This photo is from last year’s blog. It’s time to look at it again.

For nearly three years, I have driven past this abandoned farmhouse and observed its decline. At first, the window glass was intact. Then one day, the glass was broken and the tail ends of white curtains fluttered against the rough stucco walls. After a while, the curtain ends were tattered (and less white), and then they were just…gone.

Lately, I’ve noticed the front door standing open.

On Tuesday, the trees had been pulled down and were left in a big pile in front of the house.

And, this morning there was a bulldozer knocking down walls.

By tomorrow, the house will be no more.

I have a rather unreasonable sense of loss, and worry that the other buildings at the same intersection will soon suffer the same fate.

FM 1585 and FM 168
Hockley County, Texas