If your car needs repair...

I've never had need of this shop (thank goodness!) but he always has a clever picture on the windows.

Where the fun is

Joyland is the local amusement park, whose tagline is "Where the fun is". I have never been there myself, so I can neither confirm nor deny the presence of fun at Joyland.

New Streelights

Some new streelights that are part of a "revitalisation" of a formerly run-down area of town.

A bit retro as well.

This, I suppose, is the "official" name of the NTS building from yesterday. I just liked the look of the sign-- what with the recent comeback of all things 60s, this sign may have been here as long as the building, or it may have just arrived a few years ago.

The NTS Building

... possibly also known as, "This one isn't going anywhere!"

This is the tallest building in Lubbock (as far as I can tell), and according to Wikipedia, is "believed to be the tallest building ever to survive a direct hit from an F-5 tornado". A remembrance of the building's condition after the tornado is here, along with many other stories about the tornado that came through in spring 1970.

Blue skies ahead.

I seem to take a lot of sky pictures! I think in this one I was trying to catch the plane, but the cloud left behind is nice, too.

Will it ever be open again?

Roadworks are a way of life in any city, of course, but I am beginning to fear that this particular project may not be completed in my lifetime.

If only.

A string of wacky weather has limited my cycling the past few weeks, and I am so ready to get going again!

Perhaps it was cloaked?

A friend of ours had surgery here recently; it is only about four blocks from my work and I had never seen it before!

A well-lit street

If only I had some lettuce.

The other of the set of planters, sitting on the opposite side of the door.

Ta-daa!!

It's working today! Brilliant! These very clever planters sit outside Souper!Salad!, an aptly-named restaurant. No prizes for guessing what they serve. :)

Can't get anything to post today.

I've tried four different photos, with no success. Check back tomorrow.

In memory.

Today students at Texas Tech had a moment of silence at noon in honour of the Virginia Tech students who were killed yesterday. Many of them stopped in Memorial Circle, so this seemed like an appropriate picture today.

This photo amuses me

And so I decided to share it with everyone! I was cycling, my husband was running (training for a half-marathon), and I was trying to get photos of him training. I took this over my shoulder and obviously I missed getting him in the shot, although he managed to get part of himself in it!

It's not quite the whole world

I love this fountain. I do not know what inspired it, but I think it is great.

If all goes well, I intend to post requested photos this week!

Windmills

The person driving would not stop to let me take a photo of the windmills, hence the quality of the shot! These are not actually in Lubbock; I went out of town overnight and these were on the way.

What time is it?

Awww... someone does care.

As a cyclist, I am really happy to see these signs.

Let's go shopping!

We spend quite a lot of our time and money in this supermarket. It does amuse me that they seem to think the car park is large enough to have labels (hence the "D") to help people find their cars.

Going somewhere?

I thought I was finished with snow pictures...

But winter wasn't quite ready to let go!

Dandelions

My grandfather spends a lot of time, money and effort getting these things out of his yard. I, however, am not opposed to them. That could be because I do not own a yard.

A foggy morning

Adds a bit of mystery to an otherwise ordinary street!

Too windy to land?

I hope I never need it, but the hospital has a landing spot for the emergency helicopters to land-- in west Texas said helicopters are called the "Flight for Life".

(Nice) Office Space

This little building just has offices, but it does have a very peaceful look about it.

I don't know what this is.

It was put up recently enough to have bare dirt around it, and apparently recently enough that they haven't put up any identifiers.

USPS, at your service

I was hoping for something more unusual than this, but alas, did not find anything.

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