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that’s a restrictive parking requirement
I decided to believe this sign meant only ranchers are supposed to park here.
So OF COURSE I that’s exactly where I decided to stop, mostly because there is no way that my vehicle could have been mistaken for a ranch vehicle. (And also because it made me laugh.)
I was able to get the photo and leave town before anything bad happened. It was my lucky day.
Aspermont, Texas
photographed 5.22.2023
eye level
Sometimes the shot needs to be low, really low. This is an example. (It might be a BAD example, but it is an example nevertheless.)
Clairmont, Texas
photographed 5.22.2023
eventually encouraging signs didn’t help
It may not matter how Positive! and Encouraging! the posters are, or how trendy the font choices are: this place didn’t make it.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 5.17.2023
tangled
The local amusement park shut down this year, after 50 years of operation. I decided to go look at it the other morning; the cold rain made it seem even more forlorn that it already was.
Some of the rides are being shipped to other parks, but I guess the stuff that remains is headed toward being a big pile of bent metal.
Sad update: the owner of Joyland, David Dean passed away yesterday. His wife said, “I truly believe that the sale of Joyland falling through broke his heart.”
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 5.13.2023
flower spike
These yucca don’t bloom like this every year – but when they do, they are just spectacular.
Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas
photographed 5.12.2023
One Day | One Image 