looking east

I'm still at the same intersection as I was yesterday just looking in another direction. When Dad & I were driving here on Wednesday, he pointed out some grass land that has been recently been plowed up & is being turned into farm land. He expressed his dismay with this turn of events. He's heard that the buildings on the vacant farm will be torn down also. He commented that farmers can no longer buy the smaller machinery like he used when farming. The equipment is now all so much bigger (and more expensive too as a result) and the small farmer is being squeezed out of existence. So I was grateful to pause at this remote spot & enjoy the landscape as I remembered it.

highway 79

Yesterday I headed north to meet my new great nephew, Levi. On the way home I drove down highway 79 just so I could stop & add this to my road signs collection. It's been feeling like summer here but it still looks like winter.

deer season

Rifle season started last Friday. I headed to the ranch on Friday. Don went the night before so he could have the house warmed up for me. At least that's the reason he gave me. We had five hunters this year including Don. Three were successful by the time I left yesterday morning. Rifle season goes through November 21st. It was extended by one day this year.

road sign

I first spotted this road sign a couple of years ago in Texas. I was riding with Carolyn & Art to Galveston. Carolyn was driving & she was too nervous to pull over to let me get a photo. Then several months ago I started taking a different route to drive to Dad's place (my friend, Nancy, told me about it). The route takes me through Crete on highway 33. One day I caught sight of this road sign & mentally added it to my list of photos to take. So today after visiting Dad & then Ashley, I finally decided to take the time to stop. The traffic on highway 33 is pretty steady, but I found a lull when I could get this photograph (I hate an audience).

road signs in Rome

road sign

Houston, Texas. One exit.

cattle crossing

Two things are true for me when it comes to shopping & taking pictures. If the opportunity is there to get something I want, be it a new shirt or the chance to photograph something out of the ordinary, get it when I can because when I go back it may be gone. I hate shopping for clothes, anyway, so I'm not one to keep checking for it to go on sale. Last summer I let an opportunity for a photograph go by. We were driving around the country with Herb & had revisited the area where Mavis grew up. Going down a blacktop road we drove past these road signs warning of cattle crossing. Don was driving & I initially asked him to stop but ended up letting the moment pass. But I always regretted not stopping. So this past weekend when Don was hunting I drove around the general area until I found these signs again. The first two road signs are for northbound traffic. The bottom signs for southbound.

road sign

My friend, Cheryl, and her husband, Don, also went looking for sandhill cranes this past week. Cheryl sent me this road sign photo & is allowing me to share it here. That's one thing I love about taking photographs. You set out intending to photograph one thing & find other things to photograph in the process. Cheryl did get some crane photos too & will be getting them onto her website here so check it out. She also directed me to this site to view some beautiful crane videos. Thanks, Cheryl!

road sign

I took this photo last week when Joan & I were driving around trying to find sandhill cranes.

road sign

One day I noticed this sign along highway 6 leading into Lincoln. The only county sign I've seen like this so of course I had to take a picture. The sign itself says it is old.

old road sign

Lawrence, Nebraska

road sign

Friend, Nebraska

road signs

I can see I'm not the only one fascinated by road signs. Becky sent these photos George took a couple of years ago in Alabama. Proceed at your own risk I guess. I'd love to get more road sign photos sent to me to post here. I regret not stopping to take a picture of a rare road sign we came across in northern Nebraska this summer. Don was driving & we were ready to get back to Brunswick. Don is very patient about stopping for photographs but we'd already spent a long day driving around with Herb visiting the area where Don's mother, Mavis, grew up. Maybe this fall I'll look for it again during deer season. I'll admit that when I stop to take photos along the side of the road I try to do it when other people aren't driving by. That can sometimes be hard to do. And of course it is best to pull off the road. So if you see an interesting road sign during your travels stop & take a picture & share it with me! I'll pass it on here.

road signs

Ft. Collins, Colorado

Highway 14

Colorado Springs, Colorado

northern Nebraska

Clay Center, Nebraska

road signs

I've had a digital camera for almost 4 years. In that time I have taken it on a lot of trips to see family. I have found a lot of interesting things to take pictures of along the side of the road . . . road signs being its own category. I find the sign itself to be interesting and also the view beyond. Hope you think so too.


I am always grateful for a sign that reminds me which direction I am going.


I love this sign that tells me I'm almost home.


Unfortunately some signs are abused.


And some are decorated.


All of them require our attention.