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abbey strand (with rain)
I didn’t actually even own an umbrella until I was 19 years old and was moving from Lubbock to a wetter locale for college. And then I went someplace even wetter for grad school, where I know for sure I kept umbrellas in my car all the time. But then I came back to Lubbock and probably don’t quite recall how to open an umbrella. And when I went to Scotland last year, I didn’t even take an umbrella with me. I’m not a total idiot – I had a waterproof coat with a hood and anyway how can you hold an umbrella AND use a camera?
near Palace of Holyroodhouse
Edinburgh, Scotland
photographed 11.2.2023
catching a bit of sunshine
I mentioned the other day that winter sunsets in Scotland happen every early, at 3:40 pm on the Solstice. Plus it’s a cloudy and drizzly place. So who can blame people who find a scrap of sun to sit in while they read The Lord of the Flies?
(Sunset at the summer Solstice is 10:03 pm. I knew you were wondering.)
Edinburgh, Scotland
photographed 11.2.2023
orange night
I used to have a job (and I thought it was a career, but I was wrong) at the local transit system. This orange building was just across the street from where I worked but I was so caught up in the excitement* of my job that I hardly noticed that it was there.
So maybe it was an apology to the place when I went downtown the other night and made some photos of it.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 11.3.2024
*When I say “excitement” I actually mean abject boredom and rampant sexism. So you know, practically the very same thing.




