Beyond The Eyesore

These are all pics of things in the same general area as the old tin building I put up yesterday. We are kind of looking around up and down Avenue L before we move toward I-27, to the east.

An Eyesore In Central Lubbock

On the other hand, even though it is sort of an eyesore in this neighborhood, I like stuff like this and it is actually in better shape than some of the houses! You can see this on Avenue L. It used to be storage for "Rainbo Bread", and then LISD used it, and now it just seems to be abandoned. While I was photographing it, with my wife safely in my car and ready to flee if necessary, a woman in the neighborhood shouted at me and told me she was going to call the police! "I'm going to call the police," she said. Why, I wondered. At any rate, I got my pics.

For all I know, there really is a law against photographing things like this!

What Rain Will Do

Before I get into the main photo series, I just want to post a few pics to show what a little rain will do for this area. We revisited the "hidden" playa lake and it was FULL. And stuff starts growing...

 

No Pics Yet

It's been raining constantly and various other considerations have prevented us from getting out and getting photos until recently. I have a batch that needs to be re-sized to fit this blog, however, taken with a $2 HP Photosmart I found at an estate sale. This little camera even contained a 1 gig SD card. I tried it out this past weekend and found that it takes good pics. I retired two older point-and-shoot cameras. Now I have: the Nikon D200 for the best work, a very good Canon point-and-shoot (eBay, about $35), a pretty decent little Sony (eBay, about $20), and the little HP. And we always have my wife's iphone. With these cameras, I think I am ready for anything. They all have advantages and disadvantages and some work better than others under certain conditions, but I feel they make a good photographic tool kit. I hope to have new pics here soon.

Let's Finish This Series

While it rains on the plains once again, and I'm not complaining about that, let's try to complete this latest little Lubbock photo series.

These are specimens of local weeds, the sort of stuff that will take over your yard if you aren't on top of things.