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time can do so much
This building was the school for the community of Allmon for about a quarter century; in 1935 the school was merged with the one in the nearby town of Petersburg. That was followed by years of being vacant, a time as the offices for Barwise Elevator and Fertilizer, and another era of vacancy.
The building is made from tan brick with red-brick accents around the windows, which I guess was the height of rural school design back in 1909.
Allmon, Texas
photographed 2.3.2024
(Historical information from the Texas State Historical Association.)
reflection v. reality
Can you tell if this is stuff I saw looking through the window? Or what was reflected in it? Or both?
(Hint: it’s both.)
Allmon, Texas
photographed 2.3.2024
fringes
Fringes of a band of rain moving through west of where I was.
Fringes of metal on the sides of an abandoned cotton gin.
Allmon, Texas
photographed 2.3.2024
another see-through house
My favorite thing when I photograph these abandoned farmhouses is when I can see all the way through them. I can’t explain that attraction, but I guess it isn’t any weirder than anything else I like to photograph…
Crosby County, Texas
photographed 2.3.2024
in a dusty climate
I am sure my late mother-in-law thought I was a terrible housekeeper*. But I am also sure she didn’t understand living in a dusty climate and the way the damn dust just filters in and lands on everything, despite your best efforts.
(To clarify: this isn’t my house.)
Morton, Texas
photographed 1.26.2024
*Naturally, the blame (or whatever) fell on me. Not on my husband. That was How Things Were. Additional examples can be provided upon request.
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