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Melinda Green Harvey @melgal.bsky.social · 19h

And then, when it was
fully dark, the last rider
left the arena.

Post, Texas
photographed 8.6.2024
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Melinda Green Harvey @melgal.bsky.social · 22h

It was a damp and chilly day for a wedding party to spend a long time outside getting photos made.

I found great enjoyment in the few moments when the photographers turned the cameras toward the groom, leaving the bride momentarily not the center of attention.

Tulsa, Oklahoma
10.25.2025

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Melinda Green Harvey @melgal.bsky.social · 1d

The come-to-Jesus
people were cleaning up all
the roadside litter.

Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
photographed 9.3.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive

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Melinda Green Harvey @melgal.bsky.social · 1d

•doornail, dead as a•

That bird evidently had had a rough Saturday night…

Tulsa, Oklahoma
photographed 10.26.2026
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Melinda Green Harvey @melgal.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe you can book
your reservation online
through Open Grave app.

Truchas, New Mexico
photographed 9.3.2024
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Melinda Green Harvey @melgal.bsky.social · 2d

We were three blocks from home, on the way to catch a 6:00 pm flight to Tulsa, when we got a message that our flight was cancelled. So we drove instead. How can Oklahoma have tollways, constant road construction, and shitty roads ALL AT THE SAME TIME?

Tulsa, Oklahoma
photographed 10.25.2025

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Melinda Green Harvey @melgal.bsky.social · 3d

I’d been by this place
a dozen times before I
took time to SEE it.

Truchas, New Mexico
photographed 9.3.2024
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Melinda Green Harvey @melgal.bsky.social · 3d

Y’all. This place.

It’s a combination mercantile, bar, cafe, and church (and that’s just the things I know about). And it also hosts the Texas Testicle Featival.

Castell, Texas
photographed 10.19.2025

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Melinda Green Harvey @melgal.bsky.social · 4d

If you drive in from
the south, you’ll see this white shrine
before you see town.

Shrine of the Stations of the Cross
San Luis, Colorado
photographed 9.3.2024

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Melinda Green Harvey @melgal.bsky.social · 4d

•spike•

If this lizard thought he/she would scare me by looking particularly snake-like at first glance, then its plan was a success.

Hedwigs Hill, Texas
photographed 10.19.2025

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Melinda Green Harvey @melgal.bsky.social · 5d

In this moment the
sheer joy of our magic road
trip took right over.

King County, Texas
photographed 8.6.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive

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Melinda Green Harvey @melgal.bsky.social · 5d

•dark alley•

Maybe it’s just the way my brain works, but that pvc pipe working its way up the passageway and into the darkness feels rather umbilical.

Mason, Texas
photographed 10.18.2025

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Melinda Green Harvey @melgal.bsky.social · 6d

Every single thing
in this house started to feel
pretty murdery.

Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 8.3.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive #abandoned #fujifilm #fujifilmXT5 #fujilove

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Melinda Green Harvey @melgal.bsky.social · 6d

I walked out after lunch to an absolute flurry of butterflies; it’s been a long time since I’ve seen more than two or three at once and I think there are fifteen or so in this image.

Also, butterflies (at least in my experience) are really not easy to photograph…

Fredericksburg, Texas
10.18.2025

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Melinda Green Harvey @melgal.bsky.social · 7d

Long slide down from the
need for a clothesline to what
home has turned into.

El Pueblo, New Mexico
photographed 8.31.2024

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Melinda Green Harvey @melgal.bsky.social · 7d

conjoined twins

These concrete cherubs were doing hard work holding up one end of a bench. Maybe their task was made easier by the thin spider web that connected them.

Art, Texas
photographed 10.19.2025

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Melinda Green Harvey @melgal.bsky.social · 8d

A high-speed turn (that
was smartly executed)
got us here for lunch.

Dighton, Kansas
photographed 9.5.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive #kansas

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Melinda Green Harvey @melgal.bsky.social · 8d

•forces•

Shadow patterns and German-language headstones provided some opportunities for the me other morning.

Lange Cemetery
Doss, Texas
photographed 10.19.2025

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Melinda Green Harvey @melgal.bsky.social · 9d

This place right here? It
is worth driving to Kansas.
I am not kidding!

Monument Rocks National Natural Landmark
Gove County, Kansas
photographed 9.5.2024

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Melinda Green Harvey @melgal.bsky.social · 9d

I found this out-of-business store along the Llano River; I saw was this hand-lettered sign on the old front door. The spacing’s a little wonky and arc of “hours” isn’t quite centered. But it’s still there, doing what’s left of its job.

Mason County, Texas
photographed 10.19.2025

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Melinda Green Harvey @melgal.bsky.social · 10d

We followed bright lights
and ended up photographing
rodeo practice.

Post, Texas
photographed 8.6.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive #rodeo #fujifilm #fujifilmXT5 #fujilove

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Melinda Green Harvey @melgal.bsky.social · 10d

early fall is a
good time to visit, drippy
piñon sap and all

Santa Fe Botanical Gardens
Santa Fe, New Mexico
photographed 9.2.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive

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Melinda Green Harvey @melgal.bsky.social · 12d

Sadly, Big E passed
away one year after this
photo was taken.

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 8.3.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive

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Melinda Green Harvey @melgal.bsky.social · 12d

Helpful storage hint: if your closet or your linen closet is too full, consider storing your excess items right in the window. An added benefit is that the stuff that’s been stuffed in the window will help keep the cold winter drafts out of your house!

San Jon, New Mexico
photographed 8.31.2025

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Melinda Green Harvey @melgal.bsky.social · 14d

As awful as this fire scene was (was the family at home?) (was anyone hurt?) (what happened to cause the fire?) (how long ago did it happen?), I greatly enjoyed finding that mostly-intact ladle on top of a burned/melted/disfigured stove.

near Milnesand, New Mexico
photographed 8.17.2025

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