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An abandoned home on a rural road in Texas.  The winter landscape makes it look even more abandoned and forsaken.

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Silos in Black and White

I decided to stop off in a little town on my way home from an event the other day.  I've been there before and there isn't much to photograph, but hope springs eternal.  

I love these silos and even though I have many images of them, I still make more when I'm there. This time my edit was a little different.  Black and white and a blue sky with clouds.  I love selective color and I really  like the way this turned out.

Hmmmm, 76 days into the year and this is only post 4.  I'm behind on flickr too, but not as behind as here.

Oh well....

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The Annual Rattlesnake Roundup

When I first heard about this Roundup a couple of weeks ago, I thought  they were pulling my leg?  Really?  A rattlesnake roundup????

Well, rattlesnakes are dangerous and they are over populated in Texas and they are NOT endangered.  If you encounter one, feel free to kill it or it might just kill you.  

We got there in the morning.  The  awards ceremonies weren't happening until the afternoon, and when you're with three littles, hanging around anywhere for too long is just too long.  So we walked around the pavilion, got some great carny food and then visited the next pavilion where there seemed to be about an hundred more vendors.  Then we left.  Before the awards.  Awards for:  longest snake, most weight of snakes, beard (probably longest, thickest, or whatever), etc.  

It was interesting, so now I can say: "been there, done that" and unless I'm compelled by photographer friends to go again, I won't have to go back for several years, if ever.  Just sayin'

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Closed for the Day by Sunset

So here it is, the middle of March and it's only the second time I've posted this year.  I need a shot of umph to get me going.

As I was walking around downtown yesterday, I came across this business that was already closed for the day.  I don't even know what the business is because there isn't a name on the window or the building.  But I could see the shadow of what appears to be a conference table and chairs right inside the door and then a beautiful neon heart decoration.

Nothing spectacular about the image, I just like the lighting, the graphic look and the less-is-more of the structure. One of these days I'll ask a local if they know what the business is.