo practice, things moved along pretty fast – faster than the camera and I could keep up with.
So even though technically this is…not good…I still like it. There. I said it.
Post Stampede Rodeo
Post, Texas
photographed 8.6.2024
One Day | One Image 