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Toilet
My careful reader(s) may remember that I posted a photo of this place, the Glancy Motel, back in November. In that post I mentioned that a $7.75 million renovation of the place was scheduled. I spent a little more time looking around on a more recent return visit and I am quite positive that the $7.75 figure falls into the category of “a very low estimate.”
But, if you are looking for a busted parking-lot-based toilet, I can give you directions to this one…
Clinton, Oklahoma
photographed 11.27.2021
Slats
All of you know (because I mention it ALL THE DAMN TIME) that I like to look inside abandoned buildings.
This place was a service station at a crossroads miles and miles away from any kind of town. And the towns it’s closest to are little (the big one is 2,215 people), so it’s a real mystery why the place wasn’t able to stay in business. But anyway, check out the way that door is sagging down, one slat at at at time – that’s pretty nice, isn’t it?
Hall County, Texas
photographed 11.21.2021
as it begins to fade away
I spotted this old mobile home from the road, but didn’t even request a u-turn. I know that seems unlike my usual methodology but I had my reason(s). I was heading for a location just up the road and I knew I’d be back by this old place.
Normally, I would have poked my camera through that broken jalousie window to photograph the inside but I was getting a pretty creepy vibe. And creepy vibes are definitely a thing I don’t ignore; no reason to find out the hard way that this was a Murder Trailer.
Deaf Smith County, Texas
photographed 11.12.2021
Window Frame/Window (framed)
A frame, then a frame, inside another batch of frames. And some jagged glass, too, just to keep things interesting.
Simms, Texas
photographed 11.13.2021
they continued to maintain an open-door policy
I have looked inside many abandoned buildings. And I will never, ever be able to accurately predict what I’ll see. I did not expect a kitchen in the back corner of this building that had a faded Lions Club emblem on the front. I didn’t imagine that all the doors would be open – or in that one case, hanging from a single hinge. And I didn’t even know that at one point the top shelves of dishwasher were a space-wasting circular design.
Photography: it’s educational!
Simms, Texas
photographed 11.13.2021
One Day | One Image 