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What “out of business” looks like
When the voters in Levelland approved alcohol sales in the city limits, this out-on-the-highway liquor store lost its reason for existence.
Opdyke West, Texas
photographed 4.23.2016
Beverage Station
Sometimes, you can just tell by the name of the place that there was some sort of drama involved. Like this café I went to in San Antonio – The Original Blanco Café. I was hoping the inclusion of “original” in the name was a veiled reference to some sort of acrimonious split, but a glance at Google seems to indicate that this is the first of two or three other locations of the same restaurant.
So much for drama.
Unless you want to count the lovely drama of the beverage station, with the bucket of lemons, the framed photograph on the wall, and the stacks of glasses.
The Original Blanco Café
San Antonio, Texas
photographed 5.21.2016
As if a manor of thy friends
I tried. Really I did. But I couldn’t find anything cheerful here. Sometimes that happens.
Dallas, Texas
photographed 5.8.2016
Ice House
I saw this on the same trip where I found yesterday’s image. I am fond of the mundane. Which is probably apparent enough that I needn’t mention it…
Idalou, Texas
photographed 8.17.2016
Truck, chairs, and an arrow
I had to go to Crosbyton, Texas, for work (don’t be jealous*) the other day. I took my camera with me because that’s what I do. And on the way home, I spotted a roadside BBQ stand that seems to have fallen on hard times.
Lorenzo, Texas
photographed 8.17.2016
*I went to the county clerk’s office to post a meeting notice. It took three minutes (3:57 – 4:00). Then I headed on back. See? Nothing to be jealous about.
