Monthly Archives: April 2014
Drawn by a five year old
You know the way little kids draw a house, with a square on the bottom and a lopsided triangle balanced on top? And a skinny chimney coming out perpendicular to the roof?
Except for not having a chimney, that’s what this old place looks like to me.
FM 836
Dickens County, Texas
photographed 3.26.2014
The Luthier’s Place
I want so badly for this place to be owned by a family named Luthier.
FM 836
Dickens County, Texas
photographed 3.26.2014
For safekeeping
The windows in what the old-timers must surely call “the Cadillac house” were broken, so naturally I looked in. And found this old truck, which was once important enough to store inside a building. I’d guess that the reasons for storing it have faded away and it’s there out of habit as much as for any other reason.
But it was a nice thing to see through a broken window.
Spur, Texas
photographed 3.26.2014
Substantial sky, 3
There are times when a words don’t seem to be of any importance to the photograph.
Like now.
from the balcony of the Holland Hotel
Alpine, Texas
photographed 8.17.2013
Where chairs go to die
This shot required the usual two u-turns on the highway. By the time I’d realized I was seeing a building that was falling down AND was full of old chairs, we’d already driven by. U-turn #1 got us back so I could get some shots of the place.
What a sight – all those chairs getting a bit of sun on a winter afternoon.
There was also a ginger cat having a bit of a rest on one of the softer chairs. He just blinked at me, yawned, and closed his eyes. I guess photographers stop so frequently that they are of little interest to a cat who needs his rest.
Later, I leaned against the car to pull stickers out of my shoes, then with u-turn #2 safely executed, we were back on the road.
Dickens, Texas
photographed 12.25.2013
One Day | One Image 