Waco has a Farmer’s Market downtown on Saturday mornings. We go almost every week, and most of the time we don’t get anything. This time of year, though, there are lots of fresh vegetables. Saturday I got sweet corn, green beans, tomatoes, and yellow squash. They make a pretty good still life.
Friday, Debbie drove her mother up to Iowa. When she got there, she texted me that there was a field of sunflowers on I35 in Itasca that were amazing. So, Saturday morning I drove up there. There were actually several fields on both sides of the highway.
I spent last weekend in Galveston and just about all I had to do was take pictures. I began at the harbor in my usual spot where the shrimp and fishing boats dock. I got some reasonable pictures of birds, but I got a pretty good environmental portrait of this fisherman mending his net.
That evening was Art Walk. After that, I waited until the sun was down and went to the beach. I wanted to get a night shot of the fishing pier. That mean a really long shutter speed which meant that as the waves came in, there was a sequential reflection of the pier’s light on the water.
I am in the process of capturing various Waco “Landmarks.” One of those is the 25th St. Theater. When they were in High School and after, the kids used to go there frequently. Later, of course, it has called into disrepair, although there are efforts to revive it.
And a Black and White image as well.
With dinner out of the way, it is time for dessert – coconut cream pie.
Red Velvet Cake
I also photographed a few dinner meals I had over the weekend. This was a smoked sausage with sauerkraut.
Then there was a stir fry.
And a rib eye steak with baked potato.
I decided to spend a weekend concentrating on food photography. Over the course of the weekend, I prepared two breakfasts of Bacon and eggs. The first one is a rather classic preparation and photograph.
For the second and third ones, I added Pico de Gallo to the scrambled eggs.
When leaving Sam’s the other day, I noticed the junk yard on the other side of the street, and thought the rusting old truck between two railroad cars made a pretty good image of contrasting colors.
I then drove up Elm Avenue again and saw an old, abandoned fast station that I thought would also make a good image.
Decades ago, there was an all Black college in that part of town called Paul Quinn College. There are still buildings that remain, and many of them have been renovated for use as schools. But this one had not.
April is the month for wildflowers in Texas. Bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrush are blooming at the same time. On the way home a couple nights ago, we drove on Santa Fe and Whitehall Park was amazing.
Driving down Franklin, I have frequently noticed the large yellow doors on a building downtown. The building is red brick, and the yellow doors provide quite a colorful contrast.
The doors themselves have a great deal of character.
