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Ft. Chadbourne Hospital Remains

Ft. Chadbourne is located in Coke County, Texas with the intention of protecting the western frontier and the Butterfield Overland mail route.  Although many of the buildings on the site have been renovated and remodeled back to their original forms, this structure, which was once the hospital building, is still in its desecrated condition.

The hospital originally had 3 rooms, and the floor was dirt.  

There were supposed to be 5 barrack structures for the soldiers, but by the time the 2nd barrack was constructed, water ran out and it wasn't feasible to continue the construction.

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Snowman Family~~downtown Abilene

There's a small park on one of the corners in downtown Abilene.  This snowman family decorates the park with greetings of happy smiles.  

This is a well-traveled area of the town, so more people can see the happy family.  Last year this display was in another park a few blocks away, but probably wasn't seen by as many people.  

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL.

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Decor in a Coffee Shop

My fave coffee shop has a wall that separates one seating section from another and on the back side of the wall are these 4 portraits.  

No names, but the photos are retro and are so sweet to look at.  Young people today will never know the joy of looking back at old photos of their family and friends.

Very sad.

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Church Choir performance

My church puts on a Christmas performance each year.  This is the first time I've been to one since I've been in Texas.  It was absolutely spectacular.  Their voices are wonderful and the director did a great job putting the production together.  

This is only a small portion of the adult choir that I was able to get without getting too much unimportant "stuff" if I tried to get the entire group.  There was a children's choir as well as a few living scenes of the Christmas story.

I'm so glad I attended this production this afternoon.

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Motel Backyard in Eastland

My friend and I decided to take a ride to Eastland and we stopped in the coffee shop that's on the lower level of a motel.  There's this beautiful pool in the backyard along with a couple of BBQ grills, changing rooms and bathrooms.  There was a pool cleaner in the water doing its work and of course there wasn't anyone swimming at this point in the year, but it's still a great place.  

Almost makes me want to take a little vacation to this place in the warm weather just for a short get-away.  Probably won't happen, but it's a nice thought..

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Back Alley Entrance

Walking down a back ally, there was this entrance to a business.  A guarded window, electric boxes and a locked set of doors.  Late day sun casting sideway shadows.

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Grey Home

This is a second home on a piece of property in Putnam, Texas.  It looks pretty shabby right now, but I wonder if it was someone's forever home once upon a time.  The windows were boarded up on the inside so there was no looking in to see what it was like.  

So sad to see these structures go to wrack and ruin.

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Abandoned Old Home

Another abandoned structure in Eastland, Texas.  The door was unlocked and I was able to get a few images of the inside of the structure~~part of the ceiling was ripped open, there was trash on the floor and there was even an upright vacuum cleaner in the rooms.

It looks like it must have been a nice home once upon a time.

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Vacant Gas Station

This structure is located in Eastland, Texas.  It must have been a gas station once upon a time, but now it's just abandoned and unused.  The door was locked and the office inside was a mess. 

Who pays the taxes on these places?