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Many sheets of plywood
It took many sheets of plywood to cover the windows at this un-used elementary school.
Hamlin, Texas
photographed 5.23.2020
Shade-tree Mechanic
The place is more or less equipped to fix your car, right there between the vanishing sign and the road, and (if you get there in the morning), you can even wait in the shade.
Roby, Texas
photographed 5.22.2020
Dermabrasion
It seemed like the door and the concrete block wall were getting facials, with all the dead stuff falling away.
In other news, this is the same town where in 1996 42 residents pooled their money and purchased 430 lottery tickets. And they won a $46 million jackpot. The money didn’t reverse the fortunes of the town, the way maybe you’d hope it would have. You might want to read this Texas Monthly article for the long, sad tale.
Roby, Texas
photographed 5.22.2020
Hidden Entry
I always thought this place had been the town’s hospital, but I am relying solely on my memory for this “fact.” But even it was something else, it still has an ivy-encrusted front door that turned out to be remarkably difficult to photograph.
Littlefield, Texas
photographed 5.10.2020
Undraped
Those pinch-pleated drapes were surely hung with pride, the fabric and color selection carefully considered. And then it all came down to this, a typical situation in typical times, to paraphrase the Dave Matthews Band.
Littlefield, Texas
photographed 5.10.2020
One Day | One Image 