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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

fringes

Fringes of a band of rain moving through west of where I was.

Fringes of metal on the sides of an abandoned cotton gin.

Allmon, Texas
photographed 2.3.2024