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2 barrels and a sidewalk
Just because I felt like it*, I rented a camera for a week, and to feel like I was getting my money’s worth, I took it everywhere. I used to do that with my regular camera, but got out of the habit.
I went to the park (which you saw here and which you’ll see again tomorrow). There were lots of things to see, because I was looking on purpose for things to shoot. I used to that a lot, too, but got out of the habit.
So an unexpected consequence of the rented camera was a reminder that I’d gotten lazy, and was missing a lot of subjects as a result. That made a week’s rental an especially good bargain.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.22.2016
*or, to translate into Texan, I had a hankering.
Netted
A park, a volleyball net, and (in the distance) a hospital complex – all spotted during a post-lunch photography stroll.
Maxey Park
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.22.2016
Two of these things are not like the others
I’ve been through Sweetwater a few hundred times. I’ve gone downtown maybe five times.
And, one time I actually got out and walked around. That’s when I saw these bars across an opening left over when a business went away.
It was worth the (short) investment of my time.
Sweetwater, Texas
photographed 3.20.2016
I miss you like I miss the flowers in bloom
Today’s the last day of my self-assigned lyrics-as-titles experiment. Thanks for your patience!
The way the openings in this old place lined up was what caught my eye. It made me sad, the way the roof’s gone, the weeds are taking over, the plaster’s peeling away: it was a lonely scene.
So, here’s a lonely song.
Marathon, Texas
photographed 7.10.2015
adds up to a bunch of nothing
There’s a lot going on here, but also not much is happening. It’s my favorite thing to find.
Today’s Bruce Cockburn lyric comes from his song “Someone I Used to Love”.
Valentine, Texas
photographed 8.16.2013
