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for various reasons the game was cancelled
There are a few clues that led me to believe there was not going to be a basketball game any time soon. For one thing, the goal lacked both a hoop and a net. And the court was a little rough and weedy. And of course, the whole place had a certain air of abandonment about it.
(I was a block away and something pulled me down a passageway to this place. I am pretty sure it was the ghost of the basketball hoop…
Dixon, New Mexico
photographed 7.2.2024
handbag
I don’t know why there was an old vinyl handbag hanging on the wall of an abandoned building in a tiny, out of the way town.
However, I do know that there was nothing inside of it.
Dime Box, Texas
photographed 6.15.2024
the best building in town (twice)
It’s a shame that whatever this place used to be isn’t that thing any more. It really is a nice building and it was thoughtful for the puddle to step in and provide an opportunity for reflection. I just had to stand a little bit in the roadway to get the right angle on the photograph…
Roby, Texas
photographed 5.23.2024
weedy + seedy
Some towns are like this: you know for sure there’d recently been a tornado there but the various conditions in town made it hard to ascertain if there’d been damage.
You’ve probably been to one of these places yourself.
Hawley, Texas
photographed 5.23.2024
feels like desperation
I could feel the owner’s increasing desperation as I read the signs painted on the windows at this abandoned place.
But I am also entertained by the phone numbers, which seem truncated so that only the locals will be able to call. I’m not in real estate or anything but it sort of seems like if you’re really wanting to unload your property and there are only 580 people in your whole town, maybe putting a complete phone number would be advantageous.
Roby, Texas
photographed 5.23.2024
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