October 31, 2010

super service drive in

yeso, new mexico

There wasn't enough traffic along US 60 to keep the Super Service Drive In busy - nor any of the other businesses in this town halfway between Vaughn and Ft. Sumner. Established in 1906 with the coming of the railroad, the town "went" after about 30 years. This posting is apropos for Halloween - a google-search of "Yeso" mentions its status as a ghost town. Maybe the Super Service Drive In still caters to passing souls.

October 30, 2010

fort union

Fort Union was established along the Santa Fe Trail after the Civil War in 1869. Today the National Monument outside Las Vegas, New Mexico evokes the spirit of the past with the adobe ruins and relics of the western frontier.

October 29, 2010

pueblo ladder

Tsankawi section of the Bandelier National Monument near Los Alamos

(Photo workshop with Craig Varjabedian, Eloquent Light out of Santa Fe)

October 28, 2010

georgia o'keeffe country

Ghost Ranch was originally a dude ranch in the 1930s where Georgia O'Keeffe owned a small adobe house and marveled at the colors in the "bad lands." Ghost Ranch is a few miles north of Abiquiu in the Chama Valley. Abiquiu village was "closed" because of all the equipment, traffic and hubbub of movie filming -- I think "Cowboys and Aliens" but I didn't catch a glimpse of Harrison Ford. Today Ghost Ranch is a Presbyterian conference center but the colors and the mesas remain.

October 27, 2010

old galisteo cemetery

along the Turquiose Trail in Galisteo on the way to Santa Fe

October 26, 2010

scarecrow soiree

A brigade of burlap-faced scarecrows lines up outside the Lubbock Arboretum. Their job last weekend was to greet visitors to the Pumpkin Trail. Today the scarecrows are smiling in the sunshine; what will the moon of Hallow's Eve turn them into?

October 25, 2010

as the leaf turns

I spent the weekend with my old friends Robitussin, Sudafed and Musinex -- hence no new photos taken nor posted. I felt as drab and drear as this fallen leaf -- buffeted by today's gusty, dusty winds.

To fill in the spaces, I've posted rejects from my entries into the annual High and Dry Photography Exhibit hosted by the Texas Tech International Cultural Center featuring the lands and people of the world's semi-arid lands. This year, the letter informs me that one of my entries has been selected from the hundreds received and will be exhibited.

October 24, 2010

water improvement project

Model, Colorado

October 23, 2010

looking toward Mexico

Scenic outlook at El Paso overlooking Juarez

October 22, 2010

sign says it all

somewhere between Hartley and Channing in the Texas Panhandle

October 21, 2010

inclement weather

Rain puts a damper on partying on the patio in Depot Alley, which connects the nightspots in the Depot District, Lubbock's entertainment mecca for those whose party time begins at others' bedtime.

October 20, 2010

tgif's at dfw

Waiting for the plane

October 19, 2010

park bench

early morning on the campus of Tarrant County Resource Center

October 18, 2010

waiting for ground transport

While at DFW airport waiting for ground transport, I really wanted the Yellow Cab to be at the front of the line--but, alas, the taxi line at Terminal B where the puddle-jumpers from Lubbock and Amarillo land moves very slowly.

October 17, 2010

juncture of politics and religion

The resident on Elmwood Avenue uses the 66th Street side of his fence to support his party candidates. He took offense at removal and vandalism of the signs and posted his own admonishment.

October 16, 2010

twinkle lights aren't just for christmas

United Market Street

50th and Indiana

Lubbock Texas

October 15, 2010

bob mills lake

Motorists hurry along Spur 289 toward Wolfforth unaware of the beauty off the roadside by Bob Mills Furniture. A West Texas sunset transforms a weedy, water-filled excavation hole into a shimmering lake.

October 14, 2010

international harvester

For years International Harvester was the industry leader in agricultural equipment. This truck is delivering the fall harvest of grapes to McPherson Winery.

*Technical Delay: Like a diligent laptop user, I did the "upgrades" thing which then zapped my Internet Explorer. I learned that is a common problem - which begs the question -- if it is common why isn't it solved or at least come with a warning and a solution? Thanks to a computer-savvy young man, my dueling firewalls are disarmed.

October 13, 2010

symbols of the season

Plains Capital Bank

50th and University

Lubbock Texas

October 12, 2010

reflections of an urban sunset

a nice fall evening

McPherson Winery

1615 Texas Avenue

Lubbock Texas

October 11, 2010

chrysanthemum

the flower of fall

October 10, 2010

orange tabby

The eloquently and aptly named "Cat" has the whole farm at Hale Center as her domain. She lives in the barn with running water and mice. Cat was best friends with Big Dog but he disappeared a few months ago. Cat has the better survival skills.

October 9, 2010

glider pilot veteran

The dedication of the historical marker at the South Plains Army Air Field coincided with the annual reunion of World War II glider pilots, many who trained in Lubbock for their combat missions in Normandy, Southern France, Rhine Crossing, Luzon, Burma.

October 8, 2010

G is for GUTS

The Silent Wings Museum in Lubbock, Texas at the site of the World War II training field for glider pilots is host for the annual reunion of the few pilots remaining from the original 6,000 military volunteers who flew beyond enemy lines in a light-weight, fabric-covered, motorless aircraft on a one-way mission. The oral histories offered by these veterans are amazing.

October 7, 2010

pirate pumpkin

The jury is still out on the pirate coach's appeal. Trick or treat?

October 6, 2010

october star

First United Bank
66th and Frankford
Lubbock Texas

October 5, 2010

orange

Orange is the color of October - gerber from my garden.

October 4, 2010

ghostly gourds

Designer genetics for gourds is just wrong. Pumpkins are orange!

October 3, 2010

john deere green

Across the South Plains farmers are readying their equipment for cotton harvest. That means repairing and sprucing up the strippers, boll buggies and module builders.

October 2, 2010

" only God can make a tree"

Joyce Kilmer

October 1, 2010

model

The Life Drawers meet every Friday morning at the Lubbock Garden & Arts Center to practice portraiture with a live model.