Monthly Archives: August 2019

1950 (or 1925)

I didn’t know it when I set out, but finding this church is the whole reason for taking the back roads last Saturday.

Up here on the High Plains, almost all the roads are set up on a straight north-south/east-west grid (except for curves to avoid playa lakes), and the buildings are built parallel to the roads. And then there was this church set at an angle to the road. It was a bright surprise.

Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 8.10.2019

Vine

I don’t know for sure that this vine is what keeps the place from falling down. But I do have my suspicions….

Plainview, Texas
photographed 8.10.2019

Leafy Fringe

Around the corner, a shy tree has taken root. The leaves, though, are thinking of checking out the world beyond their trunk. Leaves are like that.

Plainview, Texas
photographed 8.10.2019

The illusion of happiness

This place tried. I’m sure it did. Someone thought it would make a good event space and even draped some tulle back there to make…well, I guess they made draped tulle. Anyway, things didn’t work out and now it just sits there, all broken windows and pigeons and faded dreams.

It was only an illusion. (Or, to quote the lettering on the barrel, an “ilusion.”)

Plainview, Texas
photographed 8.10.2019

Tower (but why?)

Plainview, Texas
photographed 8.10.2019