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A chevron, suspended
While there is surely some psychological reasons that I am drawn to abandoned places like this, we are all probably better off without knowing what they may be. Let’s just decide that my obsession is probably (mostly) harmless, and let it go. OK?
Anyway. Check out that roof, with its chevron shape, and the way it appears to be suspended from that T-shaped tower and pair of cables.
Also, you might be interested to know that the door on the right side is actually blue.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
photographed 9.22.2013
Repaired (for now)
This grave marker doesn’t have any names or dates on it. It’s small, only about a foot high. Unlike markers in fancier cemeteries, it’s made from concrete. Time has been hard on it, and now there’s a crack that runs from the base nearly all the way to the arms. A loop of wire, twisted a few times, does what it can to hold the little monument together. For now, anyway.
El Calvario Cemetery
Puerto de Luna, New Mexico
photographed 9.22.2013
The way things overlap
Part of the same cluster of buildings where I saw this was a sight to make me very happy: metal siding, metal roofs (some even with pipes poking through them), bare tree branches, power lines, and that very nice brick tower.
Some days, it’s easy to do what I do….
Caldwell, Texas
photographed 2.28.2014
Push
A detail of the doors on the right end of this block of buildings.
I like a lot of things here – the square wire grid that’s installed behind the regular screen on the door, the instructions to PUSH, the thumbtack with a tiny scrap of paper still attached.
I also like to think about how, when this place was still in business, the sound of the screen door slapping shut punctuated every entry and exit. And how on the first warm spring days, the proprietor left the inside doors open so she could hear birdsong from the trees across the street filtered through that double-layer screen door.
Dime Box, Texas
photographed 2.28.2014
Happy Gameroom
And, in addition to those things I listed yesterday, here’s another thing to like about Happy – it’s got (apparently) a game room that caters to various animals, all of whom play pool! And, not only that, but they do not seem to mind that the pool table has a bit of an unconventional shape.
(Disclaimer: I did not personally witness these animals playing pool, or any other game.)
Also, check out that shadow/reflection of the pole in the glass door.
Happy, Texas
photographed 2.22.2014
