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Two cows
These two were waiting for whatever it is cows wait for when they’re at the state fair. Maybe they were waiting for visiting Texans to show up with a camera?
Nebraska State Fair
Grand Island, Nebraska
photographed 8.28.2018
Fall was in the air
You know how on the last hot days of summer, you can convince yourself that, even with the heat, there’s a coolness lurking in the air? It felt like that, and looking an an empty swimming pool accompanied by the sounds of kids at the nearby school playground made it seem even more fall-like.
Until a few minutes later when it was just straight up a really hot and humid day…
Kearney, Nebraska
photographed 8.27. 2018
Salt is very popular
Evidently, salt is a very popular item in this part of Nebraska – it accounts for 25% of the words in the signs on this market.
On the other hand, maybe the proprietors over-estimated the need for salt: the place is out of business…
Maywood, Nebraska
photographed 8.26.2018
Market (closed Sunday)
The Patient Spouse and I have just returned from a drive across Nebraska, where we visited some of the towns he lived in as a child. This grocery store was there when he was a kid, and I sort of think the very same person still works there as a cashier… The place is closed on Sunday, so we’ll never know for sure.
Maywood, Nebraska
photographed 8.26.2018
Tree Claws
Last week, I was reading a call for entries for a photography show called “Trees” and the call was all about “the annual autumn spectacular” of changing colors, and the “joy of green leaves”, and how trees are “objects of beauty” and all I could think of was how different my own tree experiences are.
Rogers, New Mexico
photographed 3.30.2018
UPFATE: I did go ahead and submit five images of dead trees to that show. And this one got in to the gallery show at the Darkroom Gallery in Vermont. So there’s that.
“The Graffiti Houses of Portales: Coup de Grâce”
Portales, New Mexico
photographed 4.31.2018
