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Clear Intentions

I definitely got the idea that I needed to go no further onto this property to get the photo. But just in case I didn’t, there was a guy in a truck, off to the right, keeping a close eye on what I was up to. And, I am sure, he was prepared to remind me if I strayed too close.

Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 4.15.2021

That parking lot was LIT!

I drove by here the other day and this sign caught my attention – it caught it to the degree that I went home and got my camera and came right back.

I know what you’re thinking: a Real Photographer wouldn’t have left without a camera in the first damn place. And you’re right.

Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 4.15.2021

Sofa amongst the tile

You surely already know that I like to look inside abandoned places. I like seeing what sorts of things got left behind. I like seeing what’s falling apart. I like seeing what’s still holding on. In this particular case, the sofa looks really sketchy and almost all the ceiling tiles have succumbed to gravity. And that striped wall is still there…

Wickett, Texas
photographed 3.24.2021

Graveyard, sort of

From my angle, these pieces of concrete looked like some kind of weird headstones…

Penwell, Texas
photographed 3.24.2021

Caretakers Shack, plus tree

I have a thing for looking at the parts of things that make the other things work. When I’m shooting in cemeteries, for example, I always look around for the caretaker’s shack. And this shack rewarded my search by including a little tree Thanks, shack!

Alpine, Texas
photographed 3.26.2021