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“…the quintessential cowboy”
I looked up Clifford Jackson Taylor after I made the photo but before I wrote this post, and here’s what I learned.
He went by Jackson and was a cowboy, working on ranches across the United States and in Australia. He was a member of the Western Ranch Cowboys Association and was professional bronc rider; he appeared in two seasons of the reality show “Ultimate Cowboy Showdown.” In 2023, he was competing in the WRCA-sanctioned Estancia Valley Ranch Rodeo in Moriarty, New Mexico, fell during a bronc ride and later died, according to a report from the Floyd County Hesperian-Beacon. He was 33 years old.
His grave is here, in a tiny country cemetery that’s down a dirt road.
Grey Mule Cemetery
Hall County, Texas
photographed 12.29.2024
spring, a few months away
The wind blew the next day, steady and strong, to scatter these seeds to ensure new plants come spring.
Caprock Canyons State Park, Texas
photographed 12.29.2024
fuji (with fuji)
It’s either a bicycle joke or a camera joke, depending on what your perspective is.
You might think it would be twice as funny, but it’s really not. (Even though I did laugh pretty hard.)
Quitaque, Texas
photographed 12.29.2024
parallels
I don’t even mind the way those wind turbines look against the sky. And what about the way they seem barely tethered below the horizon? Or the way the contrails line up with them?
Floyd County, Texas
photographed 12.29.2024
one horn
If you want to know the truth (and, really, of course you do), I didn’t even notice when I made this picture that the bison had only one horn; by my calculations just now, that reduced my chances of getting gored by half. But even if I had known, I still would have stayed in the car to get the shot. I’m pretty sure a one-horned bison could still do some damage.
Caprock Canyons State Park, Texas
photographed 12.29.2024
One Day | One Image 