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Importance of local commerce
This business is, I am sure, critical to the local economy. It’s part of the vast agribusiness infrastructure of the South Plains. I think it is, anyway. There’s not a sign or anything like that to tell me.
I guess they’re operating on the principle that if you need to know what the name of the place is, and what it does, you’ll somehow just know.
Meadow, Texas
photographed 9.24.2016
Newest thing in town
I am not actually certain that this playground equipment was the newest thing in town, but my quick visual inspection indicated that it might be.
Also – in case you’re planning a visit and want to fit in – the town’s pronounced “Medda.” Really. I’m not setting you up for ridicule or anything. That’s how we talk out here.
Meadow, Texas
photographed 9.24.2016
Track. And a field.
A view from the football stands, looking toward the practice field and track.
Ropesville, Texas
photographed 9.24.2016
Road may flood (but probably won’t)
Sure, this road may flood. Lots of things may happen. But most of them won’t.
(Update: the road did not flood. The weather forecast for the day I made this shot was for 0% chance of rain, and 100% chance for the next day. I am sure you’re not surprised to learn that it rained on the first day, and not the second. And that there wasn’t enough rain to flood anything. Even an entire roadway.)
Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 9.24.2016
40 yard line IS the middle
Six-man football (or, in our local shorthand, just “six-man”) is a small town tradition for towns that are too little to field a regular football team. The fields are 80 yards long, anyone’s an eligible receiver, and the scores can be pretty high. (The night before my photographic visit, the Ropes Eagles lost to the Ira Bulldogs by a score of 54-8. Earlier in the month, they lost to the Nazareth Swifts by a score of 74-58.)
Ropesville, Texas
photographed 9.24.2016
