Lubbock Daily Photo

Shutting down

2008-04-20T07:22:00.003-06:00

Well, after 4 months, it seems unlikely that I will pick this up again anytime soon. So I'll just make it official and call Lubbock Daily Photo closed for now. Thanks for all the comments and encouragement!

Happy New Year!

2008-01-01T10:59:00.000-06:00

This is certainly my favourite picture from this year. It is a fountain at the university and I really like it.

Check out the other theme day photo blogs:

Paris, France - London, England - Hyde, UK - West Sacramento (CA), USA - Grenoble, France - Stockholm, Sweden - Riga, Latvia - Saint Paul (MN), USA - Manila, Philippines - Silver Spring (MD), USA - Weston (FL), USA - Prague, Czech Republic - New Orleans (LA), USA - Wichita (KS), USA - Cleveland (OH), USA - San Francisco (CA), USA - Hobart (Tasmania), Australia - Greenville (SC), USA - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Menton, France - Monte Carlo, Monaco - Mainz, Germany - Melbourne, Australia - Portland (OR), USA - Albuquerque (NM), USA - Wassenaar (ZH), Netherlands - Kyoto, Japan - Tokyo, Japan - Toulouse, France - Naples (FL), USA - Jakarta, Indonesia - Brussels, Belgium - Stayton (OR), USA - Selma (AL), USA - Mexico City, Mexico - Ocean Township (NJ), USA - Minneapolis (MN), USA - Port Angeles (WA), USA - Toruń, Poland - Fort Lauderdale (FL), USA - Budapest, Hungary - Baziège, France - Nashville (TN), USA - Saint Louis (MO), USA - Cottage Grove (MN), USA - Chicago (IL), USA - Prescott (AZ), USA - Bellefonte (PA), USA - Nottingham, UK - Moscow, Russia - Philadelphia (PA), USA - Evry, France - Trujillo, Peru - Arlington (VA), USA - Denpasar, Indonesia - American Fork (UT), USA - Seattle (WA), USA - Chandler (AZ), USA - Coral Gables (FL), USA - Montpellier, France - Joplin (MO), USA - Pilisvörösvár, Hungary - Crystal Lake (IL), USA - Bucaramanga (Santander), Colombia - Boston (MA), USA - Torun, Poland - New York City (NY), USA - Dunedin (FL), USA - Quincy (MA), USA - Stavanger, Norway - Chateaubriant, France - Maple Ridge (BC), Canada - Jackson (MS), USA - Wailea (HI), USA - Port Elizabeth, South Africa - Budapest, Hungary - Austin (TX), USA - Montréal (QC), Canada - Cypress (TX), USA - Bicheno, Australia - Wrocław, Poland - Brookville (OH), USA - Minneapolis (MN), USA - Nelson, New Zealand - Cheltenham, UK - Wellington, New Zealand - Rabaul, Papua New Guinea - Mumbai (Maharashtra), India - London, UK - Haninge, Sweden - Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation - Arradon, France - Jefferson City (MO), USA - Orlando (FL), USA - Mumbai, India - Terrell (TX), USA - Bogor, Indonesia - Delta (CO), USA - Radonvilliers, France - Saigon, Vietnam - San Diego (CA), USA - Adelaide (SA), Australia - Belgrade, Serbia - Auckland, New Zealand - Seguin (TX), USA - Inverness (IL), USA - Oslo, Norway - Singapore, Singapore - Las Vegas (NV), USA - New York City (NY), USA - Anderson (SC), USA - Torino, Italy - Susanville (CA), USA - San Diego (CA), USA - Sharon (CT), USA - Melbourne, Australia - Port Vila, Vanuatu - Memphis (Tennessee), USA

Shiny

2007-12-04T20:19:00.000-06:00

Downtown

2007-11-29T20:21:00.000-06:00

So for the next week or so, there will be a guest photographer here at Lubbock Daily Photo. These pictures are from Ruth Warren. I hope you enjoy them!

Messing with Texas

2007-11-21T19:33:00.000-06:00

Not the most appealing picture I've ever taken! Litterers frustrate me to no end-- the more so here because there are rubbish bins just a few yards away.

I knew him well...

2007-11-18T16:32:00.000-06:00

This was the last of a fence around a baseball diamond that was torn out.

Hanging on to summer

2007-11-12T20:05:00.000-06:00

They've torn up my park!

2007-11-11T14:50:00.000-06:00

Apparently, the powers that be are building some kind of sports centre in this park, which I suppose will replace the two baseball fields they took out. I don't know what will be replacing the trees and grass which were likewise torn up.

Out for a swim

2007-11-10T23:13:00.000-06:00

Or, maybe just a look round. I don't know that these birds actually swim.

Time to be Outfitted

2007-11-09T21:13:00.000-06:00

The place to go if I wanted to be all geared up for the Tech game tomorrow.

Yuck

2007-11-06T21:11:00.000-06:00

This was so gross... he was spraying fertiliser, which I suppose is somewhat necessary, but it smelled horrible and I went back to work smelling like chemicals.

A bit windy

2007-10-30T17:45:00.001-06:00

We had quite a windstorm a couple of weeks ago; this tree was one of the casualties.

Pretty in pink

2007-10-26T20:23:00.000-06:00

Or is it more salmon?

Fancy a snack?

2007-10-25T20:50:00.000-06:00

2007-10-24T21:22:00.000-06:00

I may have posted this already, but this is a beautiful building, so it is certainly worth a second look. (Or a first!)

2007-10-22T19:52:00.000-06:00

This looks like half a building to me.

Which way?

2007-10-21T19:38:00.000-06:00

2007-10-20T21:10:00.000-06:00

Blogger photo uploading is currently down. Sigh.

2007-10-19T21:48:00.000-06:00

I like it when traffic is so light that my husband can stand in the middle of the street.

Just for you

2007-10-18T18:17:00.000-06:00

I'm sure this wall was put up just for the birds to have a nice place to sit!

2007-10-17T20:12:00.000-06:00

I love this sign.

2007-10-16T18:15:00.000-06:00

I liked the brick on this building.

In an effort to keep the lakes clean

2007-10-14T19:58:00.000-06:00

This in on a storm drain.

Have a seat

2007-10-13T07:29:00.000-06:00

I think these concrete pillars are technically designed to keep out-of-control cars from crashing into the building. However, they also strike me as a nice place to sit and watch life go by for a few minutes. Or to just eat lunch.

Where's the traffic?

2007-10-12T22:12:00.000-06:00

2007-10-11T17:08:00.000-06:00

This is an old hotel in downtown Lubbock. It has been used for office space in recent years, though most recently it hasn't been used at all. A developer (or whatever you call them) in town has bought the building and is remodeling it into apartments that no ordinary person will ever be able to afford.

The Green Door

2007-10-09T14:47:00.000-06:00

2007-10-08T16:42:00.000-06:00

Windows over the entrance to an office building.

Lunch?

2007-10-07T19:08:00.000-06:00

The canopy over the entrance to a restaurant.

How did he get there?

2007-10-06T20:06:00.000-06:00

I do not know the purpose of this statue, but it does give passers-by something to smile at!

The Tower

2007-10-05T04:59:00.000-06:00

This beautiful old church in downtown does not seem to fit in with the architecture of the buildings around it, but it has been there so long that it is hard to notice that it looks different.

Who's there?

2007-10-04T18:51:00.000-06:00

Rough Ride

2007-10-03T16:40:00.000-06:00

A lot of the downtown streets have been left as brick.

Time to get away

2007-10-02T06:29:00.000-06:00

This is the terminus for the interstate coaches, not the city buses. T.N.M.&O. stands for Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma.

Theme Day

2007-10-01T21:13:00.000-06:00

Christmas in... September?

2007-09-30T15:55:00.000-06:00

The Christmas lights on these trees are permanently attached. If I was the one to put them up, I'd want them to be up permanently, too!

A Nice Building...

2007-09-29T15:52:00.000-06:00

That happens to have the name "Baker" on the front! Well, I was done with Baker Co. but decided to finish up the theme with this building right up the street, The Baker Building. It is a popular site for weddings; in fact, one was in progress (or at least about to be in progress) as we went by.

And finally...

2007-09-28T15:48:00.000-06:00

I promise, this is my last Baker Co. post!

More of the Baker Co.

2007-09-27T15:46:00.000-06:00

I've got quite a theme going here, but really, this building has been here for so long it just has a lot of fun-looking stuff on it!

The building was here first!

2007-09-26T15:44:00.000-06:00

This stop sign barely fits under the overhang of the building, but there is nowhere else to put it!

2007-09-25T15:38:00.000-06:00

This is the same company from yesterday. It is one of the oldest businesses in Lubbock; of course, the city itself is not quite 100 years old.

They are serious about this!

2007-09-24T15:35:00.000-06:00

I don't know when this sign was put up, but it looks like it has been there a while! There is one in front of every parking space along the building, but this was the only parking space actually available; all of the others had company vans parked in them.

Race for the Cure

2007-09-23T15:32:00.000-06:00

We ran in the local Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure yesterday. I couldn't carry my camera while running (I have a hard enough time propelling myself forward; I couldn't possibly keep track of anything else!), but I did get this shot of the finish line afterwards.

Keeping the police in shape

2007-09-22T15:16:00.000-06:00

We have police on horseback, too, but they usually only come out for festivals and other crowd-gathering events.

Same office

2007-09-21T15:15:00.000-06:00

The office also has these nice gratings over the windows.

I don't think they cut the trees themselves

2007-09-20T15:12:00.000-06:00

This little office in the middle of Lubbock has wooden posts holding up the awning.

What a nice sign

2007-09-19T15:05:00.000-06:00

I don't know for sure what this sign represents, but if I were to hazard a guess I'd say it's something to do with Jesus calming the storm, or perhaps a "fishers of men" reference.

Come in

2007-09-18T15:03:00.000-06:00

The entrance to a downtown church.

So ticket me, already

2007-09-17T14:57:00.000-06:00

So my husband and I went downtown on Saturday to get some Lubbock DP shots, since it's been more like "Lubbock Occasional Photo" these past couple of months. We parked in this lot, only to see this sign afterwards. I was not worried, because it was Saturday and no-one, apart from the bus drivers, works downtown on the weekends. Not even the parking enforcement. My husband, however, was concerned that we might get a ticket, so he went back and moved the car.

2007-09-16T14:56:00.000-06:00

I don't know what "Endless Love" is, and I'm not sure that I want to find out. But I do like the look of these shops.

Looking for Food

2007-09-15T14:48:00.000-06:00

These geese live next to a library that hands out bread crumbs for patrons to feed them. As such, they are considerably calmer and friendlier than the geese in the park near my work, who have tried to eat me in the past.

Outside my Window

2007-09-14T14:44:00.000-06:00

Our neighbour's flowers are in full bloom!

Caught by a train

2007-09-13T14:43:00.000-06:00

Powering Young Minds

2007-09-12T14:40:00.000-06:00

These windmills are not technically in Lubbock, but are actually in a small town about 15 minutes away (where the aforementioned race took place on Saturday). These two windmills, plus another that was behind where I was standing, provide electricity for the town's schools.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

2007-09-11T14:37:00.000-06:00

The entire cast of the play onstage toward the end.

Intermission

2007-09-10T14:31:00.000-06:00

Every year in Lubbock, there is a free Shakespearean play put on in a city park, appropriately entitled "Shakespeare in the Park." This weekend, the citizens of Lubbock were treated to A Midsummer Night's Dream in our very nice (and relatively new) ampitheatre.

Race Day

2007-09-09T14:29:00.000-06:00

The finish chute had been taken down, but the clock was still running after a 10 K on Saturday.

After the Storm

2007-09-07T19:17:00.000-06:00

I never get tired of taking pictures of the sky. This is right after a storm ended.

Lunar Eclipse

2007-08-28T19:45:00.000-06:00

So this is the very end of our lunar eclipse this morning. Unfortunately, I have a hard time holding the camera still! Hence the reason there are three moons!

We were out running for most of the eclipse, and I didn't have my camera with me. But it was pretty cool.

All Serene

2007-08-23T16:40:00.000-06:00

But not for long! Students and college football will be returning soon.

What?

2007-08-14T17:03:00.000-06:00

I think it's supposed to be a tornado, possibly in a nursery.

And another one.

2007-08-13T18:31:00.000-06:00

Clouds

2007-08-12T18:31:00.000-06:00

The lack of mountains (and small numbers of trees) does allow for a magnificent view of the sky.

If only.

2007-08-11T19:37:00.000-06:00

I think I've mentioned before the lack of mountains around Lubbock. But, as also mentioned, it is worth the drive from time to time.

Hard-Working Machines

2007-08-10T19:04:00.000-06:00

So I happened to see the Weather Channel a couple of mornings ago, and it was only 7 AM (Central time) and already every city listed on the ticker was over 75 degrees. So I suppose it's been a hot week everywhere.

2007-08-09T17:11:00.000-06:00

Good Morning

2007-08-01T21:29:00.000-06:00

This is more my husband's typical breakfast, actually.

Good people to chat with

2007-07-29T16:10:00.000-06:00

A picture of authors in Barnes & Noble.

Still no luck.

2007-07-25T20:28:00.000-06:00

I think the problem is with my computer, even though I would like to blame blogger.

Three tries, no luck.

2007-07-23T21:03:00.000-06:00

Try back tomorrow. :(

Trying to get a story

2007-07-22T19:51:00.000-06:00

Yes, I'm afraid it will be variations on a theme for a few days... three different television stations turned up for the Harry Potter release at Barnes & Noble.

Book Seven

2007-07-21T19:09:00.000-06:00

The newscasters found quite a large audience at the release party for Harry Potter yesterday.

Gone.

2007-07-19T16:47:00.000-06:00

Empty buildings tend to weird me out a bit.

A wee rest

2007-07-18T17:32:00.000-06:00

This is for you, Amy

2007-07-16T18:28:00.000-06:00

If only I could play.

2007-07-15T20:37:00.000-06:00

I had meant to have this picture last week for the end of Wimbledon, but the fates conspired against me and I couldn't get over there. Here, then, is our local tennis supply shop.

Sprinklers

2007-07-14T20:47:00.000-06:00

This was a taboo action just a few weeks ago; the city was under a watering ban for most of the month of June. The ban was lifted in stages, and was finally rescinded throughout the city on July 4.

This one is accurate

2007-07-12T17:14:00.000-06:00

It has to be, because "Around the Clock Storage" is the business name and apparently they quite like their clock!

For your caffiene fix.

2007-07-10T19:31:00.000-06:00

So you don't fall down the stairs.

2007-07-09T19:13:00.000-06:00

This light looks equally decorative when knocked sideways.

Rock on.

2007-07-08T15:25:00.000-06:00

Does anyone know what this is?

2007-07-07T11:54:00.000-06:00

There are quite a few of these mysterious trees lining the street near my work. But I don't know what they are.

Home of the early return credit!

2007-07-06T19:57:00.000-06:00

Will Rogers

2007-07-05T17:52:00.000-06:00

I had a Texas Tech University alumnus stop by, so here's a popular TTU landmark.

Independence Day

2007-07-04T18:43:00.000-06:00

Pointy

2007-07-03T17:32:00.000-06:00

Continuing with my fascination with arches, this is the front of a shopping centre.

Nice place to worship

2007-07-02T18:17:00.000-06:00

I think this is one of the prettiest church buildings in Lubbock. I've never been inside it, but I've heard the inside is also quite nice.

Are you thirsty?

2007-07-01T13:03:00.000-06:00

Sounds like a fun place to be.

2007-06-30T20:27:00.000-06:00

The Doors

2007-06-29T21:03:00.000-06:00

The Ski Lubbock shop also has really nice gates and doors.

But I need ski poles NOW!

2007-06-28T20:58:00.000-06:00

Naturally, the store does not see a lot of business during the summer.

Didn't even know you could!

2007-06-27T20:49:00.000-06:00

It seems a bit ludicrous to have a shop called "Ski Lubbock" since the nearest place to ski is at least a 4-hour drive away, and our average yearly snowfall is somewhere around 8 inches. And yet, here it is!

Let's Go Skiing!

2007-06-26T20:47:00.000-06:00

This is a shop I'll post some closer pics of in the next couple of days, but I wanted to start off with the big picture.

I don't think they are really Irish

2007-06-25T20:46:00.000-06:00

The stair to nowhere

2007-06-24T20:43:00.000-06:00

Okay, so there is a door there.

Taking a Rest

2007-06-23T20:41:00.000-06:00

This little fellow was very patient while I took several pictures of him.

What's the time?

2007-06-13T19:14:00.000-06:00

With one exception

2007-06-11T19:06:00.000-06:00

A Nice Place to Eat

2007-06-10T19:33:00.000-06:00

With a rather photogenic sign!

A bit battered.

2007-06-09T18:30:00.000-06:00

Unfortunately, the entire shopping centre is maintained about as well as this sign.