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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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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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Man and Abandoned Cafe

I'm so far behind doing my photo-a-day, sheesh.

My friend and I went on a field trip to one of the small towns about an hour away from Abilene.  There were several deserted/abandoned structures along the Main Street.

This is one of them, once-upon-a-time a Cafe.  The roof, as you can see, has collapsed into the building and there was nothing else to see except the "Cafe" sign.   One can only imagine what a cute place it must have been in its day.

The mural on the outside was dated and is only a couple of years old.  

My friend offered to pose to give the building some perspective.

My heart is grateful for: 

the beautiful weather we had that day

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A Cluster of Cacti

Three of us took a walk through the park at the lake this morning.  They were both looking for flowers (of which there were many because of all the rain we've had lately), but I'm not a gardener so I was just hoping for some photo ops.  

I finally saw this cluster of cacti, post-bloom, but in very good condition.  That doesn't happen too often, so I grabbed a shot of them.  

After our little trek, one of the ladies and I headed over to an estate sale, I bought a bed for the spare bedroom, she bought some odds and ends.  Some guys at the estate sale graciously loaded the bed onto her truck and the two of us unloaded it at my house, got it all set up and then we went for lunch to a local Greek place.  

I'm grateful today for:

friends who are wiling to help in times of need

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Cowboy Church Sign

There are Cowboy Churches all over West Texas.  I was driving to a photo op location with a friend when I saw this sign for the church and stopped to take a photo of it.  

Grateful today for:

having no appointments or deadlines today