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Dermabrasion

It seemed like the door and the concrete block wall were getting facials, with all the dead stuff falling away.

In other news, this is the same town where in 1996 42 residents pooled their money and purchased 430 lottery tickets. And they won a $46 million jackpot. The money didn’t reverse the fortunes of the town, the way maybe you’d hope it would have. You might want to read this Texas Monthly article for the long, sad tale.

Roby, Texas
photographed 5.22.2020

Awaiting Renovation

Actual conversation between me and a man who drove his pickup down the alley to see what I was up to:

Man: Can I hep you? (“Hep” is West Texan for “help.” -Editor)

Me: I was just taking some pictures of those cars.

Man: And?

Me:

Man: Them are my cars. I fix ’em up.

Me:

(But I thought, “The evidence suggests otherwise, sir.”)

It was just another day.

Abernathy, Texas
photographed 5.22.2020

View from the other side

In my mind, this seems like the view the, uh, residents of the cemetery would have.

County Line, Texas
photographed 5.20.2020

The goal was unreachable

It sprouted up like a weed and we are still waiting for the hoop, net, and field to appear. Oh, and also a basketball and some players.

This scene has made a previous appearance on the blog, back in 2014. Things change, unless they don’t.

County Line, Texas
photographed 5.20.2020

Shrine, after the virus

I have a bit of a fascination with this shrine. I stop in from time to time to see if there’s anything new worth noting. (You may recall it from this post.) When I dropped in last month, it all looked the same as before, only with the addition of that package of sanitizing wipes.

St. Isidore Catholic Church
Abernathy, Texas
photographed 5.20.2020