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Office Building in Albany, TX

I've posted pics of this building before, but usually when it's winter and the trees and grass are not green and pretty.  There was a little re-construction going on, but I thought the view from this perspective was pretty nice.  The gazebo to the right of the building is pretty new, but it adds a little more interest to the scene. 

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Yertle the Turtle

In downtown Abilene, TX there's a park called Everman Park that showcases several statues from 

Dr. Seuss books. (the park is often referred to as the storybook park)

This one is Yertle the Turtle.  It's just so adorable.  There's a sign to the right of the sculpture that has some text from the story.  I LOVE Dr. Seuss stories and I read a lot of them to my children when they were little.  I think they liked them too.

In the background there's some construction happening so, sadly, I couldn't get the statue without the clutter.  It was a beautiful day though, the temp was 85~~and we're only 3 days from Christmas.

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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.

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Road Construction

The city council in Abilene decided it was more important to revamp the Main Street than to maintain the roadways throughout town.  Hopefully this will be done soon.

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Building and Sign

I found a place in downtown Abilene where I haven't been before.  The sign looks like it belonged, once upon a time, to a motel.  The words on the building, which I've removed, indicate that it was an 

electric company at one time.  Maybe it was a motel before that, who knows.

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Concho County Courthouse

This beautiful courthouse is the Concho County Courthouse located in Paint Rock, Texas.  I'm glad I had the chance to photograph it today, since once the trees leaf out, this view of the building wouldn't be possible.  

The building was built in 1886 and it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.  It was built of limestone in the Second Empire Style.

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Museum of the North~~University of Alaska, Fairbanks

This beautiful building is the Museum of the North at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks.  It's a gorgeous building and I've taken many photos of it in various seasons.  The large bricks are intended to mimic bricks that an igloo is made of.  

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Apartment Building

This building in downtown Abilene was once a motel, but it's now an apartment building. There's a beautiful lobby and the lower level has public shops.  

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Renovated Structure

It was a beautiful afternoon.  I took another walk around downtown Abilene.  This structure has been under renovation for a long, long time.  I think it might have been a school once upon a time, but I honestly don't know for sure.  

It's a beautiful building but I don't know what it's being renovated into.

My heart is grateful for:

the good results of the election and the beautiful day it was today

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Downtown Building

It's been averaging between 102-105 degrees here lately, way too hot to go outside to make images.  But now I'm way far behind my photo-a-day and probably won't be able to catch up by the end of the year.

So I decided to rework an image from my files.

This is one of the buildings in town.  I think it's a bank on the ground floor, but I don't have any idea what the upper levels are.  

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Renovated Building

This building has been under renovation for a long time.  It reminds me of a school, but the sign says it was the county courthouse.  Whatever it was, they're doing a great job renovating it.

I'm grateful that:

I managed to get over 14,000 steps today

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Fence at the Lake

A day or two before the snow storm I was at the lake and saw this fence, the shadow and the lake.  Not a world class photo, but I like the sparkles of the lake water and the way the fence creates the shadow.

My heart is grateful that:

in spite of the crazy long flight delay, things were ok and I'm finally home

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The Johnson Building

Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas decorated their campus last week, so I made a trip over there just as it was turning dusk.  By the time I got to this building, it was dark enough that I had to boost the iso, so there's some pixelating going on.  

I love the simplicity of the one string of lights along the top of he building.  

My heart is grateful that:

I went to see "The Shift" movie in the theater tonight, and that there are more and more movies lately giving the untarnished Word of God.  

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Bell Tower

This beautiful structure is the bell tower of the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest in Abilene, TX.

The cornerstone indicates that it was built in 1953, but it existed as a church before that in another structure in downtown Abilene.

My heart is grateful that:

the temps have cooled off a little and there's rain in the forecast

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Sweet Little House

I got to my grandkid's lesson a little early today so I grabbed my camera and walked around the neighborhood a little.  Along the way, I saw this cute house and just had to grab a photo of it.  The architecture is way out of the box for all the new construction happening these days.  I love this.

My heart is grateful today for:

sleeping in my own bed after 4 nights away

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Street Workmen

I was sitting outside a store waiting for my friends to finish their shopping when I saw this scene.  I took it because I wanted to see how it would look as a black & white.  

I like it.

My heart is grateful today because:

my grandson seems to be getting the hang of his MixedMartialArts lessons and is interacting with a smile on his face.

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Water Pipes

Today as I was driving to a friend's house, I saw these pipes in the field.  There were a lot of them, so I knew there is some construction in the future, but I wasn't sure what they are actually for.  When I arrived at my friend's house, I asked her if she knew and she said they are water pipes.  So there ya go!

I love the color of these pipes~~it contrasts so nicely with the dead grass and winter landscape.  I only had my phone with me...I've carried my big cameral with me so many times when I never took it out of the bag that I decided to leave it home today.  So naturally a scene presented itself.  

There's a saying that the "best" camera is the one in your hand at any given time, so today my best camera was my phone.  Not usually my camera of choice, but today it worked.