a taste of winter...

I seem to have taken several photos over the last couple of days of our first "real" taste of winter.  I was looking for a photo that portrayed a desolate/cold look.  This look is sometimes hard to do in a city environment.  These two photos seem to fit the bill.  It is always amazing how you can take such a simple subject and make a photo. Came upon this scene today while driving Sherri and  her twin sister around shopping.  I dropped them off and drove back behind the store and took these two pictures with my Leica. Really wanted to capture this scene using instant film.  Unfortunately the temperatures made it very difficult to use this type of film. Will see if I can salvage and post them later.

one more colored snow picture

this one is a little blurry because of the falling snow, but the leaning building and the door set it apart as a keeper.  was driving around the neighborhoods in north greenville looking for something interesting to photograph.  saw this building in the back yard of a house behind a chain linked fence.  had to stand up in my rover through the moon roof to get my camera above the chain link fence line.  i guess it goes to show that you sometimes have to do something different to capture the image (especially when you are short)...

colored snow...

Not your normal colored snow...  Noticed a few things while driving around in Greenville's white winter blanket today.  The colors really stood out!  I was by myself in the rover, so I stopped often and took pictures (yes, I keep a camera in my rover)...

It's lonely out there...

Another picture from nowhere.  That seems to be one of my favorite things to do.  I remember being out in the middle of nowhere, walking through another cemetary with prairie grass and mesquite trees (and let's not forget the occasional headstone).  So I was not exactly in an area where you would expect a phone call.  Absolute quiet; the only noise was the wind.  My cell phone ringtone blares an intro to the David Crowder song "Everybody wants to go to heaven... but nobody wants to die".  It was as if someone jumped out of the grave next to me.  It was Sherri (on the phone, not in the grave), calling to see if I was ok...

The Handshake

An image with such character... You can see it has weathered time and the harsh Texas weather, but not without it's blemishes. It is actually part of a headstone from the Reobeth Cemetary in Fannin County. This image was common on older headstones. It is interesting to see that someone would put this on their headstone. Possible represents their honesty or integrity? But it leaves alot to your imagination...

Is anybody home?

Taken right off from a Farm-to-Market road near Childress, TX. The contrast between the colors makes the picture. Unfortunately, there are lots of old abandoned homes in this area. Makes you wonder what this home looked like when it was built new...

Remember me?

Another photo taken in the cemetary in Loco, TX in 2007. A temporary grave marker that is missing the name. This is sad! Is this how we want to be remembered (or forgotten)?

Wasting Away...

This was taken in an abandoned cemetary in Loco, TX in 2007. Try to find that one on the map... Ok to visit in the Winter. Probably home to lots of wild reptiles in the Spring/Summer months. Interesting to see the stories of people's lives on the headstones.