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Cyril and Methodius (and their church)
In addition to their cemetery, the brother saints Cyril and Methodius have a church.
I can’t even tell you how much I like to find a church with an unlocked door…
near Buckholts, Texas
photographed 11.25.2017
Cyril and Methodius, the cemetery saints
A long time ago, I discovered a great atlas called The Roads of Texas that was published by Texas A&M University. It had large-scale maps of the entire state, and I used it until it literally fell apart. I’ve got a new version now, and use it often to scope out road trips*. In addition to having ALL the roads in the state, it details the sorts of things I like to look at.
And that’s how I found the Saints Cyril and Methodius Cemetery.
(In case you were wondering, the saints were brothers, born in Greece in 826 [or 827] and 815; in 1980, they were declared as co-patron saints of Europe. They are highly regarded by Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christians.)
And I – and now you, maybe – would never known any of this except that I saw the cemetery in the atlas.
near Buckholts, Texas
photographed 11.25.2017
*I know – I’m old school like that with my paper maps.
Church + Cemetery
I guess the interest and/or money ran out after the sign but before the church. (There was a cemetery, though, way over to the right.)
Rogers, Texas
photographed 8.6.2017
Spatula
One of the great mysteries that I encounter every time I peek through a dirty window into an abandoned business is what sorts of things were left behind.
A spatula, this time. And a heat lamp.
Did someone intend to come back and get the rest of their things? Or did they just say fuck it and walk away from their failed business, hoping that maybe on another day in another town, they’d get a new spatula.
Floydada, Texas
photographed 3.25.2017
Mom’s Place
Am I just worrying about the wrong things here, but do you think Mom might not particularly have appreciated her Place using a pig as a logo/mascot?
Post, Texas
photographed 11.5.2016
One Day | One Image 