Melinda Green Harvey
@melgal.bsky.social
writer/photographer/wise-ass
See my current project here: https://melindagreenharvey.com/looking-at-people/
See my current project here: https://melindagreenharvey.com/looking-at-people/
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The only thing I know about these flags at the cemetery entrance is that they were not there in February 2024, when the Google car drive by.
Mora, New Mexico
photographed 11.9.2025
#thingsisee #reasonstostop #newmexico
The only thing I know about these flags at the cemetery entrance is that they were not there in February 2024, when the Google car drive by.
Mora, New Mexico
photographed 11.9.2025
#thingsisee #reasonstostop #newmexico
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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The only thing I know about these flags at the cemetery entrance is that they were not there in February 2024, when the Google car drive by.
Mora, New Mexico
photographed 11.9.2025
#thingsisee #reasonstostop #newmexico
The only thing I know about these flags at the cemetery entrance is that they were not there in February 2024, when the Google car drive by.
Mora, New Mexico
photographed 11.9.2025
#thingsisee #reasonstostop #newmexico
Any time we go through Santa Rosa, New Mexico, we have to stop at the Blue Hole, a place where you can go scuba diving.
Someone has a strong need to stand by the water and gaze upon it, sigh heavily, and wax nostalgic.
During this ritual I go to the restroom.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
11.8.2025
Someone has a strong need to stand by the water and gaze upon it, sigh heavily, and wax nostalgic.
During this ritual I go to the restroom.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
11.8.2025
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Any time we go through Santa Rosa, New Mexico, we have to stop at the Blue Hole, a place where you can go scuba diving.
Someone has a strong need to stand by the water and gaze upon it, sigh heavily, and wax nostalgic.
During this ritual I go to the restroom.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
11.8.2025
Someone has a strong need to stand by the water and gaze upon it, sigh heavily, and wax nostalgic.
During this ritual I go to the restroom.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
11.8.2025
Usually those
center pivots are on the
other side of field.
Hockley County, Texas
photographed 8.3.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook
center pivots are on the
other side of field.
Hockley County, Texas
photographed 8.3.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Usually those
center pivots are on the
other side of field.
Hockley County, Texas
photographed 8.3.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook
center pivots are on the
other side of field.
Hockley County, Texas
photographed 8.3.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook
I don’t know: it just struck me as a photo-in-waiting. You know, the ways things do sometimes.
Lamb County, Texas
photographed 11.8.2025
#thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #onedayoneimage #restarea #fujifilm #fujifilmXT5 #fujilove
Lamb County, Texas
photographed 11.8.2025
#thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #onedayoneimage #restarea #fujifilm #fujifilmXT5 #fujilove
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I don’t know: it just struck me as a photo-in-waiting. You know, the ways things do sometimes.
Lamb County, Texas
photographed 11.8.2025
#thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #onedayoneimage #restarea #fujifilm #fujifilmXT5 #fujilove
Lamb County, Texas
photographed 11.8.2025
#thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #onedayoneimage #restarea #fujifilm #fujifilmXT5 #fujilove
Here’s some Catholic
stuff, seen and photographed by
a lapsed Methodist.
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Villanueva, New Mexico
photographed 8.31.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee
stuff, seen and photographed by
a lapsed Methodist.
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Villanueva, New Mexico
photographed 8.31.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee
November 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Here’s some Catholic
stuff, seen and photographed by
a lapsed Methodist.
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Villanueva, New Mexico
photographed 8.31.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee
stuff, seen and photographed by
a lapsed Methodist.
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Villanueva, New Mexico
photographed 8.31.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee
I cannot speak to the information on the sign on the left.
But I did enjoy the way the Fire Victims sign seems to have elbowed its way into the discussion.
Mora, New Mexico
photographed 11.9.2025
But I did enjoy the way the Fire Victims sign seems to have elbowed its way into the discussion.
Mora, New Mexico
photographed 11.9.2025
November 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I cannot speak to the information on the sign on the left.
But I did enjoy the way the Fire Victims sign seems to have elbowed its way into the discussion.
Mora, New Mexico
photographed 11.9.2025
But I did enjoy the way the Fire Victims sign seems to have elbowed its way into the discussion.
Mora, New Mexico
photographed 11.9.2025
If you’re missing some
bags full of who-knows-what, I
think I have found them.
Hale County, Texas
photographed 8.4.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive #fujifilm #fujifilmXT5 #fujilove
bags full of who-knows-what, I
think I have found them.
Hale County, Texas
photographed 8.4.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive #fujifilm #fujifilmXT5 #fujilove
November 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
If you’re missing some
bags full of who-knows-what, I
think I have found them.
Hale County, Texas
photographed 8.4.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive #fujifilm #fujifilmXT5 #fujilove
bags full of who-knows-what, I
think I have found them.
Hale County, Texas
photographed 8.4.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive #fujifilm #fujifilmXT5 #fujilove
•sixty nine years in the grave•
Isabelita was fifty when she died; her tiny three-crossed marker lives on surrounded by tall grasses, mountains, and New Mexico’s skies.
unnamed cemetery
near Mora, New Mexico
photographed 11.9.2025
Isabelita was fifty when she died; her tiny three-crossed marker lives on surrounded by tall grasses, mountains, and New Mexico’s skies.
unnamed cemetery
near Mora, New Mexico
photographed 11.9.2025
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
•sixty nine years in the grave•
Isabelita was fifty when she died; her tiny three-crossed marker lives on surrounded by tall grasses, mountains, and New Mexico’s skies.
unnamed cemetery
near Mora, New Mexico
photographed 11.9.2025
Isabelita was fifty when she died; her tiny three-crossed marker lives on surrounded by tall grasses, mountains, and New Mexico’s skies.
unnamed cemetery
near Mora, New Mexico
photographed 11.9.2025
The night was so calm
that water transformed itself
to mirrored surface.
Park Lake
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
photographed 10.5.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive
that water transformed itself
to mirrored surface.
Park Lake
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
photographed 10.5.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The night was so calm
that water transformed itself
to mirrored surface.
Park Lake
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
photographed 10.5.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive
that water transformed itself
to mirrored surface.
Park Lake
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
photographed 10.5.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive
I was unprepared to take a soak in the hot springs but I wandered down the path to the first set of springs. And that’s where I spotted this message carved into the concrete. It gave me a good feeling about the place.
Montezuma, New Mexico
photographed 11.10.2025
Montezuma, New Mexico
photographed 11.10.2025
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I was unprepared to take a soak in the hot springs but I wandered down the path to the first set of springs. And that’s where I spotted this message carved into the concrete. It gave me a good feeling about the place.
Montezuma, New Mexico
photographed 11.10.2025
Montezuma, New Mexico
photographed 11.10.2025
Yes, I did draw a sauce-bird at dinner.
Ken Chan Ramen
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 11.16.2025
#art #saucebird
Ken Chan Ramen
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 11.16.2025
#art #saucebird
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Yes, I did draw a sauce-bird at dinner.
Ken Chan Ramen
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 11.16.2025
#art #saucebird
Ken Chan Ramen
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 11.16.2025
#art #saucebird
Bright churches in the
sun will draw the attention
of photographers.
Shrine of the Stations of the Cross
San Luis, Colorado
photographed 9.3.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive
sun will draw the attention
of photographers.
Shrine of the Stations of the Cross
San Luis, Colorado
photographed 9.3.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive
November 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Bright churches in the
sun will draw the attention
of photographers.
Shrine of the Stations of the Cross
San Luis, Colorado
photographed 9.3.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive
sun will draw the attention
of photographers.
Shrine of the Stations of the Cross
San Luis, Colorado
photographed 9.3.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive
The poster on the right is a 19 year old Cassius Clay (later Mohammed Ali), photographed in 1961 by Flip Schulke. The photo was made in one of the few desegregated pools in the United States, at a hotel in an historically black neighborhood in downtown Miami.
Las Vegas, New Mexico
11.8.2025
Las Vegas, New Mexico
11.8.2025
November 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The poster on the right is a 19 year old Cassius Clay (later Mohammed Ali), photographed in 1961 by Flip Schulke. The photo was made in one of the few desegregated pools in the United States, at a hotel in an historically black neighborhood in downtown Miami.
Las Vegas, New Mexico
11.8.2025
Las Vegas, New Mexico
11.8.2025
Jesus, looking at
the brooms, wondering when the
sweepers will show up.
Ima, New Mexico
photographed 8.30.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive #fujifilm #fujifilmXT5 #fujilove
the brooms, wondering when the
sweepers will show up.
Ima, New Mexico
photographed 8.30.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive #fujifilm #fujifilmXT5 #fujilove
November 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Jesus, looking at
the brooms, wondering when the
sweepers will show up.
Ima, New Mexico
photographed 8.30.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive #fujifilm #fujifilmXT5 #fujilove
the brooms, wondering when the
sweepers will show up.
Ima, New Mexico
photographed 8.30.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive #fujifilm #fujifilmXT5 #fujilove
First of all: take a minute to read this poster I saw the other day. I’ll wait.
…
…
That’s quite a bit of drama, on the political as well as the family sides of things. Also: Ms. Quiles came in third in a three-candidate race, getting 2.4% of the vote.
Las Vegas, New Mexico
photographed 11.8.2025
…
…
That’s quite a bit of drama, on the political as well as the family sides of things. Also: Ms. Quiles came in third in a three-candidate race, getting 2.4% of the vote.
Las Vegas, New Mexico
photographed 11.8.2025
November 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
First of all: take a minute to read this poster I saw the other day. I’ll wait.
…
…
That’s quite a bit of drama, on the political as well as the family sides of things. Also: Ms. Quiles came in third in a three-candidate race, getting 2.4% of the vote.
Las Vegas, New Mexico
photographed 11.8.2025
…
…
That’s quite a bit of drama, on the political as well as the family sides of things. Also: Ms. Quiles came in third in a three-candidate race, getting 2.4% of the vote.
Las Vegas, New Mexico
photographed 11.8.2025
Q: What’s a photographer doing with an artist’s palette?
A: Monotypes.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 9.14.2025
#thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #monotype
A: Monotypes.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 9.14.2025
#thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #monotype
November 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Q: What’s a photographer doing with an artist’s palette?
A: Monotypes.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 9.14.2025
#thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #monotype
A: Monotypes.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 9.14.2025
#thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #monotype
It was so rude when
a car of loud people got
between me and view.
Monument Rocks National Natural Area
Gove County, Kansas
photographed 9.5.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive #kansas
a car of loud people got
between me and view.
Monument Rocks National Natural Area
Gove County, Kansas
photographed 9.5.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive #kansas
November 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It was so rude when
a car of loud people got
between me and view.
Monument Rocks National Natural Area
Gove County, Kansas
photographed 9.5.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive #kansas
a car of loud people got
between me and view.
Monument Rocks National Natural Area
Gove County, Kansas
photographed 9.5.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive #kansas
My traveling partner and I had a discussion about the appropriateness of opening a closed (but not locked) gate to gain access to this abandoned church and similarly disregarded graveyard.
Anyway, here’s an old church.
near Sapello, New Mexico
photographed 11.9.2025
Anyway, here’s an old church.
near Sapello, New Mexico
photographed 11.9.2025
November 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
My traveling partner and I had a discussion about the appropriateness of opening a closed (but not locked) gate to gain access to this abandoned church and similarly disregarded graveyard.
Anyway, here’s an old church.
near Sapello, New Mexico
photographed 11.9.2025
Anyway, here’s an old church.
near Sapello, New Mexico
photographed 11.9.2025
Number 8 is my
granddaughter Bennett, who loves
sports; soccer’s her fave.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 9.21.24
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive #sportsgirl
granddaughter Bennett, who loves
sports; soccer’s her fave.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 9.21.24
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive #sportsgirl
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Number 8 is my
granddaughter Bennett, who loves
sports; soccer’s her fave.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 9.21.24
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive #sportsgirl
granddaughter Bennett, who loves
sports; soccer’s her fave.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 9.21.24
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive #sportsgirl
My favorite color: the bright yellow of fall cottonwood trees in New Mexico, especially the way that from a distance you can spot a meandering river by looking at the golden leaves.
“Yellow” would also be correct. But not the same.
Las Vegas, New Mexico
photographed 9.8.2025
“Yellow” would also be correct. But not the same.
Las Vegas, New Mexico
photographed 9.8.2025
November 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
My favorite color: the bright yellow of fall cottonwood trees in New Mexico, especially the way that from a distance you can spot a meandering river by looking at the golden leaves.
“Yellow” would also be correct. But not the same.
Las Vegas, New Mexico
photographed 9.8.2025
“Yellow” would also be correct. But not the same.
Las Vegas, New Mexico
photographed 9.8.2025
Juxtaposition
of messages led to to
stop for photograph.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 9.29.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive
of messages led to to
stop for photograph.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 9.29.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive
November 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Juxtaposition
of messages led to to
stop for photograph.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 9.29.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive
of messages led to to
stop for photograph.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 9.29.2024
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #thepoetryofphotography #fivesevenfive
Yes, so I did in fact ignore all the interesting people and beautiful kilts and stuff at the Highland Games and take a photo of price tags. But I was only gone for 1/50th of a second and then came right back.
New Hampshire Highland Games and Festival
Lincoln, New Hampshire
photographed 9.19.2025
New Hampshire Highland Games and Festival
Lincoln, New Hampshire
photographed 9.19.2025
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Yes, so I did in fact ignore all the interesting people and beautiful kilts and stuff at the Highland Games and take a photo of price tags. But I was only gone for 1/50th of a second and then came right back.
New Hampshire Highland Games and Festival
Lincoln, New Hampshire
photographed 9.19.2025
New Hampshire Highland Games and Festival
Lincoln, New Hampshire
photographed 9.19.2025
If you get a chance to hear the Scottish band Albannach*, you should definitely go.
Lincoln, NH
photographed 9.19.2025
*For fun, learn how to pronounce “albannach” and then spend a lot of time practicing. (“Aalbannach” is Scottish Gaelic for “Scottish.”) (Look at you, speaking Gaelic and all!)
Lincoln, NH
photographed 9.19.2025
*For fun, learn how to pronounce “albannach” and then spend a lot of time practicing. (“Aalbannach” is Scottish Gaelic for “Scottish.”) (Look at you, speaking Gaelic and all!)
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
If you get a chance to hear the Scottish band Albannach*, you should definitely go.
Lincoln, NH
photographed 9.19.2025
*For fun, learn how to pronounce “albannach” and then spend a lot of time practicing. (“Aalbannach” is Scottish Gaelic for “Scottish.”) (Look at you, speaking Gaelic and all!)
Lincoln, NH
photographed 9.19.2025
*For fun, learn how to pronounce “albannach” and then spend a lot of time practicing. (“Aalbannach” is Scottish Gaelic for “Scottish.”) (Look at you, speaking Gaelic and all!)