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The graffiti houses of Portales: Coupe de Grâce
Another dead elm tree delivers the coup de grâce to an abandoned farmhouse. The only difference here is that this particular house has been decorated, for reasons that I can’t know.*
near Portales, New Mexico
photographed 3.30.2018
*My little granddaughter, Bennett, used to say “I can’t know.” when she really meant she didn’t know. It was a sad day when she moved on from that, but I’ve decided to carry the “I can’t know” torch for her.
The graffiti houses of Portales: Faith
Sometimes, I just don’t think anything I can say would add to the photo.
This is one of those times.
near Portales, New Mexico
photographed 3.30.2018
Why we can’t have nice things
Don’t. Just don’t. Don’t turn the sofa over. Don’t leave your beer can on the counter. Don’t leave all that trash on the floor.
And don’t leave the curtains open so photographers can look inside.*
Causey, New Mexico
photographed 3.30.2018
*For the record, I only look inside places I am sure are vacant.
Window Movements
The motion of the old vinyl window blinds combined with the what-is-that-about slant on the wood on the boarded-up door caught my eye from the other side of the street. It just got better the closer I got.
Causey, New Mexico
photographed 3.30.2018
Adobe School
The exterior of this abandoned school gave me no clue that the walls were adobe, and even when I first look thorough (what was left of) the front door, I couldn’t really believe what I was seeing. I was about to call in the expert, my Patient Spouse, for his architectural opinion on it. The next window I looked through, though, confirmed it: that v-shaped hole in the wall is typical of the way adobe erodes and not at all the way masonry does.
But it still seems odd.
Causey, New Mexico
photographed 3.30.2018
