42/365

Number 203

I got my hair trimmed today in a town about 20 minutes from my house.  Just beyond that town, about 10 minutes farther, is Baird, where there's an amazing pizza place so I drove there

to order a pizza I could have for lunch and then leftovers.

While I was waiting for the food to cook, I walked around the tiny town with my camera and came across these numbers on this building and decided to grab a shot of them.  I've seen them before, just never took a pic of them. 

The weather was nice, about 52 F with a slight breeze.  I wish the weather would stay like this a lot longer but I don't imagine that happening.

41/365

Cypress Street Restaurant

I was downtown the other day and came upon this restaurant from a different direction.  I really liked the way the sign looked against the building with the blue sky in the upper corner.

I don't think I've ever eaten in this establishment, but maybe one day I will.  It seems to do a good business.

40/365

Silver Fire Hydrants

The weather was beautiful today, right around 81. 

I walked around town a little and saw these fire hydrants.  I've seen them before, but the light was so beautiful today I couldn't resist making an image of them.

39/365

7 Up Wall Art

Colorado City, Texas wall art on the outside wall of an abandoned business.

38/365

Abandoned Apt Building

I took a ride to Colorado City today and, among other things, photographed this building.  I remember being there about 5.5 years ago and photographing the same building then, but a different perspective.  The windows were not boarded up back then and I seem to remember a sign on the building saying that it would be refurbished.

Well all these years later and there's no refurbishing happening.  Just the empty building. 

The weather today was spectacular~~temp was about 80 and there was a slight breeze.  Wish it could be like this all the time. 

37/365

Blue/Tan/Red

Abandoned buildings seen in an alleyway.

36/365

Two Birds

Seen at the entrance to the Abilene Zoo.

35/365

Shakers

Seen in a pizza joint.

 34/365

Old Homestead

Another abandoned home.  This must have been a beautiful 

home in its day.

Look at the chimney~~still in good shape, at least from the outside.

33/365

Someone's Forever Home

This must have been a beautiful home at one time.

Wonder why these houses go to wrack and ruin?

32/365

Flowers on Car Door

After Sunday night Study at church a bunch of us go out for dinner at one of two different places.  Tonight we went to Heff's and right outside the door was this car with these beautiful flowers painted on each side.

I've always wanted to have something pretty painted on my car, but it's never happened, so it was great seeing these flowers on this car..

31/365

Abandoned with Corner Windows

This is another abandoned structure that still has these beautiful corner windows.  No clue as to what it was when it was a business.

30/365

Wonder What it Was?

This small structure is abandoned and boarded up.  

Can't even offer a guess as to what it was.

29/365

Building in Small Town in Texas

28/365

Small Town Courthouse

A beautiful retro building in a small town in central Texas.

27/365

Side of a Building

This fire escape is covered with snow.  It's a building in downtown Fairbanks, AK.

26/365

Blue Wall

This is the side of the police department in Fairbanks, AK.  

It was probably near zero when I made this image and I was so happy there were no cars parked at the curb.  I love the geometric pattern on the wall with the snow in various places.

25/365

Children's Artwork

In the children's room of the library there are several works of art hanging on the wall.  This is just a small section of one of the pieces.  

24/365

Snow on Tree

Looking out of the library window.  It was about -12.

23/365

Colorful Duplos

I went to the library with the grandkids again today and saw these duplos on a table and thought they looked so great.  

My kiddos had tons of these to play with and they loved them.

22/365

Artwork in a Coffee Shop

One of the more popular coffee shops in Abilene has this arrangement of artwork decorating one of the walls where there's a small sitting area.  It's just so welcoming.

21/365

Dawn Outside of Fairbanks

I managed to capture this image this morning just as the sun was about to rise above the horizon.  Beautiful colors.

20/365

Another Version

Another version of the aurora borealis from the other night

19/365

Yet Another Coffee Shop

For some reason we stopped at a different coffee stand today.  My drink was almost as good as our first choice one, and it was right on the way home so we didn't have to go out of the way.

18/365

Aurora Borealis

On the way home tonight from Bible Study, we saw this beautiful Aurora Borealis.  We stopped along the way and I got some images with my phone which weren't very good, but when we got to the house I grabbed my good camera to make some images.

This is just hand-held, so it isn't as sharp as it could be, but it's beautiful just the same. 

17/365

Snow Covered Bridge

This snow covered bridge crosses the Chena River in Fairbanks, Ak and it'd adorned with flags along it's route.

16/365

Snow in Wooded Area

+8 degrees today.

Snow in a wooded area on the outskirts of Fairbanks, Ak

15/365

Sunflower Mural

This beautiful sunflower mural is painted on the outside of a business in a small town in Central Texas.  

Definitely a bright spot in the town.

14/365

Tree with Snow

It's +2 degrees right now and overcast.  According to the forecast, it's supposed to be +30 tomorrow.  

Hopefully I can get out and take some photos in town. 

This tree is right outside my window, so very easy to grab an image.  

It gets light outside about 10 am and gets dark around 4:30 pm. 

13/365

Lots of Snow

It's -30.  The air is dry.  The scenery is beautiful.

This image was made in the outskirts of Fairbanks, Alaska.

For those who love winter and winter sports, this is the place to be.

12/365

Dr Pepper artwork

In one of the small towns in central Texas, this Dr Pepper artwork is painted on one of the walls of a business.

Dr Pepper is a Texas thing.

11/365

Playhouse in Snow

Looking out of the Fairbanks Public Library window into their yard where there's a playhouse for the children.  

Today it's -30 but in a few days it's going to be above zero. Weird winter weather.  

10/365

Winter Morning

It was 11 am when this image was made.  The sun rises around 10:30 am and sets around 3:30 pm during the winter in Alaska.  

People love living in Alaska.  I don't know why.  

9/365

Banner at Alaskan Airline Gate

I LOVE Alaskan Airline.  Not much more to say than that.

8/365

Snowman picture location

We were walking around a town called Desdemona a couple of days before Christmas and we came across this snowman where you can get your photo taken.  It was so cute. 

There were no folks walking around~~maybe it was too close to dinner time.

The temp was about 75.  I LOVE warm temps for Christmas.

7/365

Side Entrance to Church

Wandering around the outskirts of Stephenville, we came across this side entrance to the

First United Methodist Church.  It faces a large parking lot and it has a decorative design along the wall. 

6/365

Downtown Painting

Downtown Abilene has just finished refurbishing the streets and sidewalks of one of its main streets.

My favorite coffee shop has also recently remodeled a little inside.  One of the additions they've added is this beautiful painting of their shop and the street on which it lives. 

What a great addition to the decor of the shop.

5/365

Another Vacant Building

It was a late Sunday afternoon when I was walking around this area, so there are no cars or even foot traffic.  Just another vacant building.  

I always wonder who's paying the taxes on these empty structures?

Just for comparison, it was probably a high of 73 here in Abilene today, 

and -6 in Fairbanks, Ak.  Last week it was about 80 in Abilene and -40 in Fairbanks.  Yikes.

4/365

Carpenter' Building

I've often walked past this building in downtown Abilene but I guess I never thought of looking up and getting this kind of image.  It looks like the upper stories are vacant, but there were some men working on the lowest floor doing some kind of construction.  It's a beautiful structure.

3/365

Wall Art Design

I think we were in a town called Desdemona when we saw this gorgeous wall art.  The artist is Jessica Lochbaum (@artjesstudio).

I often wonder if these artists make any money doing their art for other projects.

2/365

War Memorial

In downtown Abilene, the courthouse has this beautiful memorial outside the front door.  A soldier and an eagle.  As you walk through the display, you can see the names of the wars that have been fought that Abileneans have been part of.  

I never really examined the memorial so closely before.

The photo was taken on an overcast winter day.

1/365

Back Door Entrance

New Year's Day.

The streets downtown were deserted.  I walked around some areas I don't usually bother with and I saw this back door in an alleyway. 

I don't know what the actual business is, but other than the closed door and boarded up windowNot  there's  no way for light to get into the back side of the business.

Not a very exciting beginning of a 365 photo-a-day self-challenge but it is what it is.