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A wavy line
Just yesterday, I said the photo had “just about everything.”
But it actually didn’t. It did not have a single wavy line.
Today I am fixing my error, featuring this wavy-roofed place that is just across the street from yesterday’s photo. At least “everything” is close together….
Slaton, Texas
photographed 3.9.2013
Just about everything
Do your prefer lines in corrugated metal to run horizontally? Got it.
Or, maybe you prefer a vertical alignment? Got that, too.
Do you like metal ducts that shine in the sun? Yep.
Or bricks with random patterns of light and dark? That’s here, too.
Downspouts? Yes.
Guy wires? Certainly.
Four black windows, way up on the wall? Indeed.
This place has just about everything you’re looking for.
Slaton, Texas
photographed 3.9.2014
“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
#1 Fans
Do you qualify as a #1 Fan of the Dallas Cowboys? No, I don’t either. But if we DID, this is where we could hang out. There are some rules, though, according to the numerous hand-written signs taped to the door. You have to be over 21 to enter. You have to fork over a five buck cover charge. And you can smoke only in “desenated” areas, which are further defined as “in back.”
E. Geneva Street
Slaton, Texas
photographed 1.25.2013
PS: My spouse suggested that this should post on Super Bowl Sunday, in honor of the Cowboys and their triumphant return to today’s Big Game.
The anonymous church
You’ll have to take my word for that this place was a church; I base my opinion on the three large crosses on the side of the building that you can’t see in this photo. There wasn’t a sign anywhere around, and the map of Slaton, which notes quite a few other churches in the neighborhood, doesn’t say what this place is.
My usual route into town was blocked by a train, so I took the road next to the tracks, and when the pavement ended, I turned toward town and found a way that brought me to a part I’d never seen before. There’s a very good chance that you’ll see more shots from this neighborhood over the next few days….
Slaton, Texas
photographed 1.25.2014
One Day | One Image 