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Shopping Cart Parking
Someone had a plan. Someone took the time to line up those boards so the shopping carts would be level. It mattered to them. And who are we to say their efforts were wasted?
Quitaque, Texas
photographed 2.14.2015
Head & Plant Catch Some Sun
But who knows what’s going on, in the dark recesses of the place.
Quitaque, Texas
photographed 2.14.2015
Pronunciation Guidance Included
So. This place comes with helpful signs on every road into town, letting us city folk know the correct way to pronounce it.
If you want to know more about where this odd town name came from, you can head over here to read about it. Once you read it, especially the sentence that includes the phrase “whatever one steals,” you’ll see why I didn’t include the text in this post…
Quitaque, Texas
photographed 2.14.2015
Dolly in the window
I’ve seen some creepy things in my photographic wanderings.
But nothing topped this.
South Plains, Texas
photographed 2.14.2015
(Also, “South Plains” is not only a geographic area, but an actual town name, a fact I did not know until last Saturday.)
One of the lanterns
Quite a few of the streets in the neighborhood where I stayed in Dana Point had “lantern” in their names: Blue, Golden, Ruby, Port, Crystal lanterns were all represented. And there was Lantern Bay Park adjacent to my hotel.
What’s up with that?
The original plan for Dana Point was for a Spanish-style town with wide streets named after “Lanterns,” and when the streets were laid out, there were actual lanterns for street lights, modeled on the old sailor’s kerosene lanterns. This is still part of the community, in street names like Street of the Golden Lantern, Street of the Blue Lantern, and even a recent newcomer, Street of the Crystal Lantern.*
And, here’s one of those “actual lanterns”, though this one doesn’t appear to be workable.
(On a completely unrelated note, my photograph “Where the Wind Gallops” has been shortlisted on the current Digital Lightroom competition. I’d appreciate your vote, but a vote for any of the images would be appreciated!)
Dana Point, California
photographed 1.7.2015
*I found this information here.
