My wife and I made a photo expedition to the TTU campus this past weekend and I'll post all the pics here eventually, but first I want to put up an impressionistic harvest of black and white images. Not all of these were from TTU. If I can't get them all in one post I'll do the rest in another. The kids were moving into the dorm rooms when we were there. Kind of an exciting time here in Lubbock, as another semester begins, and the schools prepare for a new school year. TTU sports promise to be bigger than usual this year, and of course, high school football rivalries go on and on... it's those Friday night lights.
Well, I'm amazed! They all went up! Next time I'll do the plain color pics...
I'm trying to complete the batch taken several weekends ago. My wife and I want to get more. We like to take photos in the parts of town most residents don't see, since they spend all of their time in the more prosperous parts of town. But those prosperous areas seem to us to be overcrowded and sterile.
This is where Lubbock has stashed its homeless, out of sight and out of mind. There is a tent city behind the fence. Looks like they've got a crematorium handy, doesn't it? I suspect that will be the FINAL SOLUTION...
Sometimes in Lubbock you see something that appears natural but on close inspection it turns out to be a pile of broken, bulldozed, concrete scrap, overgrown with weeds and scraggly, drought-ravaged trees. And you think, well, that's sort of natural. It doesn't look TOO bad.
This city is home to a very nice couple who own a 1954 Kaiser Darrin. My wife and I photographed that car at a charity street festival in the Buddy Holly district (it is really called the DEPOT DISTRICT) downtown. In fact, there were many sharp hot rods and collectible vintage cars there. I've been intending to post the pics but never got around to it. Well, I'll begin now, and I'll start with some pics of that neat old Kaiser Darrin:
Lubbock has auto enthusiasts, like any other city, and they LOVE their vintage cars! My wife and I like old cars too.
Not all of Lubbock's downtown is a wreck. Here is some preserved old signage, and a funky wall. And I must admit that the local economy is doing very well. It's just that Lubbock is growing to the South and Southwest, and other parts of town are simply left behind.
Well, I'm amazed! They all went up! Next time I'll do the plain color pics...
