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farm stand
It wasn’t a farm stand in the sense of “Oh, look! Fresh tomatoes!!” but at some point it looked like it had been. Now it was sort of an “I’m making a u-turn to photograph that old place.” situation.
Lometa, Texas
photographed 7.22.2023
corner store
This used to be a thriving corner, right there at the intersection of Main and Railway Streets. It has, however, gotten over that, with nearly the entire block of buildings sitting vacant. It’s not anything I haven’t seen before in a thousand little towns, but it still made me sad to see the same scene repeated here.
Lometa, Texas
photographed 7.22.2023
evidence of destruction
I realize that a fire isn’t something to be happy about.
But what did make me happy was the way the shape of the fire shows on the wall and the way the flames left a heat map behind. (I am also exceedingly fond of that random concrete block on the top of the building.)
Hope, New Mexico
photographed 7.4.2023
in storage
There’d been a fire at this building. And now, for some reason, it’s being used to store used office furniture. It was weird and surreal in the way that of course will cause me to stop and make approximately All The Photos before getting back on the road.
Hope, New Mexico
photographed 7.4.2023
through view
I went to Slaton to get cookies at the 100-year-old Slaton Bakery. (You cannot find better thumbprint cookies anywhere on the planet.) And, while I was there I took a few photos.
Or I went to Slaton to take photos. And while I was there I treated myself to some cookies at the bakery.
Either way, it worked out nicely.
Slaton, Texas
photographed 6.23.2023
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