November 11

Fall is coming...and the flowers are fading.

Davis Mountains State Park, Texas

November 10

Railing beside the pool, Balmorhea State Park.

Toyahvale, Texas

November 9

Indian Lodge
Davis Mountains State Park 


One of my favorite places.

photographed 9.2004

November 8

Taken at the National Ranching Heritage Center

Lubbock, Texas

photographed 7.3.2009

November 7

I guess I am not too sure about the theological implications of having a basketball court just next to the graveyard, but it is a nice touch.  I think.

behind Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church
Frankenstein, Missouri


photographed 6.19.2006

November 6

The remains of a building
Red Oak, Texas

photographed 7.26.2008
Photography Weekend

November 5

Detail, cabinet by Doug Ricketts.  Through the end of the month, you can see the piece at Art on Texas Gallery, 1506 Texas Avenue, Lubbock. 

Lubbock, Texas

November 4

South of McCamey, Texas

photographed 8.27.2009

November 3

Warehouse District
New Orleans


photographed 4.10.2010

November 2

Here are some things I don't know:
1.  Where this newspaper clipping came from
2.  How long I have had it
3.  Why I kept it in the first place
4.  What a "pocket king" could possibly refer to

and, mainly,

5.  Why that headline makes me laugh


My office bulletin board
Lubbock, Texas

November 1

Day One of National Novel Writing Month.

My novel is based upon an event that happened in April 2010 in Brownfield, Texas, and that I have not been able to get out of my mind since.

The goal is to have a 50,000 word novel completed by midnight, November 30.

You know where I'll be this month.


Lubbock, Texas

October 31

Would it have been wrong for me to pick out the candy that I liked best before the trick or treaters arrived?

Lubbock, Texas

October 30

Late afternoon
St. Pete Beach, Florida

photographed 10.24.2010

October 29

Uh, sorry.  This is the result of a Dali hangover from yesterday.

The Holiday Motel
St. Petersburg, Florida

October 28

You didn't REALLY think I could post a photo taken from the front of the Salvador Dali Museum and not do some crazy things to it, did you?

St. Petersburg, Florida

October 27

The Chihuly chandelier

Renaissance Vinoy Hotel
St. Petersburg, Florida

October 26

A confection of a building

downtown St. Petersburg, Florida

October 25

 

A hole in the clouds above Tampa Bay

along the St. Petersburg Pier

St. Petersburg, Florida 

October 24

The beach and the Don CeSar Hotel

St. Pete Beach, Florida

October 23

A Chihuly installation and the tower at the Renaissance Vinoy Hotel

St. Petersburg, Florida

Where have I been?

I have been gone since Saturday, at a conference.

But don't worry - I took photographs while I was gone and will be posting them upon my return.

Aren't you SO excited at this news?

October 22

Sometimes, you see something that is unbelievable, and you just can't stop thinking about it.  You wish that you'd stopped to take a picture, mostly to prove to yourself, later, that you really DID see what you thought you saw.

I saw this yard full of vacuum cleaners in Denver.  Didn't take a picture.  Ate lunch.  Drove around.  Thought about the yard full of vacuum cleaners.  Went back.  Took a picture.

But I still can't explain why they are there - there wasn't a garage sale sign, and no one seemed to be monitoring the appliances.  

I think my favorite part is that two of them are elevated, perched on plastic boxes.  I want to think they are the best vacuums (however one might judge that) and earned the right to spend the day two feet higher than the rest.

Somewhere in Denver, Colorado

photographed 6.20.2008

October 21

If you are lucky enough to see the full moon this month, remember that some Native Americans refer to it as the Dying Grass Moon.

Notes in my writing studio
Lubbock, Texas

October 20

[INSERT YOUR OWN JOKE HERE]

at the grocery store

Little Cayman Island

photographed 7.10.10 

October 19

Hello, and welcome to One Year Ago day here at the blog.

One year ago, I was at Windbreak House on a writing retreat.  

While on a break from writing, I found this very tall, mostly dead cottonwood tree.

Windbreak House

near Hermosa, South Dakota

photographed 10.19.2009

October 18

Sometimes, the scenery is behind you.

Somewhere along the road between Levelland and Crosbyton (but closer to Crosbyton)

PS - That's cotton, not snow.

October 17

Camels!
Buffalo!!
A giant red gun!!!

They've got it all.

South Slide Road
Lubbock County, Texas

October 16

I was doing some research today*, in Brownfield**, and saw this at the intersection of FM 168 and US 380, in Terry County.

My favorite part:  the way the dead tree, the old shack, and the live tree are all leaning to the north, having spent their lives pushed that way by the wind.

Terry County, Texas

*Really.
**Where would YOU go for research?

October 15

This is shocking news:  I cooked dinner tonight.

(I'll wait while you regain your breath......)

OK, to continue:

I made a mélange of chicken sausage, onions, tomatoes, spaghetti squash, garlic, and these fabulous fat green olives.

Yum.

My kitchen
Lubbock, Texas

October 14

NM 28
Chamberino, New Mexico

photographed 5.2.2010