January 31

 

photograped 1-31-2010

January 30

 

The sun came out, the temperatures made it above freezing, and the desert willow is shedding its icy shroud.

Lubbock, Texas

photographed 1-30-2010  (using a lens borrowed from you-know-who...) 

January 29, part two

 

A bonus picture for today - the late afternoon light behind the ice-coated tree was too lovely to pass up.

Lubbock, Texas

photographed 1-29-10 

January 29

 

Who knew there were so many ways to mash potatoes?

(My favorite is the spiral!)

Lubbock, Texas

photographed 1-29-10 

January 28

First, it was rain.  Then sleet.  Then snow.

How long until summer?

Lubbock, Texas

photographed 1-28-10  (Lens from Carlos V.  If you write it that way, it makes him look like a king...) 

January 27

When my Aunt Mabel died, I got a couple of interesting things.  This book was one of them.  It was published in 1960 by The Reeves Publishing Company in San Angelo, Texas; Major Ernest N. Reeves is the author.  You probably recognize him from his earlier work "Living Sparks of Life"* and "Hurdling Obstacles."* 

Wondering what fine expressions are included?  Here's a sample of a pair of contiguous entries, which I will reproduce just as they are shown in the book:

POCKET GOPHER.  The pocket Gopher is able to run backward as fast and as easily as it can go forward.

GOOSE-PIMPLES.  To get extremely excited; a nerve reaction; thrilled; embarrassment sometimes reveals them; fear of being exposed.

(Why were these listed one behind the other?  Feel free to draw your own conclusions.)

Lubbock, Texas

* Actual titles listed.  I cannot make up anything this good.

photographed 1-27-2010  (Lens from Vigil Photography Bureau.)

January 26

Detail of a door pull, Hoover Dam.  This fancy door goes to:  a restroom.

Hoover Dam, Nevada

photographed 5-30-2010 

January 25

Tonight's sunset.  Before it got dramatic.

Lubbock, Texas

photographed 1-25-2010 

January 24

Downtown Slaton, Texas

photographed 1-24-2010 

January 23

The wall and the lone flower take on the same color.

Lubbock Area Veterans War Memorial

Lubbock, Texas

photographed 1-23-2010 (using a lens on loan from Lenses R Us, in Seagoville, Texas) 

January 22

The back of an oak chair.

Lubbock, Texas

photographed 1-22-2010 

January 21

Water lines on a house on Pontchartrain Boulevard.

New Orleans, Louisiana

photographed 4-6-07, or 584 days after the levee breach 

January 20

Highway 114

western side of Lubbock County, Texas

photographed 1-20-2010 

January 19

Three perfume bottles.

My dresser,

Lubbock, Texas

photographed 1-19-2010

(Macro lens provided by C. Vigil Photographic Services) 

January 18

I don't really understand why there's a door from the second floor.

South Congress Avenue

Austin, Texas

photographed 1-18-10 

January 17

This is the mark of a really good friend:  he lets you keep his brand new macro lens (that he just bought yesterday!) until the next time you get together - in April.

Thanks.

Austin, Texas

photographed 1-17-10 

January 16

Lampshade?

Yes, lampshade.

Austin, Texas

photographed 1-16-2010 

January 15

Please, PLEASE don't tell the corals in my saltwater aquarium that I have their dead cousins on display in the living room.......

photographed 1-15-10 

January 14

I hate cold weather. 

This winter has been extra cold - in fact, there are a few places where there's still snow on the ground from the December 23rd storm.  That's just not the way things are supposed to work here in Texas.

I wondered if gazing upon this photograph from the Bahamas might make me feel warmer.... No, it really didn't.

I guess waiting for summer is the best option.

Nassau, Bahamas

photographed May 2008

(I don't remember the exact date, which may or may be directly related to the number of rum-based beverages I consumed.) 

January 13

Yes, indeedy:  even the water tower agrees that the land is level in Levelland.

Levelland, Texas

photographed 1-13-10 

January 12

If this were in color, it would be easy to tell it is a photo of radishes.  The black and white makes it slightly more ambiguous, don't you think?

photographed 1-12-10

January 11

Downtown at night.
Lorenzo, Texas



photographed 1-11-10

January 10

Care to hazard a guess as to what this is?

Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas

photographed 1-10-10

January 9

It was nice to have some sun today coming through the south windows in the living room.

Lubbock, Texas

photographed 1-9-10

January 8

If you are planning a trip to Santa Cruz, California, I can recommend a stay at the Dream Inn - it's on the beach and has a very cool 1960s vibe.

photographed 1-8-10
stayed at the Dream Inn 3-09

January 7

My friend Carlos and I were on one of our periodic photography weekends when we spotted this stained-glass Jesus with stunning blue eyes.

Driftwood United Methodist Church
Driftwood, Texas

photographed 8-8-09

January 6

The pale pink morning light lights the sign at McCulloch Bros, on the south side of Levelland.

Levelland, Texas

photograph taken 1-6-10

January 5

Welcome to Vintage Photo Day here at the blog.

These four farmworkers are my cousins, my sister, and I. As you can see, the three girls in dresses (Dresses? Seriously?) don't seem to be doing any of the work. I wonder how we got my sister (1) to wear pants instead of a dress and (2) to actually pick cotton.

near Earth, Texas

photographed November 1962

January 4

The remains of a blacksmith's shop on Avenue H in Levelland. From the looks of things, I'd guess that blacksmithing isn't quite as lucrative a business as it once was.

Levelland, Texas

photographed 1-4-10

January 3

The reflection of Ightham Mote in the Ightham moat.

Ightham Mote
between Sevenoaks and Borough Green
Kent, United Kingdom

photographed 10-17-07

January 2

Outside of an abandoned house on Mt. Sharp Road in Hays County.

photographed 8-8-09

January 1

Two tenacious leaves.
White River Lake, Texas

photographed 1-1-10

A new beginning

Today starts the second year of my photo-a-day blogs.

When I started last year's project, I wasn't entirely convinced that I could make it through the year, but I was willing to give it a try.  But I did it - made it through the entire year, taking a new photograph every day and posting a black and white version online. (Missed last year's blog?  You can see it here:  365 Photos in 2009)

I am not quite certain what I will do this year.  I don't want to repeat a whole year of black and white photographs, so I thought about posting images from my (considerable) backlog of photographs.  I thought about turning this blog into a forum for a photography project I have in mind called "Scene/Not Seen."  I thought about a lot of other ideas, and I was pretty sure the Right Idea would somehow reveal itself to me.  But, see, here it is already January 1, and I am still not sure what I am going to do, except post one photograph (unless I decide to post more) for every day of the year.

Keep checking back - we will find out together where this year's journey takes me.