Mirrored
A mirror. I found a mirror in the corner of what’s left of this building. The ceiling was gone and so was the roof. None of the windows had any glass left in them. But the mirror was fine.
Sometimes it is hard to understand what I find.
Barstow, Texas
photographed 3.24.2021
Two Cokes
Those two bottles of Coke (the good kind, from Mexico, it looks like) are keeping each other company on the bottom shelf of the cooler.
But also: what happened to the carpet? It looks as if disaster has struck.
Pyote, Texas
photographed 3.24.2021
better days were in the past
There’s almost nothing left here, and what is left has a good chance of having been burned, like the old school.
But back in the day, some interesting things went on here:
In 1942 Pyote Air Force Station was constructed at Pyote south of Highway 80 on land owned by the University of Texas; it was used for bomber training. After World War II more than 4,000 bombers and fighter planes were sent to the Pyote base for melting into scrap metal. Among those stored there were the Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb, and Swoose, General MacArthur’s plane. However, those two famous planes were rescued from destruction by the Smithsonian Institution. (Texas State Historical Association)
Pyote, Texas
photographed 3.24.2021
Wire ringlet
There’d been a fire. The mobile home was melted but the clothesline survived.
Pyote, Texas
photographed 3.24.2021
Pool, at the pool
I took an online photography class the other day and the instructor showed lots of amazing images where he’d shot low across puddles and other bodies of water to get really sharp and interesting reflections.
But if your puddle isn’t very big and if it’s also full of leaves and grass clippings and dirt and other junk, the reflection doesn’t end up being the star of the image.
Guess how I know that?
Pyote, Texas
photographed 3.24.2021
