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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

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 

Sunday, January 29, 2017

bridge over the Mississippi from the hilton hotel

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Saturday, January 28, 2017

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Someone once had plans for this empty building in downtown Idalou, as evidenced by the outdated building permit.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

Friday, January 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

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

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

Monday, January 23, 2017

ouch
 
Pincushion Cactus
Phoenix, Arizonia
12.12.12

Sunday, January 22, 2017

cool wind in my mane
 
With apologies to the Eagles
Somewhere in Lubbock County

Thursday, January 12, 2017

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

Monday, January 9, 2017

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

Sunday, January 8, 2017

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

Saturday, January 7, 2017

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

Thursday, January 5, 2017

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


Wednesday, January 4, 2017

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

Monday, January 2, 2017

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

Sunday, January 1, 2017

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