Odd Shots Monday --- These wires are HOT!

On my last trip to West Texas, I just happened to catch a glimpse of this sign at Underwood's Cafeteria from a comical angle. It looks like the cowboy is dancing on top of the power pole! Oddly enough, the way the sign is designed to look 3-d, it now looks like I cut and pasted from one photo to another, but I swear I didn't! Click on the link to Underwood's above to read some of the history and drool over the menu!

Dance on over to Katney's Kaboodle for more Odd Shots.

Sky Watch Friday -- Trip to West Texas

There's a LOT of sky out that way! And I found that it's very hard to capture enough of it at one time to give you the real feel of it. But here are a few attempts....

Scoot on over to Wiggers World where Tom and Jane are busy hosting fantastic photos from around the world every Sky Watch Friday!

Two Fer Tuesday Theme Day at Jonna's Life in Shelby County

I took the first photo in April 0f 2007 somewhere between San Angelo and Waco, Texas. When I saw the store in the 2nd shot last week in Austin, I knew I had a series for Jonna's Two fer Tuesday Theme! Check out her theme series by clicking HERE.

In the case of the first store, not only is it closed down but there's really very little to indicate there was ever a town there. In the case of the second store....can you believe it's on 7th street just a couple of blocks from Austin's very active downtown area??

You know you're in West Texas when.....

You see this sign of Spring.....

And drive two blocks and see this one!


And the next day, you're huddled under an overpass on I-20 hiding from a tornado.....
And dodging golf ball sized hail......
After you've just been taking photos of a beautiful mural in downtown Sweetwater....
And noticing the rattlesnake theme again (see bottom right corner).....

Moon Eclipse in West Texas

I was lucky enough to be out in Big Sky territory during the full eclipse of the moon on February 20, 2008. These were taken on a dark dirt road outside of Sweetwater. It was quite chilly and I was a little afraid of farm dogs catching my scent so I stayed in the car! Balanced my Canon G5 on the door frame and used the timer in an effort to avoid too much movement. A few shots came out pretty well. This was the same evening as the moonrise photos in my last post with the wind turbines.

My most recent trip to West Texas

Two common sights in West Texas: irrigation and wind generation. These shots were taken between Midland and Abilene at sunset (and moon rise).