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Pool Boy
I have been through Crosbyton about a million times and for some reason I’d never bothered to stop to photograph their municipal swimming pool. My regular reader(s) may recall that I have sort of a thing for small town swimming pools; I cannot explain what I had not stopped here before now.
To my credit, though, I did stop as soon as I thought about, well, stopping.
Crosbyton, Texas
photographed 9.17.2021
Incredible
The town’s visionary was so far ahead of the the food truck trend that their truck didn’t make it. I mean, I guess it didn’t make it, since it’s surrounded by weeds that have clearly had all summer to get this tall. That’s the downfall of being a visionary – sometimes you are just too far ahead for it to work.
Geronimo, Oklahoma
photographed 9.18.2021
49 cents
It was lunch time, and I decided that what I really wanted for lunch was an apple. And while I was inside the town’s only grocery store, Moore’s Thriftway, I noticed that there were a lot of promising photos in there just waiting to be made.
Also, just for fun, I read some of the reviews of the store. Here are a few of my favorites:
- Best grocery store ever!
- Only grocery store here.
- The prices are quite expensive.
- A lot of their prices are cheaper than Wal Mart.
- Name is misleading. Not really a thrift store.
Paducah, Texas
photographed 9.17.2021
the accidental selfie
I was too busy making this photo (and dealing with that bright, glaring light) that I didn’t even notice that I was in the shot. It’s obvious that I would have been, but in the heat of the moment, I failed to see myself.
But anyway, at least now you’ll recognize me.
Paducah, Texas
photographed 9.17.2021
Fading C
Archer City used to be the home of a lot of bookstores…or, rather, one bookstore that was housed in several buildings. The bookstores and their owner – Larry McMurtry – are gone, and the rest of the town seemed more faded than I remembered. And that includes the C on this sign which is more faded than the rest of the word.
Archer City is where McMurtry lived, and where he died, too, last March. In case you wondered.
Archer City, Texas
photographed 9.18.2021
