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“This is not my beautiful house.”
It was the part of town where a fairly high percentage of mean-looking dogs weren’t on a leash. Or a chain. I have an inherent fear of dogs anyway, and these particular animals looked like maybe they’d been waiting all day to enjoy a nice snack of photographer’s leg.
So, I stayed in the car to take this picture.
Which is why I heard the Talking Heads on the radio, singing “Once in a Lifetime” while I was shooting. And at the very moment I took this shot, I heard David Byrne sing, “This is not my beautiful house.” Coincidence or not – either way, I was greatly amused.
Slaton, Texas
photographed 3.9.2014
Scene (not seen): 3
Number three in the series – what is real, really?
Scene (not seen): 1
Scene (not seen): 2
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
photographed 9.22.2013
A chevron, suspended
While there is surely some psychological reasons that I am drawn to abandoned places like this, we are all probably better off without knowing what they may be. Let’s just decide that my obsession is probably (mostly) harmless, and let it go. OK?
Anyway. Check out that roof, with its chevron shape, and the way it appears to be suspended from that T-shaped tower and pair of cables.
Also, you might be interested to know that the door on the right side is actually blue.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
photographed 9.22.2013
Repaired (for now)
This grave marker doesn’t have any names or dates on it. It’s small, only about a foot high. Unlike markers in fancier cemeteries, it’s made from concrete. Time has been hard on it, and now there’s a crack that runs from the base nearly all the way to the arms. A loop of wire, twisted a few times, does what it can to hold the little monument together. For now, anyway.
El Calvario Cemetery
Puerto de Luna, New Mexico
photographed 9.22.2013
The way things overlap
Part of the same cluster of buildings where I saw this was a sight to make me very happy: metal siding, metal roofs (some even with pipes poking through them), bare tree branches, power lines, and that very nice brick tower.
Some days, it’s easy to do what I do….
Caldwell, Texas
photographed 2.28.2014
