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A buffet meal
A drive-without-a-destination the other day took me past the Acuff Steak House, a locally-famous place about 20 miles from home.
There’s no website, no online menu to refer you to, nothing about its history. There IS a single Yelp review, though, which you can glance at if you want.
Anyway, it was closed when I was there, but would shortly reopen for the Friday night catfish supper. The heat lamps were ready, the plates were stacked up, and it was just a matter of time until catfish lovers from far and wide began to descend on the place for their buffet meal. (I guess. I didn’t stay.)
Acuff Steak House
Acuff, Texas
photographed 8.3.2018
Two-thirds
Here it is! Finally! The swing set I drove down to look at after I’d spotted it on Google maps. To be honest, this shot’s probably not worth the build-up that I gave it here on the blog, but still, I saw what I came to see. Mostly. Google led me to believe there were three swings, but only two of them were there for my arrival. No word on what happened to that last one.
And you know how the grass under well-used swings always gets worn down to the dirt? None of that was going on here; it was dry, dead grass all the way across.
Graham, Texas
photographed 7.28.2018
Shade/Structure
This crossroads town has a community center, some ag-industry buildings, and a Methodist church. The historical marker on the church says it was founded in 1915 by the Rev. T. C. Willet, who rode his bicycle from Tahoka to preach here. (That’s about a 40 mile round trip on the current roads.) That was my second favorite thing about the church.
My favorite thing was this picnic shelter next to it, with that tiny square of shade to protect the picnicking parishioners.
Graham, Texas
photographed 7.28.2018
Dryland Boating
Maybe you’ve heard the saying, “The happiest days of a boat owner’s life are the day he buys a boat and the day he sells it.” I guess these poor boat owners just had one happy day, because the boats are abandoned in back of an abandoned
gas station.
And, anyway, these boats are sort of a long way from water.
Wilson, Texas
photographed 7.28.2018
The joke is on The Joker
This seemed to be the only building in Penwell that wasn’t rusted. But that’s mostly (or, completely) because concrete blocks don’t rust.
But in any case, The Joker didn’t make it. It was the theme of the day, in Penwell.
Penwell, Texas
photographed 7.15.2018
