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Building Cornerstone

This is an abandoned church building down one of the side streets in Anson.  The structure is boarded up and the belfry had no bell.  The grass badly needs to be cut. 

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Alleyway graphic

One of the alleyways in Anson has this beautiful & colorful graphic advertising the Museum.

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Painting on a Coffee Shop wall

One of the coffee shops in Anson has this mural painted on the outside wall as an advertisement.

I was there late in the afternoon, so the shop wasn't open, sad to say.

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Alleyway Scene

I was walking through some of the downtown alleyways in Anson, TX and came across this scene.

I think this is an abandoned building, but I like the painting of the vase in between the doorways.

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Announcements

There's an art center in downtown Abilene and on one of the outside walls there are these announcements about coming events.  The photo club I attend once a month meets at this venue, and it's right across from my fav coffee shop, so I see the banners regularly.  

The art center has rotating displays of artist's work inside throughout the year and it's always fun to see what's on display when I attend my meetings.  

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Flavors

While waiting for my fav coffee drink at the coffee shop, I decided to grab a pic of these flavors lined up against the far wall. 

They all sound good, but I get the exact same drink every time I'm in the store...

a large blended Tuxedo with whipped cream.

Maybe someday I'll try something different, but for now, that's what I get.

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Hobby Lobby

A while back JoAnn Fabric closed.  So sad.  So I've been buying my fabric at Hobby Lobby.  They have a great selection and I wait until they have their fabric sale in order to get the fabric when it doesn't cost so much.  

Today I decided I need a Jelly Roll to complete a quilt I started.  

They don't sell Jelly Rolls!!!

I went to Michael's.  

They don't sell Jelly Rolls!!!!

Now I'll have to order one online or else go to a fabric store and pay an outrageous amount of money for one, which I won't do.

So disappointing.

I think you have to be rich in order to sew anything these days.

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Abandoned House on Corner

This abandoned house is on a corner in a run down neighborhood in Abilene, TX.  

The windows on one side are boarded up and there's a chain link fence surrounding the yard.  The other half of the building has an ac unit in the window, but the house is in disrepair and doesn't look like anyone is living in it.

The sky to the left looks like there's copy space.

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Abandoned Warehouse

This corner of the building is just a piece of a long/large warehouse on the south side of Abilene, TX where there are other warehouses and other abandoned buildings. There's copy space on the white bricks and on the steps, while green vines grow cup the supports of the structure.

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Ballet School

There's a ballet school in downtown Abilene, TX.  I've taken pics of each of the sides, but never of both of them at once.  I really like this image.  

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Upward Staircadse

This staircase is in an alleyway going up to the 2nd floor.  The building seems abandoned, and there's one broken pane of glass in the window.  This image was made on a cloudy July day and the temps were pretty moderate.

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Winnie the Pooh

This is a painting on an unused store front in Abilene, TX.  It's just a small piece of a larger mural that adorns the glass plate window.  

Winnie the Pooh makes me smile all the time.

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Justice Center

The front of the Sheriff's Dept in San Angelo.  The name and the entrance to the jail.

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One End of the Building

The Sheriff's dept in San Angelo, TX.  

Three doorways and three tress on a beautiful, but hot, July day.

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More Artwork

On one of the supports for the overhead roadway in San Angelo, there's a series of artwork.  

This is just two of them.  

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Artwork Under the Bridge

In San Angelo, this artwork can be seen under one of the bridge overpasses.  Several of the support systems for the overpasses have artwork on them or in the ground near them.  

Sidewalks meander under the overpass so it's easy to see and appreciate the artwork that's there.

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River Walk in San Angelo

This unique bridge crosses the water in the park in San Angelo.  To the right, in the water, is a statue of a mermaid.  The park has many trees for shade, lots of grass and seems to be a great place for people to spend the day when the weather is good.

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A CPA office    

This CPA office is located in San Angelo on one of the main streets.  This part of town was pretty well deserted on a late Sat. afternoon.  There was no foot traffic and very few cars were driving by.

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Abandoned and Locked Building

In downtown Abilene, there's a building that used to house a really good bakery.  The bakery closed, I don't know why, and now the building is covered over with plywood and the door is locked.

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Coca Cola Painting

There's a great pizza place in Baird.  While there, waiting for my order to be ready, I noticed this painting of a Coca Cola bottle in front of the American flag.

I prefer Pepsi, but this painting is beautiful so I grabbed an shot of it for this blog.

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Storage Units

This section of storage units is surrounded by a black fence.  

I don't know how many units are rented but once in a while there are some people holding "unit sales" from one or another of the units.

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Directional Arrow

This fading painted arrow is pointing in the direction the traffic should travel in this spot.

The red paint on the curb is faded. It's been raining pretty much this summer so the grass is fairly green compared to other years.

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Circular Steps

This beautiful set of steps leads to a red door of a Real Estate Office not too far from my house.  It's a beautiful old building.  The steps are unique for the area.

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Mosaic Wall 

This beautiful mosaic wall is part of the decor in a park on the edge of Amsterdam, NY.

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In the Adirondacks

This beautiful scene is in the Adirondacks of New York State.

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Jumbo Jenga

Several months ago I posted another image of this jumbo benga that's located in a play area in downtown Abilene, TX.  The location used to be a restaurant with an outdoor eating area that now has several games for people to interact with.  

This time I passed this place, it was all in shade which made for a better image.

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Chain and Lock

This chain and lock is on some heavy particle board that covers the glass windows that used to be part of a bakery in downtown Abilene, TX.  Right now the building seems abandoned, but it's apparently taken care of by being covered over with the wooden boards.

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Downtown Plant Decor

Downtown Abilene has been revitalized.  There's a lot of decor around.  This plant is just one of several in a row surrounded by rocks.  It's really a beautiful sight.

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Cold Coffee

When I was little and didn't drink coffee, my father would drink iced coffee in the summer.  I never tasted it~~I don't think he put any sweetener in his drink.

As I got older and started drinking coffee in college and after that as an adult, I tried this cold coffee from a shop that's very popular in eastern upstate NY.  I drink hot coffee sometimes, but my drink of choice is this iced coffee.  When I was back in upstate NY a few weeks ago, I treated myself to this drink because they don't make them here in Texas, sad to say.

I surely do miss those drinks!!!

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Wall Decor

In one of the places I visited today, this wall decor just caught my eye.  I love the color and the simplicity of it.

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Photos

When I was still living in upstate NY, some friends and I would take a fieldtrip once a week to a town.  We each had a list of photos to take. Once we got there, we would separate for about an hour to get the photos on the list, then meet up for lunch and discussion about the images we got.  

It was a lot of fun seeing what we each got for the same prompt.

Before I moved there was going to be an art show, so I framed some of my images and left them with one of my friends.  She was kind enough to keep them all these years and when I saw her recently she showed me the pics.  There were originally 9 of them, but I only wanted 6.

Here they are.  They're on the wall in my dining area.  Three are from upstate NY and three are from where I live now.  

When/if I move, I'll have a lot of careful packing to do.

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Tall, skinny bookcase

My parents had this bookcase in their place before they both passed.  I always loved it so, in spite of the sadness of them being gone, I was happy to get it.  

I have way to many books right now because I belong to a bookgroup that meets once a month and many of the books were obtained through used book sites and they only cost a few dollars.  I don't purchase every book we read, just the ones I think I'll want to keep.  Sadly, I keep too many of them, but I love to read and I often read a favorite book several times.  

I need to STOP buying books.  There is, after all, a library in town.  We'll see how that goes.

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Extra Bedroom

I live in an apartment that has 2 bedrooms/2 bathrooms.  I could have chosen an apartment with one bedroom/bathroom, but I like the extra space.  

My town is building an AI center and there are sooooo many extra people here doing the building and the work, ugh.  Apartment prices have gone up (because people are greedy) and so have trailer park sites and the cost of homes has gone up.  

Last week I found out that I can have a roommate who is working for one of the hospitals in town.  She'll be here for the week, but only for 4 nights because she's going home to her family in another town each weekend.  She'll get the other bedroom/bathroom and I'll get help with the rent. 

I hope this works out.   

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Throw Pillows

Several years ago, my friend had these pillows made for her living room by someone.  When I was visiting her recently, she asked me about them and then she put them all on the couch and I took a photo of them.

I think they're so pretty~~green is one of my fave colors and I love the brown couch.

We finally remembered who made them.

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Wooden Quilt Square

A painted quilt square is located on a building in upstate NY.  

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Window Grafitti

I was in town this afternoon and one of the vacant buildings has large windows.  One of the windows had this graffiti painted on it.

Abilene is know as the Storybook Capital of the United States, so they have a lot of Winnie the Pooh graphics scattered around as statues and graffiti.

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Items in a Box

Several years ago I became interested in this concept of putting items in these boxes because I wanted to do my grand kids in the boxes.  I practiced with these still life items before I photographed the kids.

I found this image in my files.  (the kiddos in the boxes came out really good)

I didn't do kids in a box this year~~my daughter just had a baby late in the year and the weather didn't cooperate much.  Hopefully I'll be able to do a photo in the spring.

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Two Painted Faces

There's a fairly new shopping center on the other side of Abilene and in the parking area are several places where the trash is picked up by trucks.  The trash receptacles are surrounded on three sides with stone walls that are painted so they become part of the decor.  This is one of the walls.  

What a great idea to decorate the trash areas like this.

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Grandma and baby

My daughter is crazy about the little one.  

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My great-granddaughter with her grandpa

The little one made the rounds with the adults she knew while we were on the boat.

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Granddaughter and Great-granddaughter

We went to the lake today.  It was overcast and just the right temperature for a ride on the boat.

The little one was getting tired so she was snuggling with her mom.

She just turned one last week. She's adorable but I haven't seen her enough for her to be used to me yet.

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Two Rivers

These two river converge at this spot.  In the lower left corner there's a dock for loading boats into the river and a picnic area.  

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Spanish Church

This beautiful Spanish Church is located on one of the side streets in Amsterdam, NY.  

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Defunct Phone Booth

This phone booth has been at the boat launch for years.  One year there was a lot of weeds and flowers growing on it, but this year, not so much.  I can't believe the booth is still there, but it's a reminder of days gone by.

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Quilt Square

There's a trail of quilt squares  on various buildings in this upstate NY area.  I'm not sure where you can get the map, but there's one available for whomever wants one.

I passed a building with this square on it today.  The squares are created by a person when someone contacts them and says they want one.  There's a charge, but I don't know what it is.

The squares are usually high on the building over the entrance door and each one is indicative of the business which is contained in the building.  Some private homes have these on their buildings as well, and it's really fun to locate them and see what they are.

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Last 5-10-25 Cent Store

This store in Northville used to be a Woolworths.  When I was a kid there were Woolworth stores all over the east~~maybe in other parts of the country too, I'm not sure.

When I was a senior in high school, my first job was at a Woolworths which was within walking distance of my home in the Bronx.  Minimum wage was $1.25/hour.  I thought I was rich when I got my check.

This store boasts that it's the last 5-10-25 cent store in the country and it may well be.  It does good business and it's a destination spot for people who visit upstate NY.

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Beautiful Home

This beautiful structure is on the corner of a street in Northville, NY.  There are some really gorgeous homes in that little rural town.  

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Yankee Hill Lock

This is the remnant of the Yankee Hill Lock when goods were moved from the east side of NY to the west side by waterway.  To the left of the image is the Mohawk River.  

This is a destination spot with the original store in between the lock and the river (not seen).  During the summer there are concerts held in front of the store.  There are also picnic tables and grills scattered around for people to have picnics and meetings.  

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Happy Birthday

From left to right:  mama, one-year-old, grandpa and grandpa's mom.

It didn't rain until after the party was over.

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Great-Grand Baby

This is my first great-grand baby.  She's just turned one.  

She's adorable and she's very expressive. She's not used to me yet, and I probably won't see her again for another year, but that's what happens when you live across the country.