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Looking up at a Building

Walking around downtown Abilene, there's not much left to take photos of since I've been to town many, many times and have taken many, many images.  It was late afternoon, a few days before Christmas, and when I looked up at this building, I thought the light was so pretty on the structure.  It isn't a super exciting image, but the blue sky behind the building with the yellow architecture just looked so nice.

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Looking Up

While walking around in downtown Abilene, I saw this fire escape and one of the prompts came to mind.  It was "looking up", so I tried it and I like the way it turned out.

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Closed Shop in Ranger, Texas

This is a closed shop in Ranger, Texas with two random chairs on the front sidewalk. 

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Abandoned Bldg in Ranger

I don't know what this building was once upon a time, but now it's just a shell, no walls or floor plan 

inside, just some supporting poles holding up the beams that supported the upper floors.

There are planters along the outside of the lower level, as though someone is trying too make the building/sidewalk look nice.

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Music to My Ears

This sculpture was created by Jerry Brown.

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Tuscola Artwork

This artwork is seen on the outside wall of what seems to be an abandoned building in Tuscola, Texas. 

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Grain Silo in Small Town

On one of my field trips with a friend, we came across this grouping of silos.  I don't know why I find them so irresistible, but I do and I almost always make images of them if I can.

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Abandoned Meeting House

Seen along a country road in rural Texas.

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Indoor Storage Venue

I've seen this building several times, so I finally pulled off the main road to get a photo of these colored sticks on the outside wall of an indoor storage facility.

It's just a simple decor on the building.

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Cottage Behind Stone Wall

This cottage looks so homey and comfy behind the stone wall.  It really isn't very large, so maybe it's just a storage shed and not a living space.  

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Found License Plates

These old license plates were laying on the floor of an abandoned structure.

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Abandoned Country Home

Another photo field trip, another country road, another abandoned home behind a locked fence.

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Painted Fire hydrant

A red and green painted fire hydrant in downtown Abilene.

There are green paint drops on the sidewalk from when the hydrant was being painted.

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Window Repetition

One of my prompts was "repetition".  I thought this image of windows on a high rise apartment building in downtown fit the prompt.

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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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Confederate Flag 

My friend and I stopped in the country cemetery and we saw this 

Confederate Flag flying at one of the graves.  

In all the cemeteries I stopped at I've never seen one of these flags before. 

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Abandoned Building in Stamford, TX

Building located in Stamford, TX.  It is part of a structure that was something like a tourist motel.

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Abandoned Businesses

This is a block of abandoned businesses in a small west Texas town.  I wonder if someone is paying taxes on these properties? 

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Snow on Dirty White Fence

The fence might be dirty white, but I think the scene is pretty.  

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Abstract Window Panes

A friend and I went to Rule, Texas today.  It was chilly but not too cold to be out making images.

Rule is a small town and the main street businesses are mostly abandoned.  

I didn't notice this "bullet" hole in the glass until I was right in front of the window trying to figure out how to get an interesting composition.

Is it a bullet hole or a BB hole?

I played PickleBall again this morning and was going to head home but then my friend suggested this field trip.  It took most of the afternoon thankfully.

It's supposed to snow tomorrow.  Hmmm.