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The illusion of happiness
This place tried. I’m sure it did. Someone thought it would make a good event space and even draped some tulle back there to make…well, I guess they made draped tulle. Anyway, things didn’t work out and now it just sits there, all broken windows and pigeons and faded dreams.
It was only an illusion. (Or, to quote the lettering on the barrel, an “ilusion.”)
Plainview, Texas
photographed 8.10.2019
Coffee shop: napkin
In 1992, the town of Plainview stood in for fictitious Rustwater, Kansas, in the Steve Martin movie Leap of Faith; the scenes inside a diner were actually filmed in what is now called Broadway Brews.
Yesterday, I took myself on a little road trip and found myself in Plainview in the very same diner.
Plainview, Texas
photographed 10.10.2019
Fun facts:
1. The water tower still says Rustwater, Kansas.
2. And the brick wall on the alley side of Broadway Brews has a mural that references the movie.
Balance seemed iffy
Is it me, or does that building look like it’s about to fall over to the left?
Or does that joist sticking out look like a crowbar, left for a giant who is going to use it to pry the place apart?
Either way, I don’t think the long term outlook is particularly favorable.
Yeso, New Mexico
photographed 3.14.2019
Sundogs barkin’
Hello, and welcome to Random Music Friday, where we here at One Day | One Image introduce you to, well, random music. Today’s song is “Julia”, by the Flatlanders, one of many exceptional bands with deep musical roots in Lubbock.
Anyway, give the song a listen; it’ll make the title of this post make sense. Maybe.
Clovis, New Mexico
photographed 5.28.2019
Available Light
Afternoon sun, on dead flowers, a leafless trees, and a window missing glass and screen.
Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas
photographed 7.28.2019
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