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muted colors on a muted day

The weather was crap the other day, so naturally that called for a drive. In the rain. In the cold. In the wind. Really just a fantastic day to…see what stuff looks like when it gets rained on, since that’s not a thing that happens all that much.

Matador, Texas
photographed 3.15.2024

mysteries inside all of us

I didn’t go all the way into this building: the condition of the roof led me to believe there were wiser photographic decisions that I could make.

And because I didn’t go all the way in, I can only make assumptions about what was in there. Sort of like with people I guess: you can make tons of assumptions about them, but don’t REALLY know until it feels safe for both of you to explore what’s there.

Simms, Texas
photographed 11.13.2021

not much longer

One of these days – probably it won’t take many of them – this old farm building is going to finish falling all the way down. That’s the way of farm buildings around here as farming practices and populations and the climate all shift.

Crosby County, Texas
photographed 2.3.2024

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