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Overhang
One thing:
“The town without a frown.”
-motto, Happy, Texas
Another thing:
“A Hilarious Comedy!”
-movie review for Happy, Texas
And one more thing:
Happy State Bank
-actual name of the bank
But mostly:
the view from under the awning at an abandoned gas station, looking toward the grain elevators
Happy, Texas
photographed 2.22.2014
Some mixed signals
This was different: it is a lot more common to see satellite dishes standing alongside abandoned farmhouses than it is to see a solar collector. It gave me sort of an odd feeling: what, I wondered, were they collecting solar power for? And what a contrast between the rundown house and that shiny new collector. So, even though the home ownership dream appears to have not worked out, kudos on the attempt at using sustainable energy.
Also, check out that wagon-wheel deal in the fence. It’s sort of fantastic, isn’t it?
near Knobbs Springs, Texas
photographed 2.28.2014
Geometrics
In addition to the very nice industrial buildings I found in Caldwell, I saw this fantastic wall, full of rectangles and arches and polygons and angles. And brick and concrete and wood and asphalt and even a tiny bit of paint still clinging to the brick.
Caldwell, Texas
photographed 2.28.2014
What I’d rather see
Caldwell, Texas, is a lovely town, with several blocks of large, nicely kept, older homes. It’s got a nice courthouse. It’s even the Kolache Capital of Texas!
And all that’s nice, it really is. But you know how I am: skip the fancy stuff, and give me some nice, old metal on a few industrial buildings and I am one happy photographer.
Caldwell, Texas
photographed 2.28.2014
Stop-n-Save
I guess you really could save by stopping here: the place is out of business. And I have to confess that I do not know if there are Food Marts #2 or #3 or etc.
In addition, I do not know what a “phone planet” might be.
Is there no end to my ignorance? I don’t know that, either.
Caldwell, Texas
photographed 2.28.2014
