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church/flowers
Delivery people were hard at work bringing large flower arrangements into the church. I don’t know if it was in preparation for anything in particular or just a regular Thursday flower delivery.
And here’s one of my greatest missed-opportunity shots, on the outside of the same church. I didn’t have time to really frame the shot, which is why that poor man has only one foot. And it’s also what I call a “fatal error” – a thing I can’t get past. But still: I’m posting it anyway. Caution to the wind and all that.
Chiesa de San Domenico
Palermo, Sicily
photographed 9.1.2023
passo carrabile
The thing is that when you’re from somewhere relatively new (like Lubbock, which was incorporated in 1909) and go someplace relatively old (like Palermo, which has been around for more than 2,700 years) everything seems so rich in detail and history and stories that it starts to feel like very single thing needs to be photographed. And while I did not actually accomplish that lofty goal, I sure did give it a good try, which is why I present this: a pair of wooden doors, a garbage pail, a keypad entry, and a “no parking” sign.
The down side of going to Palermo is that Lubbock doesn’t stand up very well in comparison.
Palermo, Sicily
photographed 8.29.2022
to move toward the light
You may recall the breathless excitement that I brought back from my trip to Sicily early last fall.
I am still breathless when I think about it, so this starts a week of photos from that trip.
This is the most typical of typical Sicilian street scenes: narrow streets paved with worn-until-they-are-shiny stones, close-set buildings that block out a lot of sun (until they don’t), graffiti on the walls, laundry (often) hanging from balconies. And on and on.
(I guess the only thing in this photo that’s not typical is that the street doesn’t have pedestrians/cars/motorbikes sharing the space.)
Palermo, Sicily
photographed 8.31.2022
fancy lighting
That’s a fancy light fixture they’ve got inside there. I wonder why.
Slaton, Texas
photographed 6.23.2023
One Day | One Image 