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Wayward cloud looks like a banner
I caught a chill when I wrote yesterday’s post, so let’s look at something I photographed on a day that was about 100 degrees warmer. Literally.
This is another view of the sign you can see in this shot. The most remarkable thing here, I think, is the way that one little wisp of a cloud looks like a banner fluttering from the sign.
But do you see what else? Yep – painted-and-faded plywood!
Snyder, Texas
photographed 7.10.2013
Lines. And lines.
Sometimes I like to look (literally) at the big picture.
But, when I can get close and see things like this conglomeration of lines, the big-picture view becomes inadequate.
Ritz Theater
Snyder, Texas
photographed 7.10.2013
Two chairs
It’s this sort of scene that makes an after-work drive to Snyder completely worth it: seeing two chairs, lined up exactly with the lines on the wall directly under a sign with the word “precision” on it.
It very nearly took my breath away. Although that could have been from the heat – it was approximately one thousand degrees* outside that day. But, no, I really think it was the chairs’ placement that made me breathless. I am weird that way.**
Snyder, Texas
photographed 7.10.2013
* Or: 105 degrees.
** I am also weird in some other ways. Which you probably at least suspected.
Plywood, weeds, and peeling paint
Here’s another shot of the endangered train depot in Snyder.
Had this been an old book, rather than an old building, that peeled part would be called foxing*. I don’t know what it’s properly called on a building.
Snyder, Texas
photographed 7.10.2013
*A condition issue affecting old books, prints and ephemera consisting of brown spotting caused by exposure to excessive humidity, extreme temperatures and/or the aging of inks originally used in processing
The depot was boarded up, and the train didn’t stop
A couple of years ago, Preservation Texas named this train depot as one of the 100 most endangered buildings in the state. There was a flurry of interest which appears to have died down.
As I took this photo, the north-bound train hurried past.
Snyder, Texas
photographed 7.29.2013
One Day | One Image 