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Angel
The sculpture, known as the Umlauf Angel, keeps watch over the front section of the City of Lubbock Cemetery. The Angel, by internationally known sculptor Charles Umlauf, was commissioned by the City in 1958.
By 1994, things were looking bad, as she had developed cracks due to weathering. Restoration in 1995 and 1996 was successful. Sort of: only a few days after the restored sculpture was complete vandals (two high school boys, later arrested) chipped away at the wing tips, causing $1,200 in damages.
She’s fine these days, casting her gaze skyward amidst the gravestones.
The City of Lubbock Cemetery
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 2.3.2009
This is the end?
Weeds encroach upon this abandoned farmhouse from one side and storm clouds bear down on it from another.
This may not end well….
Lamb County, Texas
photographed 5.22.2010
Sliding
Not too much left in Throckmorton, and it looks as though it’s sliding toward oblivion. The population decreased nearly 9% from 2000 to 2010. Even more telling: in 2010, there were 466 housing units in town and 116 of them were vacant.
I found this near the intersection of Texas Street (which isn’t paved) and North Matthews Street (which is).
This isn’t the first time this particular structure’s made an appearance on the blog: you can see it here or here or here.
Throckmorton, Texas
photographed 3.25.2012
Sometimes the reason is different than you think
I thought I was taking this photo because of all those lovely rectangles in the windows.
I don’t mind being wrong: when I looked at the photo, I thought I’d taken it because of what looks like an art gallery in the room beyond the windows.
I still don’t mind being wrong: after I looked at it some more, I realized that I’d taken it because of the different glass in the windows and the way the light’s reflected differently across the bank of windows. Some of it’s wavy, some of it distorts the reflection, some of it looks like there’s not even glass there at all.
some random alley
Marfa, Texas
photographed 1.18.2013
