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Stepping Up
When I was in urban planning school in New Orleans, I learned that in New Orleanian vernacular, houses built like this – one story in front and two in back – were called “camelback” houses. And they were built that way because property taxes were assessed based on the building’s height on the front property line.
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Santa Anna, Texas
photographed 2.17.2020
And there was light
The gentleman who was mowing the lawn across the street from the church was mightly interested in what I was doing. I guess they don’t get too many photographers wandering around town.
Anyway, I ducked out of his view, down a sidewalk, and was rewarded with the sight of the sun cutting through the old pressed glass windows.
First United Methodist Church
Santa Anna, Texas
photographed 2.17.2020
death was the…
I was counting on my Photoshop skills to help me ascertain what this marker was trying to tell me. But those skills totally let me down, and now we will never know how the sentence ended.
My apologies.
Pontotoc, Texas
photographed 2.16.2020
I am the way
On a day when my only plan was to drive around and look at stuff, a road sign that said “cemetery” with an arrow pointing down a dirt road was a siren call. Why, yes, I believe I will drive down and see what sort of cemetery Pontotoc might have!
And that’s how I found out that, in addition to headstones and stuff, there was a stone Bible verse right there on the way in.
Pontotoc, Texas
photographed 2.16.2020
Regency
When I travel around Texas I use an atlas called the Roads of Texas; it’s got highly detailed maps that are marked with churches and cemeteries and the tiniest of towns. I used it often on my recent trip to Central Texas.
But the way I found this place didn’t really have anything to do with the Big Book o’ Maps, other than to give me a general idea that if I went north from San Saba for a few miles, there’d be a farm road where I could make a left turn. And sure enough, there was the road…but even better, there was a sign that said “Regency Bridge” with an arrow pointing the way I was thinking of turning.
Which is what led me to learn that Regency Bridge, which dates from the 1930s, is one of the last remaining suspension bridges in the state. The pertinent items from the bridge’s Wikipedia page are:
Regency Bridge
near Regency,Texas
photographed 2.16.2020
