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(pink), white, and blue
Red paint fades fast. And according to the Google, the reason is that is red pigments are highly vulnerable to UV radiation, which breaks down their chemical bonds, and this often leads to the previously-red paint taking on a pink or chalky appearance over time.
When I was taking this photo a local gentleman pulled up and asked me the usual question (“What are you doing?”) and then offered to sell me the building for fifty bucks. He said, “Course it ain’t got no roof.” Later conversation revealed that he is not actually the owner; handing over the cash to him on the spot would have been a Bad Business Decision™.
But all that aside, I find some level of symbolism in the faded red of a flag-painted building in the middle of Oklahoma.
Snyder, Oklahoma
photographed 4.25.2026
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
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