nightlifeAt the red light at the intersection of Business 290 and FM 2920 in Waller, Texas (population 2092) is the Taqueria San Luis, conveniently located near the payphone and the beer/convenience store.
January 29, 2011
treasure troveAcross the street from the Page General Store and Post Office and next door to the New Home Laundromat is 112 Main--a building with no sign. However, inside is a treasure trove of collectibles from a Sears tricycle, a New Yorker yellow cab, John Deere tractor to other vintage riding toys. A collection of decorative tins lines one wall, just behind the post office window and boxes. Wonder if my friend Don knows about this place?
112 Main (FM 211)
New Home, Texas
New Home, Texas
January 28, 2011
slide arenaMost Lubbock residents think Slide Road goes to the mall, but Slide Road (Farm-to-Market 1730) actually goes to the community of Slide. Settled in 1910 in south Lubbock County where Slide and 210th Street would be, Slide had a post office and several businesses; today's population is maybe 40. Along the way is the defunct Slide Arena, which is now just a cowpen. The cattle are unperturbed by the toadstool-shaped sunshades which offered protection to the spectators at by-gone ropings.
January 27, 2011
January 26, 2011
January 24, 2011
January 23, 2011
Center ChurchAt the intersection of Country Road 5300 and Farm Road 2902 in the midst of cotton fields in northern Lubbock County stands a small, stucco church. Built in 1925, the building was a rural community center about equidistant between Becton, Abernathy and New Deal. Services are still held there today. Daddy let me practice my driving skills going back and forth to Sunday services and Wednesday night prayer meeting in Mother's 1961 Chevrolet station wagon.
January 22, 2011
January 21, 2011
majorettesCan you identify these twirlers?
Hints:
1. Shot on Ektachrome slide film with Agfa 35mm camera
2. Metallic boy short costumes worn with sneakers were a change from the green velveteen, full-skirted, rabbit-fur trimmed dresses worn with white boots (and handed down over the years)
3. Green and gold school colors
4. 1960s teased flip hairstyle
4. 1960s teased flip hairstyle
January 20, 2011
mission san antonio de valero1718
The Alamo by dawn's early light
January 19, 2011
mission san Francisco de la espada1731
January 18, 2011
mission san juan1731
In the1700s five missions were established along the San Antonio River. Today the missions are part of a national park. I've had images from several trips to San Antonio waiting in a "to do" folder.
January 17, 2011
January 16, 2011
tribute to the tail finTen upended Cadillacs form a tourist attraction just outside Amarillo, Texas on Interstate 40--the old Route 66. Planted in 1974 by a group of hippies funded by billionaire Stanley Marsh, the "public art" display is a must-see, if only once. Though stripped and rusted, the chassises still pull in the visitors and their spray paint cans.
9.6.2009
January 14, 2011
January 13, 2011
bonfireMore poignant than the granite blocks and portals of the Bonfire Memorial at Texas A&M
was the inscribed hardhat.
was the inscribed hardhat.
January 12, 2011
January 11, 2011
novelle cuisineUpscale dining experience:
Lump crab cake topped with shredded potatoes and four-leaf clovers served with truffle risotto
Veritas Wine and Bistro
College Station, Texas
College Station, Texas
January 10, 2011
January 9, 2011
January 8, 2011
access roadLate evening, as we were checking out the new pivot installed on the "airport" farm at I-27 and Keuka, the light changed. Today's sky and clouds were wonderful ahead of the predicted Arctic front. Then, for a short period of time, there was this great compressed light turning everything golden... and my scenic options were limited to the interstate access road, the bar ditch and telephone poles.
January 7, 2011
first friday art trailTonight was the grand opening for Studio Flats at the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts. This new addition to the art facility is composed of four live/work artist residences. The Jeff Wheeler Farm to Markets Arts Studio hosted artwork by Joe Ely, noted musician from Lubbock. The Studio Flats, 1010 Mac Davis Lane, are next to the Ice House which was the former Borden Milk Company building. Wonder how many people in tonight's crowd besides me had visited Elsie the Cow in this exact spot?
elm treeAs Captain Marcy crossed the Texas Llano Estacado in 1849, he wrote "nary a tree.. not a shrub..nothing to go by" - a sentiment also noted by Coronado in his journey 300 years earlier. Lubbock's location on the "staked" plains has been described as a treeless expanse. Early settlers planted trees and the Chinese elm survived the arid conditions. Today Lubbock has trees and 100-year elms are still to be found.
January 5, 2011
gulf oilFellow photographer MGH posted an image of this derelict building on her website a few days ago. As we wander around neighboring towns, we all see the same sights. I was impressed with her photo (how did she do that?) and dug out my shots from last September. The sliders on curves add artistic flair but I like Melinda's better.
Gulf Oil
Railroad Avenue
Slaton, Texas
Railroad Avenue
Slaton, Texas
January 4, 2011
January 2, 2011
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