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Utility
What caught my eye initially were the boxes on the utility pole, the banged-up downspout, and the glass blocks in the window. But then, what had been just a blotch of paint on a pole started to look like a face…
McCook, Nebraska
photographed 8.30.2014
Another one of life’s cycles
(This is probably self-explanatory.)
Kearney Cemetery
Kearney, Nebraska
photographed 8.30.2014
Beauty Shop
All the ladies with their standing Saturday appointments were fixed up for the week, and the beauty shop was silent.
I am increasingly drawn toward scenes like this, without people but with ample examples of their humble presence. I love seeing leggy houseplants, wallpaper borders, those big old-fashioned hair dryers, the messy stacks of magazines – all evidence of lives being lived.
Pleasanton, Nebraska
photographed 8.30.2014
Playground
I feel like maybe this playground and this other one are cousins.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
photographed 5.4.2013
Scenic, officially
Sort of makes you wonder, doesn’t it, if the person in charge of sign placement really intended for this abandoned gas station to be the backdrop for a sign proclaiming the town as Officially Scenic.
Or, maybe “scenic” refers to the marker itself, rather than the town…
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
photographed 5.4.2013
One Day | One Image 