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nine lots for sale
It was really hot the day I was in Lampasas, but the local museum was not only open but nicely air-conditioned. After I spent some time inside looking around, I went back out and walked down an alley, because of course alleys often have things in them that need to be photographed.
And that’s how I found this.
Now, I’m not a marketing person, but it does seem like in a shed off an alley may not be the best location to advertise those nine lots….
Lampasas, Texas
photographed 7.22.2023
a shadow of itself
Out at my place on the rim of a canyon*, it’s usually too windy to catch a photo like this – generally these thin stalks of grass are whipping around at blur-inducing rate.
But the there was this one day in December when it was sunny and warm and calm. So I made this image.
Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas
photographed 12.17.2023
*I mean, it’s not the Grand Canyon, but nevertheless, it is still a canyon.
carts
From the looks of things, the Abell-Prewitt Implement Company has gone out of business, leaving behind an array of merchandise. And two very dusty shopping carts.
I don’t know where residents of Ralls currently go to obtain their implements…
Also: what are residents of Ralls called? Ralls-ites? Rallsians? Rallers?
Ralls, Texas
photographed 1.13.2024




