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Yucca points west
After the flowers have faded, the stalk* on this plant points off to the west, toward mountains, a river, and Mexico. (Yes, Mexico really is west of Marfa. It’s also south.)
*Let’s pretend that I already knew the flower stalk on a yucca was called a “large terminal panicle”, OK? Even though we all know better….
Marfa, Texas
photographed 8.16.2013
Motel
A detail of this sign..
The desert sun has faded the colors, which are now delicate versions of their (presumably) vibrant shades. My favorite part is how the brushstrokes of a long-ago painter have become visible again.
near Marfa, Texas
photographed 8.16.2013
The desolation of the genre
I never saw this place before it was ruins, so I don’t know what it used to be. Maybe a small motel? A roadhouse? A private residence?
Whatever it was, it’s got a lot of company. Just a little ways down the road is this abandoned motel , and back in the other direction is what’s left of the Hi-Way Cafe.
Roadside businesses seem to have fallen on hard times.
near Marfa, Texas
photographed 8.16.2013
Fence. Line(s). Again.
Stylistically (and functionally, too, probably) this fence is the opposite of this one, which I spotted in an alley (if you can imagine).
Of course I like the corrugated metal (who doesn’t like corrugated metal?), but for some reason that rock in the front of the fence is my favorite part of the scene. Maybe it’s casing the joint, planning on coming back later to bust some other rocks out from the other side of the fence.
(It could be just a rock, but that’s boring.)
Marfa, Texas
photographed 1.18.2014
Church window
You might have known I couldn’t get too far into the new year before I posted a picture of Marfa. After all, in 2013, I posted more pictures from Marfa than I did from the city where I live.
This window is on the east side of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. The building dates from 1929, when it was relocated to make way for the Paisano Hotel. The church’s veneer is river rock, but the church website doesn’t explain where, exactly, how this many river rocks were moved to the desert, or why the architect selected them as a building material in the first place.
Marfa, Texas
photographed 9.5.2009
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