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Abandoned Gas Station

On the way into Colorado City there are some abandoned structures.  This one happens to be an old gas station.  On the right corner is what was the office and to the  left of the image there are two overhead doors where work on the cars probably took place.  

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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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Wind Mills

There are several wind mill farms around here.  Today I was out driving the country roads looking for a photo op and I came near to this grouping of wind mills.

It was the only sight I saw on my drive that looked photographically attractive, so I 

made a few images.  Then, since I was near my daughter's house, I stopped there for a few minutes for a visit with mom & dad and the kiddos.

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Hitting the Ball

At the softball game one of our hitters smacked the ball, which you can see on the right side of the image, and ran a few bases.  

It was a good game.

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Coin Toss at Softball Game

This is the 2nd softball game I've attended to watch my church team play.  The two coaches and the ref are looking down at the coin they tossed to determine which team goes to bat first.  

I really love shooting through chain link.  

The church team won tonight. They played really well.  Several of their hits went over the fence for home runs.  It was a good game and great weather.

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Staircase Windows

In another alley in downtown there's a staircase that has these small glazed windows along the wall.  I noticed the broken pane which I had not seen before.  Wonder how it got broken???

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Mushroom Graffiti

In a different location than the eye graffiti, there's this mushroom graffiti.  The artwork I gorgeous, I couldn't resist taking a photo of it.

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Eye Graffiti

In one of the alleys in downtown Abilene there's a blank yellow wooden wall and today I noticed that there's two beautiful graffiti designs on it.  Both are signed, but I can't read the writing.

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White Fire Escape Steps

These fire escape steps are on the side of a bank building and they cast a beautiful shadow on the building in the late afternoon sun.  

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FREE

In downtown Abilene this structure used to be a restaurant, but it's been taken over by I have no idea who or what.  It offers free games on the patio and there's a FREE GAMES sign on the fence enclosing the patio.  The lights on the sign were on but because it was daytime they don't show up too well.

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Abandoned Bank Building

I came across this old abandoned bank building in a small, almost non-existent town about 1.5 hours from Abilene.  The date on the front of the building, which I removed, was 1911.

I wonder how many years the bank was active and how much of a town existed at that time?

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Number 4 at bat

Number 4 hit the ball, you can see it just above the fence line.  

It was a lovely evening and the sun was setting so it wasn't too hot.

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Number 7 at bat

I love taking photos at a ball game.  This was a softball game and I've never been to a softball game before, so it was quite an adventure.  

I think the other team won, but it was still a good time.

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Pre-game huddle

My church has a softball team that seems to play about once a week.  I finally had the chance to attend one of the games with my camera.  This was the pre-game huddle.  The church team wears the purple shirts.