Compound words
If you like compound words, you’ll just LOVE this place: the Shallowater Trustworthy Hardware store. And, as a bonus, it’s just across the road from the Goodpasture grain elevator.
The town is named Shallowater. The town-namers were pragmatic folk; in addition to Shallowater, we’ve got Plainview, Levelland, Brownfield, Littlefield. Of course, there are also several Lakeviews, none of which do; so I guess some of them were wistful instead.
Shallowater, Texas
photographed 3.16.2013
Posted on March 27, 2013, in architecture, Photography and tagged 365 photo project, architecture, black and white photography, compound words, melinda green harvey, one day one image, photo a day, photography, shallowater, shallowater texas, texas. Bookmark the permalink. 14 Comments.
LIke it!
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Thanks!
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Very nice B&W image, gives me the feeling that this store has been here for many years.
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I don’t know any history of the place, but I think you’re right. The store had wood floors that were worn in a path from the front door to the counter in back.
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It looks a little worse for wear but it has clean lines and it’s a nice looking building. I like it, too.
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The place is for sale; I mention that because I imagine your life-long dream has been to operate a business in Shallowater, Texas.
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You know I love this stuff!
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I am sort of fond of it myself!
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There’s a suburb called ‘Fairy Meadow’ that I heard of some years ago. How delightful!
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Fairy Meadow does sound like a very nice place!
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Nice! Great reflections at the far side of the store.
Sure is tempting to pull those compounds apart and rearrange them to see what silly things they might come to say. But I will spare you.
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No, please don’t spare me – I’d be interested in seeing what you might come up with!
And thanks for the comment on reflections.
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Well, now that I try nothing useful comes of the effort for all combined. Perhaps because it is the end of the weekend and my brain is running down.
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I can’t really come up with anything either. Maybe the theory was better than the practice.
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