jolie pearl

I had intended to post an image of the Old Capitol Building rotunda but my new laptop had other plans. Photoshop is loaded but won't read the images from the card. And if I could figure out Windows 10 I might be able to navigate better. So here's the oyster bar as seen by my phone.

Jolie Pearl

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

1.30.2017 

bridge over the Mississippi from the hilton hotel

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

bless this empty building

 

Someone once had plans for this empty building in downtown Idalou, as evidenced by the outdated building permit.  Now Mary stands watch.

 

Idalou, Texas

1.27.2017

a to z

 

Although azaleas don't grow in our part of Texas, it's still a popular street name, especially in country cemeteries.  You'll find Azalea next to Edelweiss.

 

Idalou Cemetery

Idalou, Texas

hoss

 

Have you missed this landmark in O'Donnell?  They tore down the gin with the welcome sign.  Now motorists passing through this small town don't realize it was the home town of Dan Blocker, better known as Hoss.  You have to go downtown to Heritage Park to see his statue or visit the Dan Blocker Museum--whenever it's open.  I found this photo while going through old files.

 

O'Donnell, Texas

9.10.2006

ouch

 

Pincushion Cactus

Phoenix, Arizonia

12.12.12

cool wind in my mane

 

With apologies to the Eagles

Somewhere in Lubbock County

non-paying patrons

 

These pigeons could be eating up the profits--but they are limited to the spillage from the forklift.

 

New Deal Grain Company

New Deal, Texas

don't follow the arrow

 

Prior to the 1960s one had to know a bootlegger to buy beer in Lubbock County.  Then a few precincts went "wet" -- notably "the Strip"-- but package stores sprang up along other roads.  I don't know what the Imperial Package store was named originally but it's location wasn't ideal -- especially when Lubbock voted to sell liquor everywhere in 2009.  One could readily pick up a six pack at Walmart or CVS without driving all the way out East 19th Street until it became County Road 6700.  The sign remains but there's nothing imperial about the empty, weedy building.

 

6002 E, CR 6700

Lubbock County, Texas

barn and cotton stalks

 

The derelict barn (and pickup chassis) has been put to pasture.  Adjacent is the newer barn and equipment, signs of prosperous times.

 

Lubbock County, Texas

brrr!

 

Today the Canadian geese must have felt like they hadn't flown far enough south!  It did warm up to 36 degrees after a low of 9.  Just wait until Monday when the temperature is predicted to be in the 70s.  What snow?

 

Dunbar Historic Lake

Lubbock, Texas

civic improvement?

 

When I photographed this church on the main street of Hale Center in 2013, it had been long abandoned, but still had some dignity.  Some one is repurposing this old building - which is a good thing.  However, I question their color choices for a civic improvement project (and those aren't even Hale Center Owl colors!)

 

Hale Center, Texas

11-17-13 and 1-2-16



module builder

 

Cotton stripping requires a combination of both high tech and low tech equipment.  Or, in this case, a medium tech module builder and a low tech rake.

 

Lubbock County, Texas

br-br-br-bridge

 

In the spirit of New Year beginnings, I was purging files-- many of those I "might do something with someday."  I kept coming back to this one and decided it was a keeper.  I like the rhythm of the  distorted lights on the Oakland Bay Bridge caused by the ferry's engines and the bouncing of the waves (trying shooting at dusk on a moving boat!)

 

Oakland Bay, California

1.17.2016

tumbleweed road

 

2016 has reached the end of its road.  Many times it might have been tough to travel -- with ruts, sand pits and obstacles.  The 2017 road has to be smoother!  I helped pave that road by eating my black-eyed peas today!  (I recently read that the state tree of West Texas is the telephone pole -- as evidenced by this photo)

 

Lubbock County, Texas