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Fuselage
When I was in Roswell, I skipped going to the famous (or famous-ish) International UFO Museum and Research Center and Gift Shop*, **. Instead I visited the dead-airplane repository out at the airport. Part of the place had airplanes that were more or less intact (including an Emirates Air 747, which was definitely not something I thought I’d ever see at all, let alone see in Roswell), but there was also the Fuselage Department (I made that name up)(which you probably already figured out) pictured here. And there was the Pieces of Engines Division. And, of course, the Bureau of Random Pieces. And some other stuff I didn’t make up names for.
It’s hard to imagine the space alien museum being more interesting or photogenic than this old stuff.
Roswell, New Mexico
photographed 5.22.2021
*I love that they were honest and included “gift shop” in the name.
**There’s a big event there at the museum (and gift shop) July 1-4, so you’ve still got time to make your travel plans.
Tire + Appliance
This isn’t the first time that I’ve noticed a store window display full of giant dresses. It’s also not the first time the reflection from across the street has added to the scene. And it’s also not the first time I’ve photographed it.
Roswell, New Mexico
photographed 5.22.2021
some things are never found
Really, sometimes the jokes really DO write themselves. Like this “Lost & ” sign on the wall at the municipal swimming pool.
Idalou, Texas
photographed 5.16.2021
Relegated
All the cemetery trash – faded plastic flowers, dead real ones, a surprising number of beer cans, and pieces of tumbleweeds – has been relegated to a cage at the back.
Dora, New Mexico
photographed 5.23.2021
to die, to sleep
Maybe you’re used to random music lyrics (usually something from Bruce Cockburn), so this is new – a Shakespeare quote:
To die, to sleep
-“Hamlet”
But the sight of this very sketchy mattress in an abandoned building that was behind another abandoned building – and I’m not even going to talk about that pentagram painted on the wall – definitely brought the word “die” to mind. And from there, it was a short leap to Hamlet.
Chaves County, New Mexico
photographed 5.23.2021
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