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Creepy Monkey
The things that people leave behind when they abandon a house always interest me. Broken furniture, dead television sets, piles of mail and bill and magazines, curtains are all pretty common.
Monkeys, though, are a bit more unusual.
And I feel like this creepy monkey is probably friends with this even creepier doll (which was in an abandoned building in a different part of the state).
Valentine, Texas
photographed 7.11.2015
Just try to escape
From this angle, it looks like everything is leaning out of the frame, as if to get the hell away from the place.
Except the walker, which has stumbled and is down for the count.
Valentine, Texas
photographed 7.11.2015
Stove/Pipe
Another fading town, another house without a roof: the same story.
The stove was left behind, as was a pipe across the sidewalk. The abandonment isn’t recent: an entire tree has grown up in what used to be inside the house.
Valentine, Texas
photographed 7.11.2015
Sad Trailer, 2
An interior shot of the same trailer from yesterday. That coffee mug on the counter makes me think the resident intended to return someday, but that could be my own pro-coffee confirmation bias.
Valentine, Texas
photographed 7.11.2015
Sad Trailer, 1
Someone’s former house, baking in the desert sun. And no chance of shade or redemption.
Valentine, Texas
photographed 7.11.2015
One Day | One Image 