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This is the end?

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Weeds encroach upon this abandoned farmhouse from one side and storm clouds bear down on it from another.

This may not end well….

Lamb County, Texas
photographed 5.22.2010

Sliding

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Not too much left in Throckmorton, and it looks as though it’s sliding toward oblivion. The population decreased nearly 9% from 2000 to 2010.  Even more telling: in 2010, there were 466 housing units in town and 116 of them were vacant.

I found this near the intersection of Texas Street (which isn’t paved) and North Matthews Street (which is).

This isn’t the first time this particular structure’s made an appearance on the blog: you can see it here or here or here.

Throckmorton, Texas
photographed 3.25.2012

Fill in the blank

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Let’s just go ahead and add this to the short series of unhelpful signs that I had a while back – here and here.

Tilford Avenue
Ralls, Texas
photographed 4.22.2010

Sometimes the reason is different than you think

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I thought I was taking this photo because of all those lovely rectangles in the windows.

I don’t mind being wrong: when I looked at the photo, I thought I’d taken it because of what looks like an art gallery in the room beyond the windows.

I still don’t mind being wrong: after I looked at it some more, I realized that I’d taken it because of the different glass in the windows and the way the light’s reflected differently across the bank of windows. Some of it’s wavy, some of it distorts the reflection, some of it looks like there’s not even glass there at all.

some random alley
Marfa, Texas
photographed 1.18.2013

Complete motor service

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Although I really do want to believe the sign that promises complete motor service, I sort of doubt it.

But I didn’t need my car repaired when I was in town. And I was looking around for things to photograph, so it all worked out.  My favorite thing here is that grain on the piece of plywood that’s covering (I am guessing) a window.

Amherst, Texas
photographed 5.24.2013