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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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Abandoned White House on Road

This White House is alone the Main Street entering a small town in central Texas.  It's been vacant for a long time.

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Vacant Building on South Side

This corner building is vacant and has been for a number of years.  The wood is painted blue but the windows and doors are boarded up with no access to the inside.

Wonder what the building was originally?

125/365

Electric boxes on Pole

There's a vacant lot on a corner in downtown Abilene that is empty except for these electric boxes.

I don't now what they do or what they power, but this empty lot has been like this since I've been here 

for the past 7 years.   

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Building in Colorado City

Today was a lovely weather day.  About 70 degrees with a slight wind. 

 By the middle of the afternoon I decided I needed to get out of the house and get some fresh air, so I drove to Colorado City.  I've been there before and taken photos there as well, but I never got this perspective of this abandoned building that might have been a hotel,

About 7.5 years ago I took some images of this structure.  At that time there were signs indicating that the building would be remodeled and refurbished.  So far that hasn't happened.

It's sad to see this structure continue to go to wrack n ruin.  

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Happy Face around Dial

In the abandoned Power Plant, this destroyed dial had a happy face painted around it..  

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Abandoned Church

Abandoned church along a country road in rural Texas.

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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. 

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Blue/Tan/Red

Abandoned buildings seen in an alleyway.

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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.

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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.

365/365

A House and Winter Grass

This is day 365 of 365.  It's the first time I've ever finished a photo-a-day for an entire year.  Other years I've almost done it, but I never managed to complete the year.  

A friend and I took a drive this afternoon to a town I've never been to before.  

It's name is Desdemona~~sounds like a girl's name, right?, but that's actually the name of the town.

We came across this abandoned house.  There are so many (abandoned houses).  I couldn't get any closer since there was a fence around the property.

So tomorrow begins a new year.  Wonder if I'll be able to post a photo-a-day for the year?

Happy New Year to y'all.

344/365

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 Bldg in Ranger

I don't know what this building was once upon a time, but now it's just a shell, no walls or floor plan 

inside, just some supporting poles holding up the beams that supported the upper floors.

There are planters along the outside of the lower level, as though someone is trying too make the building/sidewalk look nice.

274/365

The Mailbox is in Good Shape

A totally abandoned house.  But the mailbox is in good condition.

267/365

Pool Closed

Some of the saddest words ever.  

In Texas it's in the low 90s until the end of Sept or beginning of Oct, so why, I wonder, 

does the pool close so early?  So discouraging.

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Abandoned Country Home

This abandoned home is in Leuders, Texas.  

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Abandoned Home in Abilene

These abandoned structures make my heart so sad. I always wish I could get into these places, but they're always locked tight.

151/365

Abandoned Meeting House

Seen along a country road in rural Texas.

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Abandoned Sanctuary

This is the inside of an abandoned country church.  The church sits next to a cemetery.  

The interior seems to be in pretty good condition.  There was no information anywhere in or around  the structure indicating what church it was or the years it was active.

It must have been a sweet congregation.