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dishes, down

At some point there was a catastrophic kitchen failure – the cabinet with all the dishes just…fell off the wall. However, based on context clues around the building, it may not even matter that much.

Wild Horse, Colorado
photographed 8.26.2020

Beer!!

That bowlegged gentleman painted on the side of the building promises “BEER!” but do not believe him. Just keep going – you’ll find a beer store soon enough.

Yoakum County, Texas
photographed 6.27.2021

3 feral chairs and a tire

Just a pile of junk behind a building that was itself in fairly bad condition…

Pyote, Texas
photographed 3.24.2021

it was as sad as it was predictable

It’s way it goes out here in these declining rural towns: eventually the cost of keeping a school district going hits the economics of ever-declining enrollments and before you know it, the schools have consolidated themselves into one county-wide district. And the former school buildings – no longer necessary – fall over or burn down or otherwise fade from relevance.

Pyote, Texas
photographed 3.24.2021

pump jack

Maybe that pump jack back there behind the building renders the effort of keeping an out-in-the-country liquor store open unnecessary? Or maybe it depends on oil prices?

Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 3.11.2022