Category Archives: abandoned buildings
Happy Gameroom
And, in addition to those things I listed yesterday, here’s another thing to like about Happy – it’s got (apparently) a game room that caters to various animals, all of whom play pool! And, not only that, but they do not seem to mind that the pool table has a bit of an unconventional shape.
(Disclaimer: I did not personally witness these animals playing pool, or any other game.)
Also, check out that shadow/reflection of the pole in the glass door.
Happy, Texas
photographed 2.22.2014
Overhang
One thing:
“The town without a frown.”
-motto, Happy, Texas
Another thing:
“A Hilarious Comedy!”
-movie review for Happy, Texas
And one more thing:
Happy State Bank
-actual name of the bank
But mostly:
the view from under the awning at an abandoned gas station, looking toward the grain elevators
Happy, Texas
photographed 2.22.2014
Some mixed signals
This was different: it is a lot more common to see satellite dishes standing alongside abandoned farmhouses than it is to see a solar collector. It gave me sort of an odd feeling: what, I wondered, were they collecting solar power for? And what a contrast between the rundown house and that shiny new collector. So, even though the home ownership dream appears to have not worked out, kudos on the attempt at using sustainable energy.
Also, check out that wagon-wheel deal in the fence. It’s sort of fantastic, isn’t it?
near Knobbs Springs, Texas
photographed 2.28.2014
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The reasons why:
1. The water damage on the wooden joists
2. The tiny bit of a tree poking up over the roof
3. The rectangles. All those rectangles!
4. The address over the door.
5. The reflections in the window that do not include me.
6. The tenacious weeds growing up in the expansion joints of the concrete.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
photographed 5.4.2013
What happens when high schools die
According to this site, the school in Pettit has been closed since the 1960s, when it merged with the school in the nearby town of Levelland. Closing the school is generally the dying gasp of a town; of course the declines don’t start with a school closure, but seem be exacerbated by them.
Nowadays, the old school buildings are fenced and cattle and goats wander freely around what’s left of the place.
I can’t explain the wrecked pickup.
Pettit, Texas
photographed 2.16.2014
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