Bill Marvy may have built a better barber pole, but a more recognized product is the Steril-Ray Ultra Violet Sanitizer which was introduced in the 1960s.  Pop's barber shop may have an original model.

Brown's Barber Shop
1718 Buddy Holly
Lubbock, Texas
8.08.2012

barber tools

Brown's Barber Shop

1718 Buddy Holly Avenue

Lubbock, Texas

8.08.2012

the barber shop

This barber shop has been in business since 1928.  Richard is only the third owner and has had the shop since 1974.  For old-fashioned service and complete barber services, see Richard.  The patron is my dad.

Brown's Barber Shop

1718 Budd Holly Avenue

Lubbock, Texas

basic mail service

horse whisperer

Dundee and friend

Texas Tech Equestrian Center

Lubbock, Texas

8.05.2012

dexter

This morning stretched my photographic skills.  I have a fair history with portraits of two-year old girls but a two-year old horse is a different story.  Dundee was a bit uncooperative but his "older" brother Dexter was an excellent model.  Mom was pleased with the results.

Texas Tech Equestrian Center

Lubbock, Texas

seasonal discord

Blooming flower boxes line quaint European streets.  However, if one looks closely at this window box, the Christmas decals behind the geraniums can be spotted.  Christmas in August?  Or did the students in the classrooms of the Trinity Church celebrate year-round?

Trinity Church School

Luxembourg

8.22.2011

happy birthday, suzanne

Hard to believe my sister is now grandmother (or SuSu) to two little girls.  Suzanne was born a few years ago on a hot August night after the New Deal Lions Club watermelon feast at the clubhouse.  I was shuffled off to BaBa's for the rest of the night.  When she cut off one of those ringlets with her little scissors, Mother cried.

allie

I've been photographing Lubbock County Historical Commission members in front of Lubbock landmarks.  Allie, who was skipping up the Court House sidewalk, was a much more photogenic subject!

rubrum

Purple Fountain Grass

My Garden

big ben

In honor of the XXX Olympics

London, England

November 1996

no, una cerveza por favor

100 grados o mas, es tiempo para una cerveza -- no quiero una coca cola.

Rosa's

50th and Gary

Lubbock, Texas

slim's parking slot

Slim is the only employee at the metal fabrication shop to have his (her?) own personalized parking place -- under the shade tree, near the back door and by the trash can.

S and H Metal Works

2501 East Dubuque

Lubbock, Texas

dam watermelons

The Downtown Art Market (DAM) will be open the second and fourth Saturdays through October.  Located at the Tornado Gallery at 19th and Buddy Holly, this open-air market features local artists and agricultural. edible  "art" by local producers.

Downtown Art Market

1820 Buddy Holly Avenue

Lubbock, Texas

http://www.the-downtown-art-market.blogspot.com/

a face in the crowd

Dillon, the bartender at the reception for "Putting on the Dog" photography exhibit, becomes an Indian chief as he blends with the mural.

International Cultural Center

602 Indiana

Lubbock, Texas

praying hands

Located at the Oral Roberts University, the Praying Hands sculpture rises 60 feet above the campus.  The artist, Leonard McMurry, was noted in Oklahoma but hailed from Memphis, Texas.

Oral Roberts University

Tulsa, Oklahoma

9.29.2006

glass mosaic

Except for some minor clean-up, this is my handiwork from glass mosaic class.  It was a fun project but I think I'll stick to photography.

Glassy Alley

1940 Texas Avenue

Lubbock, Texas

you are what you eat

"You Are What You Eat" is a project by San Antonio photographer Mark Menjivar who began by picturing people by their open refrigerators.  He then decided that the refrigerator interior alone, accompanied by descriptive captions, revealed a more intimate portrait of the individual.  I'm not sure what the bullets points about my refrigerator and me would say.  Any comments?

www.markmenjivar.com  "You Are What You Eat"

www.popphoto.com/gallery/photographs-refrigerator

Jean Smith Fortenberry

July 23, 1926 - April 20, 1999

This photograph of my mother was taken in 1944 during her early career woman phase.  After graduating from Draughon's Business College, she went to work for the Avalanche-Journal as secretary to Charles Guy.  She was later recruited to work for the vice president of Lubbock National Bank.  After marrying, she spent 20 years as mother and homemaker.  She then took a refresher course at Draughon's (free as a graduate) and re-entered the workforce.  She spent 31 years with the Texas A&M Extension Service, retiring as office manager for the district agents.

the orginial sunflower seed packaging

FM 789

Hale County, Texas

7.21.2012