The bypass did
The highway used to go through town. But now there’s a bypass and all the traffic heading south toward Lamesa or San Angelo or north to Lubbock just goes right by, at 75 miles per hour. At the very north end of town, and almost literally in the shadow of the first bypass overpass, an abandoned restaurant has spent the past couple of decades trying to fade away.
It hasn’t. Yet. But I feel like it will eventually be successful in that endeavor.
Tahoka, Texas
photographed 10.6.2013
Posted on October 11, 2013, in architecture, Photography and tagged 365 photo project, abandoned buildings, architecture, black and white photography, melinda green harvey, one day one image, photo a day, photography, tahoka, tahoka texas, texas. Bookmark the permalink. 10 Comments.
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Slow and steady wins the race. This reminds me of a lyric in a Paul Simon song: “Everything put together sooner or later falls apart”.
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Ahhh: Paul Simon is one of my favorites. (We’ve discussed this before, haven’t we?)
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Yes, he’s a favorite of mine also. Though in this song I think he was referring to his marriage and not buildings,
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Of that, there is no doubt.
I’ve been wondering why your posts are appearing one hour later (mostly after I’ve gone to sleep) this past week. Then I remembered we entered daylight saving time here.
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We exit daylight savings time the first part of November – will that catch us back up?
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I just woke up. Don’t hit me with a math question please. 🙂
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Sorry! Let’s just wait and see what happens in a few weeks. That’s a LOT easier than doing math any time of the day/night. Now you have something exciting to look forward to every morning. And my blog post, too.
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Is that the old highway in the foreground? Or parking lot?
And what the heck does the sign on the pole say, the one on plywood? I trust not something like “photographers will be shot”. I like the toning on this shot. Looks like it is influenced by a selenium preset of some kind.
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The foreground is what’s left of the parking lot. There’s just a sliver of the old highway on the far left side of the shot. The plywood sign didn’t have anything on it, which was a shame because I wanted a shot with a poorly-lettered sign in the foreground.
And, it’s possible I did use a selenium preset, but I can’t really remember…..
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