The Annual South Plains Fair

But first, dead roses in the sink-- I just wanted to try something different.

And NOW the Southplains Fair. We didn't find the food booths open on the first day of the event. Only a few were in business, even as late as noon. Seems to us that it was a missed opportunity for revenue. The volunteer organizations are probably hurting for volunteers.

The rest of it was what we have come to expect.

It was a nice enough day for it.

We don't do rides.

The carnies call this stuff "slum". It's what they give away.

We will finish the fair next time, and move on to more of Lubbock's alleys. 




 

Lubbock's Illegal Dumping

Truly, you can find this kind of stuff all over town, but on the East Side it is much worse. And the stuff stays and stays. Is it even reported? We don't report it because we don't live there, but maybe we should. But then, what would we have to photograph?

Fields of dreams? What dreams?

I just realized that we could report this stuff in terms of gps coordinates. Would anyone in the city be equipped to use that information? Would Solid Waste actually come out to collect this junk? We'll try it someday.

 Time to move on.

Time for more Lubbock Industry On Parade! Hear the groans of big machines.

Actually, it was dead silent out here. 

Just look at the power infrastructure, to support this industrial zone. And yet, not much of anything appears to be happening. This industrial zone seems to be mostly dead. Next time, we'll try something completely different, in the nature of a camera experiment, and then we move on to other parts of Lubbock, and other events in Lubbock.