Grumpy's

 just down the road from me on Route 66....

you don't always have to travel far to find something interesting in this part of the world...

Be Happy

 

 

Be Happy I tell ya....just don't look at Santa's belly button...it seems a bit obscene.

Made this one last winter during a nice little trip to my favorite beach in Texas. Port Aransas. I've been going since I was a wee little one, which is quite a long time.

Holga with film....yeah I know.

The WOCA

 

This is me in another lifetime with a WOCA (glass lensed Holga) piggybacked on a telescope.

I still have that camera and that mount, but the telescope is long gone.....

before nine dollars

Back in 2001 I bought my first Holga. I paid $12.95 for it at a photo lab in San Antonio, Texas that was hosting a toy camera show. When I saw those quirky photos hanging on the wall, I knew I had to have a camera that just did what it wanted to.

This image is from that first Holga. I made it not long after moving to New Mexico. It's from someplace up in the Jemez where the Aspens grow.

I still have that Holga and need to get it out and start using it again.

Each Holga seems to have its own personality and lends a unique character to each photo.

Dino Storage

 

Self Storage...is there any other way to store dinosaurs.

Cheap Holga

Angels for Sale

 

Seventy five dollars is probably a reasonable price if you happen to need an angel...I think we all might need one about now...

 

We're all nuts really

 

with wine in the background don't you see....

 

cheapie Holga shenanigans from a few years ago when we were freer to move about....

White Deer, Texas

 

 

from a road trip past....it's scenes like this that I think the Holga is most suited to.

a camera never forgets

This is from earlier this year on a trip to Tucumcari for the night. There's a nice little section of old route 66 through Santa Rosa, NM which is on the way. We are still restricted for travel out of state due to the pandemic, but New Mexico has many great places to visit that are less than a tank of gas away.

An older Holga with some HP5 dunked in caffenol does the trick.

Cerrillos, New Mexico

This photo has made me rethink my approach to photography.  I'm not ready to divulge what that is because it's still in the bubbly primordial thought process.... when I get ready to come out of the goo, I'll write about it here.
Click on the image for a better view. It's got a bit of character that way.

it's code....for cows

I'm certain this is a brand mark for the ranch...but I'm puzzled about what it could mean....
Some ranch brands are obvious...like the rocking R, the Bar S or Lazy B...and so on. You see these often in Texas or New Mexico and Colorado and other ranch lands. My family had one in Texas and it was a stylized lettering of my Dad's intitial....CDS.

Nine Dollar Holga with HP5 dunked in caffenol

Target...but not Target

desert oddities....this is near Marathon, Tx.
Unlike Prada Marfa, which is just outside of Valentine Texas and has display merchandise, (not for sale and never open and security cameras) this Target only has graffiti and a few lizards inside and is open 24 hours with tumbleweeds as guards.

Nine Dollar Holga with HP5 dunked in caffenol

Dangerous Dog

I got bit by a dog the last day of 2019. Not the dog advertised here, but a dog at the beach in Texas during a recent road trip.
Dogs as a rule really like me....a lot. I have met dogs that friends have told me don't like anyone crawl up in my lap and act like big babies. There's a coyote that hangs around my house that would really like to be my dog...so being bit was quite a startling experience! Mainly because it can happen so fast. Also because I love dogs and they know it. No doctor visit, no panic, no asking to see a rabies certs...I kept walking and wiped my fingers off with a Lysol wipe I had in the car. Probably not the wisest thing, not knowing the dog or its owner...but it was New Years Eve and I just wanted to walk on the beach, so I did.

Nine Dollar Holga with HP5 dunked in caffenol