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Texas Tech. Lubbock, TX.

2008-05-11T02:30:00.002-05:00

The barn at Texas Tech. Lubbock, TX.

2008-05-09T03:50:00.002-05:00

For the next couple of days I will be posting
some older photos. I took these some months
back on a walking tour of the Texas Tech
campus with my wife, niece and nephew.
These are of the barn that is at the center of
campus. Honestly, you don't expect to find a
barn and grain silo in the middle of a large
university campus but it's definitely a nice
surprise. Read more about it here.

Pink Cloud

2008-04-20T20:19:00.000-05:00

Near Eastland, TX.

first taste of spring

2008-04-05T13:48:00.000-05:00

Lubbock, TX.

Meeting

2008-04-01T17:45:00.000-05:00

Lubbock, TX.

Chain Link Bird

2008-03-30T22:26:00.000-05:00

Abilene Zoo. Abilene, TX.

West on I-20

2008-03-29T17:25:00.001-05:00

Somewhere near Eastland, TX. On the way
back from D/FW.

fore and aft

2008-03-23T00:08:00.000-05:00

giraffe. abilene zoo. tx.

technicolor

2008-03-19T00:42:00.002-05:00

sharpie in watercolor moleskine.

another lubbock sunset.

2008-01-12T23:09:00.001-06:00

, originally uploaded by jcshale.

partial division

2008-01-09T23:01:00.001-06:00

partial division, originally uploaded by jcshale.

an awesome steel grey sky in lubbock. i was on my way to target or something. this was from the car.

Christmas Lights 07

2008-01-09T02:16:00.001-06:00

Christmas Lights 07, originally uploaded by jcshale.

I know there has been a lack of posts this holiday season, heck the whole of last year. Well, it's not exactly a new year's resolution (like dropping 50 lbs), but I am going to try to post a little more regularly. This was one of my favorite Christmas photos. I caught the star as it was about to blink out.

take flight

2008-01-09T01:45:00.001-06:00

take flight, originally uploaded by jcshale.

It sort of reminded me of The Birds. Except this time it was in Lubbock, and in the Toys 'r Us parking lot. Really surreal. I took a lot of pictures of them, but this was by far the best.

fountain

2007-12-29T23:35:00.000-06:00

Fountain
Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago, Il.

skull

2007-12-21T23:05:00.000-06:00

Nikki in the Garden, Chicago, IL.
Chair sculpture detail.

Firkin Des Moines

2007-12-18T13:42:00.000-06:00

1) Some restaurant near our hotel in West Des
Moines/Clive, Iowa. Went for a workshop for
work, other than the downtown or the capitol
at night, we didn't see much of Des Moines.
Here we abandoned our goal of trying the local
cuisine and ate at Macaroni Grill and Texas
Roadhouse (don't ask). We didn't eat here though,
but we had to get a picture of the sign. My new
epithet replacement.
2) A convenience store chain that we saw through
Iowa, Nebraska, and Missouri.

Somewhere in Middle America

2007-12-13T22:46:00.000-06:00

Omaha - The Counting Crows
None of the pictures that we took of Omaha
were really decent except this one. I would like
to go back and spend some time downtown.
We passed the Orpheum Theatre the morning
after Wilco played. That would have been an
awesome show. If only we'd stayed the night in
Omaha instead of Lincoln. If only we'd known
about the show. Oh well, next time then.

electric light

2007-12-08T23:40:00.000-06:00

Parking lot lamp, Lubbock.

sunset spectacular

2007-12-06T01:05:00.001-06:00

all we are is dust in the wind

2007-12-05T23:53:00.000-06:00

Corny, I know. But it's what comes to mind
when I think of Kansas. It's funny, but when I
was driving through, I never thought of that
song once. Or Carry On My Wayward Song, the
only two Kansas songs I know. The second
picture is from a town named Lindsborg, KS.
We stopped as we were passing through, our only
stop in the state. It's nicknamed "Little Sweden"
and we were a day early for their annual festival.
We had some Ligonberry squares and some other
pastry, watched the high school kids practice
going around the maypole, and looked at all the
small painted plaster horse sculptures that are
their symbol. It was nice. That was almost two
months ago. I can't wait to go on another road
trip.

Red Riding Hood

2007-11-30T21:11:00.000-06:00

Ponca City, OK

Cross

2007-11-28T04:26:00.000-06:00

Cross Monument
Groom, TX

Cross Monument Texture

2007-11-18T13:29:00.000-06:00

Cross Monument
Groom, TX

Portrait of Christ

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Giant Cross Monument
Groom, TX

A Nighttime Moon

2007-11-12T02:04:00.000-06:00

Lit up like the day light.
West Texas

Primary Colors

2007-11-11T00:21:00.000-06:00

Merry Go Round
West Texas

Young Halloween

2007-11-07T23:52:00.001-06:00

One week late, to the day. So I'm slow. Sue me.

a morning sky

2007-10-31T10:38:00.000-05:00

Lubbock, TX.

down the dirt road

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Home.

wall and shade

2007-10-04T22:40:00.000-05:00

Lubbock, TX.

2007-09-27T12:38:00.000-05:00

Lubbock, TX.

in the garage

2007-09-22T00:21:00.000-05:00

West Texas.
My weekend routine.

tree line

2007-09-20T23:03:00.000-05:00

Home. West Texas.

curtains

2007-09-17T22:23:00.000-05:00

Lubbock, TX.

pumpjack

2007-09-16T21:23:00.000-05:00

auction nite

2007-09-14T03:36:00.000-05:00

stalk

2007-09-10T01:33:00.000-05:00

Out in the country somewhere. West Texas.

inverted rainbow

2007-09-08T00:20:00.000-05:00

Home.
This was how it appeared, just brightened it
ever so slightly in PictureProject. No rain or
storms that day, just a little moisture in the
atmosphere, apparently.

ramon noodle

2007-09-06T22:14:00.000-05:00

Out in the country. North of town.
West Texas.

in motion

2007-09-05T19:56:00.000-05:00

Home. West Texas.

grain

2007-09-04T20:44:00.000-05:00

Near home. West Texas.

the road

2007-09-03T23:18:00.000-05:00

Home. West Texas.

reflections

2007-09-02T02:08:00.000-05:00

Horseshoe Bay, TX.

transformer

2007-09-01T13:11:00.000-05:00

Horseshoe Bay, TX.

tree blur

2007-08-31T13:54:00.000-05:00

Horseshoe Bay, TX.

Stop and Go

2007-08-30T21:05:00.000-05:00

Home. West Texas.

curtains part

2007-08-29T22:00:00.000-05:00

Horseshoe Bay, TX.

let me in

2007-08-28T16:16:00.000-05:00

Horseshoe Bay, TX.

I haven't been taking quite so many pictures lately.
This is from a family vacation and is the result of
an effort to take more "people" pictures. This is
one of my brothers, after we locked the door.

clothes line impromptu

2007-08-26T12:43:00.001-05:00

Horseshoe Bay, TX.

Bottom of the Hill

2007-08-25T19:20:00.000-05:00

Lake LBJ, TX.

the lake house

2007-08-24T19:53:00.000-05:00

Horseshoe Bay, TX.
The house we rented off Lake
LBJ or something. There are a
few lakes around here with a
couple of rivers running in and
out of them, in the Hill Country of
Texas.

a storm-tossed sky

2007-08-24T02:24:00.000-05:00

Home. Somewhere, West Texas.

Crossing

2007-08-22T15:00:00.000-05:00

my youngest brother. he fits right in here with
his UT shirt. sigh. i work in red raider land.
he looks like he's about to do something historic.
instead, he's casting with no hopes of catching
anything. except a mosquito bite.

Cloud

2007-08-21T01:24:00.000-05:00

Horseshoe Bay, TX.

Towel

2007-08-19T21:43:00.000-05:00

Horseshoe Bay, TX.

at her table

2007-08-19T01:09:00.000-05:00

big spring, tx.

2007-08-17T23:11:00.000-05:00

another sunset at home.

sunflowers on either side

2007-08-15T13:13:00.000-05:00

home.

binoculars

2007-08-12T03:38:00.000-05:00

Mom. Horseshoe Bay, TX.

yellow clouds

2007-08-11T13:06:00.000-05:00

home

#2

2007-08-09T20:32:00.000-05:00

horseshoe bay, tx.

sunflower field

2007-08-08T22:43:00.000-05:00

drop-off point

2007-08-08T02:37:00.000-05:00

Downtown Duo

2007-08-07T12:30:00.000-05:00

lightpole

2007-08-03T01:48:00.000-05:00

fireside conference

2007-07-29T19:03:00.000-05:00

spirit fingers

2007-07-28T18:58:00.000-05:00

Rooflines

2007-07-27T05:44:00.000-05:00

star

2007-07-25T15:45:00.000-05:00

Tree stump on my front porch, cut from the yard.
I love the design.

fire pit moon

2007-07-24T13:58:00.000-05:00

From the edge of winter, first blast of spring.
It still was cold then. Will it be again? Ahhh.
Fall. That's what all good West Texans long
for. Or at least I do.

the great escape

2007-07-23T22:40:00.000-05:00

Streets of San Antonio

2007-07-23T10:57:00.000-05:00

Perch

2007-07-23T00:16:00.000-05:00

The Saddest Days....

2007-07-22T23:43:00.000-05:00

The saddest days, or at least the most mood dampening (outside of something serious), are the days when I leave my camera at home. Thirty miles down the road is the cutoff point. It's a bit depressing because we leave home and head the two hours to Lubbock and don't come back for three days. It's those days when I see the world through the camera, without the camera, and I never take the best pictures ever. Sad, isn't it? Not really, when you think that it just shows how much the eye is developing and the new way in which you see the world. When you have the camera, you're hungry to take pictures. Absolutely shutter ravenous, but wind up with utter crap at least half the time. Without it, you're relaxed, you don't have the black beast in your hand, and it frees you up creatively. I guess the lesson learned is just to relax, to take your time and to think about what you're doing. With film, you only have a finite amount of shots, unless you're independently wealthy. The opposite is true in digital, you shoot until you fill up your memory card and then delete and shoot again. So. Remember you're camera, but take your time. Of course I'm talking to myself here. You all have learned the lesson long ago, this is just a reminder....and a realization. For no one else, but me.

2007-07-21T04:06:00.001-05:00

San Antonio, TX.

golden pineapple

2007-07-20T13:43:00.000-05:00

Lamp in hotel room. Lubbock, TX.

scenes from the alamo

2007-07-19T16:34:00.000-05:00

On a family trip, we made a quick sunday stop
at the Alamo. It was cool to reconnect with an
important piece of Texas history.

do not obstruct

2007-07-18T16:07:00.000-05:00

The Riverwalk. San Antonio, TX.

that lonesome plains sound

2007-07-17T18:20:00.000-05:00

Post, TX.

from the 4th

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Home.

2007-07-16T15:25:00.001-05:00

San Antonio, TX.

brick and hedge

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Lubbock, TX.

in between storms

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Lubbock, TX.

Sunset on Broadway

2007-07-12T03:03:00.001-05:00

Sweetwater, TX.

The Lance

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052707

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Bus Shed

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ah, the setting sun

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red light come quick

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Dealership

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04212007

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At Last Light

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View from the country. Near Shallowater, TX.

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The back of the shed which, coincidentally, is in the back.

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Down the alley.

2007-01-17T12:02:00.000-06:00

The backyard, before the snow.

#394 (Sunset)

2007-01-12T01:21:00.000-06:00