Monthly Archives: February 2014
Bonus: sign placement fail
I just couldn’t resist….
I took a different route to work the other day and saw this; today I thought about it again, and drove over to get the photo.
82nd Street
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 2.23.2014
PS – Pizza for dinner? No. I don’t think so.
Draperies + gravity
In my various wanderings, peering into abandoned buildings (or even going inside, briefly), I am always amazed by the kinds of things that get left behind when the school closes down, the business can’t make it, the homeowners leave.
This school has been abandoned since 1975, and the drapes are still there.
But, like everything else, those left-behind curtains are giving in to gravity.
You know who will win.
Bula School (abandoned)
Bailey County, Texas
photographed 2.16.2014
The hearthside chair
The door was open. Literally, I mean. The heavy metal door was unlocked, so I pulled it open. Behind it, a screen door like the kind on a 1950s house. I pushed it open, using my elbow, and stepped inside. Not far, though, as the floor was covered with debris and I am not quite current on my tetanus shot.
But across the room, I saw this chair and heater, looking quite happy together.
Bula School (abandoned)
Bailey County, Texas
photographed 2.16.2014
Yucca points west
After the flowers have faded, the stalk* on this plant points off to the west, toward mountains, a river, and Mexico. (Yes, Mexico really is west of Marfa. It’s also south.)
*Let’s pretend that I already knew the flower stalk on a yucca was called a “large terminal panicle”, OK? Even though we all know better….
Marfa, Texas
photographed 8.16.2013
Motel
A detail of this sign..
The desert sun has faded the colors, which are now delicate versions of their (presumably) vibrant shades. My favorite part is how the brushstrokes of a long-ago painter have become visible again.
near Marfa, Texas
photographed 8.16.2013
One Day | One Image 