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Shopping Cart Parking

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Someone had a plan. Someone took the time to line up those boards so the shopping carts would be level. It mattered to them. And who are we to say their efforts were wasted?

Quitaque, Texas
photographed 2.14.2015

Dolly in the window

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I’ve seen some creepy things in my photographic wanderings.

But nothing topped this.

South Plains, Texas
photographed 2.14.2015

(Also, “South Plains” is not only a geographic area, but an actual town name, a fact I did not know until last Saturday.)

The fact of being curved

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Industrial architecture used to be lot curvier than it is now, don’t you think?

Tatum, New Mexico
photographed 5.11.2014

Fence does its job

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That fence over there on the right side of the house is hard at work, keeping things in. Or out.

Either way, kudos to the fence for a job well done!

Tatum, New Mexico
photographed 5.11.2014

Abandoned, 1941

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One of my co-workers tipped me off about this place. (You can read that story here.)

According to the Texas Historical Society, this school was closed in 1941, when the district merged with one in a bigger town. Obviously the place was well-constructed, since it’s lasted three quarters of a century without use or upkeep. From the looks of it, though, I’d guess it won’t be long now before it’s just a pile of brick.

Tokio, Texas
photographed 5.11.2014