It was a desolate little building, that’s true.

But I actually liked it. I liked it a lot. See how the metal’s not even – one side is higher than the other? And the top of the tall part is all patched, like the first go-round wasn’t quite tall enough? And the stonework on the columns?  And those other columns made from weathered wooden posts?  And look at how the green moss on the highest sections of the metal roof are the same green as the new spring weeds?

Inside was just as good.

After I walked  around (and looked around back, too), I stood on the porch and watched the traffic go by.  It felt right.

near Lake Travis, Texas
photographed 3.9.2013

My friend Laurie recently gave up email, the internet, her blog – the whole thing. She says she likes it that way. Me? Not so much. I will return to internet-land on July 7; any comments on the blog will wait patiently until then. (At least, that’s what I asked them to do.)