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My favorite building
Well, I don’t know if it’s my favorite building ever, but it is my favorite building in Spur. I’ve been watching it for a long time – longer than I’ve been a photographer – and make a point to go see it every time I am in town. I look to see how many more windows are boarded up or broken, or if that one door on the north side has finally fallen off the hinges. I think about how, if I had a few million extra dollars, I could fix the place up and turn it into something. What? I don’t know. But it would be something.
So that made me start wondering what my favorite building is. You’d think with my architecture background and all that I might have one. But, really, I don’t think I do. I’ll give it some thought, though, and let you know if I decide.
Spur, Texas
photographed 3.26.2014
Producers (closed)
I liked Doughtery. I was there for work (really!) and stuck around town after the work commitment was completed so I could get some photographs. The people there are friendly and are happy to tell you about their little town. If you stay long enough, maybe you can hear about the tornado that “blowed” down a house, the perils of highway routes, and the day the school exploded.* But even if you’re just passing through** you can see a glimpse of how it used to be.
Dougherty, Texas
photographed 4.2.2014
* True story.
** You won’t be passing through. It’s not on the way to anywhere. And even if you are trying to go there, and have a map and everything, there’s a chance you’ll get lost.***
***Another true story.
Lutheran, and a field
I spotted this nice little church in my wanderings last spring – that limestone tower was what first caught my attention.
Then I saw how the careful lawn was keeping that field at bay, which for someone who’s more theologically competent than I am might be significant.
And, as I always do when I stop at these country churches, I checked to door in hopes it was unlocked. There have only been a couple of times when I found an open door – this one in Megargel, Texas, and this place in Driftwood, Texas; this place was locked up.
But the disappointment of not being able to see inside was tempered by another look at how the Lutherans keep the lawn.
Uhland, Texas
photographed 5.10.2013
There may not be anyone at home
But then again, I sort of feel like there could have been someone watching me from behind that partially-opened door.
It was that kind of place.
You’ve seen this town before:
Mailboxes
“Crispy” tacos
The drugstore
A trailer house
Uhland, Texas
photographed 2.27.2014
Window unit
It’s a little hard to imagine that this small window air conditioner can keep the church cool on a summer Sunday in central Texas, but let’s assume that it does.
And move on to look at the way the only stained glass window remaining on the building is the piece of one under that a/c unit. I loved that part.
Alpha Word of Faith Center
Buda, Texas
photographed 2.27.2014
One Day | One Image 