Continuing July 4th 2017 In Lubbock, Texas

On or about July 4th, plus or minus one day. Hot and humid. It had rained a lot before the day of big celebrations.

There was plenty of evidence of that rain in McKenzie Park, where the fireworks display was scheduled. McKenzie Park has been known to flood, in fact.

And yet, folks were setting up tents, getting ready for the big event.

 There is stuff to photograph all around the park, like the old and abandoned hamburger stand.

 You find old agricultural equipment.

 In the park, the usual tents and a big stage.

We like this old stuff.

I exercised my best camera.

We moved on, to Mae Simmons Park, then went home. It would come to pass that the fireworks would be cancelled due to thunderstorms-- a rain event put the kibosh on the celebrations in 2017.
At home, we enjoyed our garden.

Our sunflowers attracted birds. The moon was just there. I was just experimenting more with the new lens I got for the NIKON.  I was zooming and booming.

If sunflowers were good enough for those early impressionists, they are certainly good enough for me.

 The moon was a distraction.

More of this next time.

July 4th, 2017, In Lubbock, Texas

Actually, a few days before and a few days after, but centered on July 4th. What I photographed were not so much the events but the preparations for the events, and then the aftermath of the events. And some personal stuff, like our garden, which did well this summer.

These were preparations for the big street dance.

But it got rained out!

When we took these pics, it did not look very threatening.

It was very hot and very humid!

Downtown Lubbock.

Verrrry patriotic... we turned our attention to McKenzie Park, where there was a HUGE fireworks extravaganza planned, with live music!! We will look at that next time I update.