I’ve written before about passing through Clarendon, Texas, on our travels to and from the Dallas-Fort Worth area. I never manage to shoot very many photos because our stops are so brief — but this time we actually did spend a night in town. Unfortunately, the wind was pretty much howling and the chilly evening temperatures didn’t encourage much exploring […]
Although I’ve never read any of Larry McMurtry‘s books and never watched the Lonesome Dove TV series, I had enough awareness of them to enjoy the intersection of fiction and reality found at this historic cemetery in Weatherford, Texas (about an hour’s drive west from where we are staying). The main characters of McMurtry’s novels are said to be loosely […]
There’s always so much beautiful scenery along Interstate 40 in Arizona. Much of it I don’t manage to shoot because I’m driving and don’t really want to stop every few minutes. But once the Big Guy takes over driving in the afternoon, I can point my camera at whatever I like.
My previous post took so much out of me that I haven’t felt much like posting anything for the past week. Things may get a bit irregular again this week, as I’m in the process of relocating; but I’d like to start out with something a lot more cheerful than an old, deserted farmhouse! These are some photos I shot […]
I’m so glad my curiosity led me to explore this tiny oasis of redwood forest in the middle of Fort Bragg, California, last November. Although it’s relatively small, this park is a priceless gem for anyone wishing to escape for a few minutes and soak in the sights, sounds, and smells of the coastal rain forest: nature at its most […]
Today I have a few more pictures of the interior of the old farmhouse near Manchester Beach in Mendocino County. These images were all shot with my phone, although as I went deeper inside I discovered that my best results came with using my phone’s flashlight in combination with the flash on my Fujifilm camera. At the moment, however, the […]
It was many years ago now that I first spotted this small church building in Roanoke, Texas. It looked strangely out of place, perched in a narrow wedge with new neighborhoods of large houses on one side and the big multi-lane Northwest Highway (State Highway 114) on the other. I was certain the building must have a story, but for […]
A couple of years ago when I first noticed this large sign next to U.S. 101 in Ukiah a wave of nostalgia washed over me. I just knew I had seen it before, in an entirely different location — namely the Sacramento area. It was one of those random childhood memories that leaps out at me when I least expect […]
In my next post in this short series I’ll be focusing on the farmhouse located in the same general area near Manchester Beach; but for today I have more shots from both of the empty houses sitting perched on the bluff above the 5-mile-long beach, near Alder Creek. I can only try to imagine the luxury and comfort that once […]