May 31

Close City School, estab. 1919,
subsequently abandoned

Garza County, Texas

May 30

The road takes a straight line to the fire, which looks like the end of the world.

near Ballenger, Texas

May 29

Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center
Austin, Texas

May 28

Sunset over Lake Austin

May 27

You KNEW it.  You knew I'd put another sky picture in here before too much longer.

You were right.

Austin, Texas

May 26

 















(Nearly) full moon over Dell Diamond

Round Rock, Texas

The reason you want to purchase beer in a bottle instead of a cup:  it can also hold your pretzel.

May 25

Doubletree Hotel
Austin, Texas

May 24

I don't know - does this make me a dork?  

I am in Austin, so the first thing I do with my free time is to drive to Book People to purchase a bag o' books.  The second thing I do is to sit outside the store and start reading one of them.

Dork-like behavior, or not?

Deck, outside Book People
Austin, Texas

PS - I started reading The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint, by Brady Udall.  Here's the first sentence:

If I could tell you only one thing about my life it would be this: when I was seven years old the mailman ran over my head.

Based on that beginning, I am holding out very high hopes for the rest of the book.
 

May 23

Ranch Road 312
Llano County, Texas

May 22

Deserted farm

US 385

Lamb County, Texas

May 21

Yucca flowers and sunset

Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas

May 20

Perhaps this wall could benefit from a new coat of paint.

near North Lake Avenue and Highway 430
Littlefield, Texas

May 19

 


















Back to another sky photo - what IS it with me lately?

I love the way the old building and the bright sky are the same color!

Chamberino, New Mexico

photographed 5.1.2010

May 18

Look!  It's NOT a photograph of the sky.

It's a flower on the red Texas sage.

My backyard

Lubbock, Texas

(shot with sage lens)

May 17

 

























I probably don't have to point this out, but I sort of have a thing for the sky.

US 62/82, just west of Lorenzo, Texas

May 16

Lake water reflects the white of the clouds.

White River Lake, Texas

May 15

Illustration, above:  the major components of a writing retreat.

White River Lake, Texas

May 14

A small "weather event" over Wolfforth this afternoon.

May 13

Crickets Avenue, downtown Lubbock

May 12

When I left home this morning, I was planning on scouting out an interesting word or two on a wall somewhere in Levelland in order to continue the little theme week I had going.

But when I drove through this interesting weather system, I decided that the theme week was over.

There were these bands of clouds and mist and then a band of sun then another one of clouds and mist - it went on like that for several miles.  Maybe it was similar to driving through Saturn's rings?

Lovebird Road* and FM 1585
Hockley County, Texas

* Really.  That's what it's called:

May 11

OK then.

Lubbock Area Veterans War Memorial

photographed 1.23.2010

May 10

A sign painted on a building in Buffalo Gap, Texas.  I will let you reach your own conclusions....


photographed 4.2.2010

May 9

Friday's purple iris, today.

Lubbock, Texas

May 8

Four apples, with water

My sink
Lubbock, Texas

May 7

I am very fond of these two pieces of raku-fired pottery, titled "Recycled" (on the left) and "Recycled Two."

And I think I would like them even if the artist weren't my son.

Texas Tech University College of Architecture
Lubbock, Texas

May 6

OK, so the road's official name is "Hawk Road" but in my (feeble)(increasingly) mind, it is called "that dirt road with one tree."  I guess that wouldn't fit on a sign very well.

FM 1585, where it intersects That Dirt Road With One Tree
Hockley County, Texas

May 5

I love this quilt.

I found it after my mom passed away; it is too bad that I don't know its story but it is obvious from the worn fabric that I am not the first person to have loved it.

Maybe that bright blue was a dress my mom had as a young woman, or perhaps the pink-with-red-dots that's worn nearly away was a summer nightgown.  And who quilted those tiny stitches?

I keep the quilt on the sofa in the living room; at night when I can't sleep, I pull it close and think about all the colors, the fabric, the care that went into it.

I love this quilt.

Lubbock, Texas

May 4

Two rows of pecan trees in the 3,200 acre orchard.

I love the way the branches NEARLY touch, leaving that thin line of sky.


Stahmann Orchard
near San Miguel, New Mexico
along Highway 28 - it's worth the drive!

photographed 5.1.2010

May 3

A door, a gate, and a trashcan.

Mesilla, New Mexico

photographed 5.1.2010

May 2

Concordia Cemetery
El Paso, Texas

May 1

Clouds and sand
White Sands National Monument, New Mexico

April 30

Side entrance
La Mesa, New Mexico