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Snow/Man
Much against my better judgement, I ventured out in the snow that we had last month here in Texas. (I don’t mind snow IN THEORY. I do mind being cold.)
But look what happened! I got a shot I would never have bothered with on a day where it wasn’t snowing. But it may have created a bit of a monster: I have days and days of snow pictures queued up here on the blog. You have been warned.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 2.14.2021
Square Spiral Arch (snow)
More snow, more public art.
This piece, Square Spiral Arch, is by Jesús Moroles. It features spiraling lines of texture – which are enhanced by the snow clinging to them – to represent fingers of energy. The circle and square motif represents heaven and earth and are reflective of the artist’s work and travels in Asia. (from Texas Tech’s public art app, ArTTech.)
“Square Spiral Arch”
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 1.10.2021
Details
My observant reader(s) will have probably noticed by now that I am big fan of this sculpture. I am so much a fan that I got up the other day, before it was even light outside, just to drive up to campus and get photos of it in the snow. It was worth it.
“Oblique Intersection”
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 1.10.2021
Snow Day
In Lubbock, snow with significant accumulation is rare. And you have to hurry if you want photos, because most of it will usually be gone by the next day.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 12.8.2018
Snow Morning
A little bit of overnight snow made Saturday morning look a lot different than the morning before. But by the middle of the day, the snow was gone.
Which reminds me, when we were in Minnesota last fall the main topic of conversation among the locals was Winter. (They capitalized it when they spoke the word. I could tell.) One man told us that a few winters ago there was “too much snow” to use a snowmobile. There’s almost nothing in that sentence that makes any kind of sense to me.
Sadly, this lovely bit of snow turned tragic: about the same time I was making this image, a driver lost control of her vehicle and ran into a group of first responders who were on the scene of earlier accidents. Two of the first responders were killed and the other one is still hospitalized. The first funeral is today; our whole city is in shock over what happened. That doesn’t have anything to do with this photo, but it’s been on my mind this week.
Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 1.11.2020
One Day | One Image 