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The music has been silenced
I’m no expert in pianos (or any instrument, as far as that goes), but this one seems to have seen better days…
Amarillo, Texas
photographed 5.29.2016
Thrift Store Seating
Do you need some chairs? Specifically, some chairs that aren’t afraid of sitting outside in the weather? Because if you do, I think I know where you can get them…
Amarillo, Texas
photographed 5.29.2016
Jesus. And a devil. (Maybe.)
If this trash container hadn’t been parked on the corner of a church parking lot, I probably wouldn’t have noticed the juxtaposition of the “Jesus” and the devilish look on the graffiti-face. As they say, “Location, location, location.”
Amarillo, Texas
photographed 5.29.2016
After hours
My Patient Spouse was driving along the old Route 66 in Amarillo the other morning, and I was looking for something interesting to photograph. It wasn’t a surprise to him – and won’t be to you, either – that the very first thing that caught my attention was a window to look through.
The difference here is that this place is still in operation, which puts it apart from the usual shots. Look at me, pushing the limits!
San Jacinto Christian Academy
Amarillo, Texas
photographed 5.29.2016
Not too much service any more
Just another one of the many abandoned service stations in shrinking towns on the Plains.
On an important historical note, the most expensive pig ever sold was owned by a Hermleigh resident. Jefferey Roemisch of Hermleigh sold his cross-breed barrow* named “Bud” for a record breaking $56,000 in 1983 to a man named Bud Olson and his partner, Phil Bonzio. I thought you’d want to know.
Hermleigh, Texas
photographed 3.20.2016
* Were you wondering what a “barrow” is? Yes, I thought you were.
