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parking lot
It’s really just an affectation that we city folks have that parking lots require pavement and stripes and all that fancy stuff, when in practice all a parking lot really needs is a place to park some cars. And then, maybe, some cars to park there.
Gillispie County, Texas
photographed 2.19.2023
3635 days later
At some point in the 3,635 days between these photographs, Crider’s Motel was torn down. Actually, I know exactly when it was torn down, thanks to a random comment on an earlier blog post. Here’s the timeline:
- I made the original photo on March 9, 2013
- The place was torn down on November 21, 2016
- And on February 19, I went back
And for those of you keeping up with things, you’ll be interested to know that the old motel – which was widely known for housing those on staff with President Lyndon B. Johnson when he was in residence on his nearby ranch – was torn down to make way for: a vacant lot.
Johnson City, Texas
photographed 2.19.2023
generic
Church. It’s a church. And that’s all you need to know. Evidently.
Llano, Texas
photographed 2.19.2023
state of the nation
I don’t know why this place caught my eye. And I don’t know why, once my eye had been caught, I didn’t even stop to photograph it. But an hour later I was still thinking about those two flags and how they’d been pressed into service as curtains. So I did the only thing I knew to do.
Pecos, Texas
photographed 1.14.2023
praying to a blank wall
There are really not very many reasons to go to Mentone. It’s a treacherous drive, on 2-lane roads clogged with oil-field traffic, through sand mines and other oil-production-related ugliness, and there’s not really that much to see once you do arrive.
However. The door to the Mentone Community Church was unlocked, so you know for sure what I did. Everything was covered in a thick blanket of dust (I left footprints on the wooden floor, like I marked my territory.) The foyer held a nice array of things I didn’t understand, including that picture of Jesus, who seems to be praying to the blank wall. Perhaps he’s praying for more art? But, really, though, maybe a prayer for less dust would be more useful.
Mentone, Texas
photographed 1.13.2023
PS: Bonus Fun Fact – Mentone is the county seat of Loving County, which is the least populated county in the whole country; the 2020 census reported 64 residents in the 677 square mile area.
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