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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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Business Wall in Dublin

A business wall in Dublin, Texas.  The population of Dublin in 2020 was 3,359.  Dublin is the home of the world's largest Dr. Pepper bottling plant.

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Agricultural Structure

I'm not sure what this structure is but it's pretty imposing in downtown Abilene, TX.  I was there on a day when it was closed and there were no people around.  

It was a beautiful clear day.

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Side Entrance

Barnard's Refinishing.  

I don't know if this business is still functioning, but the sign was there along with graffiti on the wall. 

This is located in downtown Abilene, Texas.  

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Abandoned Post Office

This abandoned building is located in Norton, Texas. The Post Office was opened in 1894.

In 1940 the population was 120 and had five businesses.

From 1980 to 2000 the population was 76.

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Business Window

I made this image several years ago in Dublin, Texas.  It was an abandoned business and I just liked the way it looked with the round circle just inside the window.

I have no memory of what the business was.

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Lion Wall Art

A small rectangular building that appears to be vacant now was home to a health business of some sort.  I've been wanting to take a photo of this wall art for several months, but there was a large car parked in front of it for a long time.  Today the vehicle was gone and all the signage was gone too.

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Plant Decor

Along one of the streets in downtown Abilene, there's a business that has two of these decorative plants flanking their front door.  I know there's a name for this type of plant, I just can'd think of it right now, but they sure are pretty and they add a welcoming touch to the business.

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Free Repair

I think I saw this sign on a vacuum repair building, but I don't remember what it was referring to.  Maybe if you had a certain kind of work done, they'd do something else for free.  Anyway, I thought it was kind of interesting with the vertical black lines and then the blue letters.

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Bangs, TX graffiti

I was in Bangs, TX today and came across this graffiti on the wall outside a feed store.

I thought it was so beautiful I had to get an image of it.  

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Yapping Dawg

I saw this place down a side road outside of Anson, TX.  It's a stand-alone building, apparently selling liquor - beer & wine.  The building is pink, has a small entrance door, a window with protective bars and a list of hours that it's open.  

It appears to be abandoned. 

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SODA district

This sign is at a business on the south side of Abilene, Texas.  SODA stands for "south of downtown Abilene", and it's a complete area that contains reception venues, bars, and other social gathering places. The sign is illuminated once it gets dark.

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Downtown Grain Silos 3

In a downtown area of Abilene, along the railroad tracks there are several different grain silos.  I honestly don't know why I love to photograph them as much as I do, but here ya go.    

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Car Dealership?

I've seen this type of building in many towns, but they've all been abandoned or used for some other business.  Wonder what they were originally.  Kind of looks like a car dealership or car repair place.  In any event, they're interesting.

This building is located in Paint Rock, Texas, Concho County.

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100% Pure Love

Another alleyway scene.  Sweet graffiti on a red brick wall with one window showing.

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Abandoned Downtown Business

For as long as I've lived here, this place has looked exactly like this.  Abandoned and nothing has changed one bit.  I don't know what it was when it was an active business.  

There is little-to-no foot traffic in this location, but once upon a time there must have been.

Very curious.

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Downtown Silos

On the edge of downtown Abilene there are several silos along the railroad tracks.  I'm not sure what they're for, but they're huge and they're active.

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Empty Building

This looks like a pretty interesting building, and even though it seems to be abandoned, there's a chalk drawing on one side and one of the overhead doors on the end is open, so there must be some kind of business--auto repair, machine shop or something of that sort.  

It seems weird that the main part of the building has been vacant and boarded up for years, but there's a business of some sort in one part.  

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Urban structure

This structure contained a restaurant until it recently relocated to another space in downtown Abilene, TX. I haven't seen the new location so I don't know if there's an outside eating space as there was here. 

The weather has been much more tolerable although still warm and it was almost pleasant being outside and walking around after dealing with temps in the high 100s and up to 113 for a while.

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Quilting Mural

This is a section of a beautiful mural seen on the side of a building in downtown Fairbanks, Alaska.  Once upon a time the building contained That Old Sew & Sew, a fabric/quilt shop, but it has been closed for a couple of years.

The mural was created by Zoe Rabjohns who currently lives in Fairbanks and owns the 

Hello Sunshine Tattoo Parlor. 

She can be found online if you'd be interested in seeing more of her work.

My heart is grateful for:

artwork in all forms that beautifies our towns & cities