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Wooden Fence

Around the complex I live in there's a fence.  Many of the slats have been destroyed by the weather, so the property manager had new slats put in.  I don't know if she's going to have them painted, but at least the fence looks better than it did.

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Old Army Jeep

There's a military museum in Abilene, TX and in the back alley they have some vehicles behind chain link fences.  This is one of the military jeeps in that area.  

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Hitting the Ball

At the softball game.  Getting ready to hit the ball.

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Painted Fence

At the zoo this morning, I saw this pretty painted fence with wildflowers behind it.

Such a pretty scene.

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Buildings on an old Horse Farm

These are some horse buildings on a horse farm that is no longer in business in upstate NY.

The farm is being maintained as a historic site so the buildings are in good condition.

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Wooden Flag on Fence

I made this image a while ago as I was driving down a country road.  I love the color aqua and it was the fence that first caught my eye, then I noticed the weathered wooden flag and thought the two objects made a great image.

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Grey Home

This is a second home on a piece of property in Putnam, Texas.  It looks pretty shabby right now, but I wonder if it was someone's forever home once upon a time.  The windows were boarded up on the inside so there was no looking in to see what it was like.  

So sad to see these structures go to wrack and ruin.

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Abandoned Mobil Home

This mobil home is located in a locked-fenced yard that's overgrown and appears to have been abandoned for a long time.  It looks like it might have been a nice home structure once upon a time, but it certainly isn't right now.  

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Rocky zoo enclosure

The Cisco Zoo in Cisco, Texas is open to the public.  Some of the animal enclosures are still visible and it's easy to see how the animals were on display.  The Zoo was opened in 1920 and closed around 1930 when two animals were mysteriously poisoned.  

Now there is a walking trail that's about 1.25 miles through the old zoo area and it's a great place to go to spend some time outdoors, especially if there are children with lots of energy and curiosity.

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Retro Gas Station in Albany, TX

This retro gas station is in Albany, Texas.  It looks like it's being used as an office of some sort based on the paperwork and writing implements on the desk inside the structure.

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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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Two-Apartment Building

I'm getting pretty desperate about finding photos for this "photo-a-day" blog.  Seems like I've been posting a lot of abandoned/vacant buildings lately (of which there are many, many, many) and I can't seem to find out what they were in their prime.

So today I walked around Abilene in an area I don't usually walk in, and I came across this building I've seen as I drive by, but I never stopped to take a photo.

This is a pretty new building and I'd love to get into it to see the inside.

Maybe someday.

It's been cooler here lately which is a welcome relief.  The mornings are wonderful even though the afternoons get hot.  The last two weeks of October are early voting weeks and I'm working at the polls, so for at least 2 weeks I'll have something to do.

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Pool Closed

Some of the saddest words ever.  

In Texas it's in the low 90s until the end of Sept or beginning of Oct, so why, I wonder, 

does the pool close so early?  So discouraging.

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Chain Link and Storage

Not too far from where I live is this storage place surrounded by a chain link fence. Not much to say about it...it's clean and I never see anyone in there, but I only drive past it once a day.

I wonder how many units are rented. 

I love shooting through chain link, weird I know.

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Backyard Pool

The Tiny Wedding venue is sometimes in the backyard of the people who run the business.  It was my first time being there~~oh, to have a pool like this... 

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Oil Well

This oil well is seen in an open field in a small town in Texas.

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Pitcher

Abilene offers summer league baseball teams for the high school players.  After all the years of being here, I finally got a chance to go to one of the games with a friend of mine whose grandson was playing today.  

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Squirrel Eating

I decided to go to the zoo today.  I take just about the same pics every time I'm there, but it's something to do and sometimes the animals are doing something interesting.

As I walked along the path, I saw this squirrel on this fence only about 3 feet from me and since I had a long lens, it was a perfect shot.  It's probably one of the best animal photos I've ever taken even though it's an ordinary American squirrel.  He must have really liked what he was nibbling on because he stayed like that for quite a while and I was able to get a bunch of images.  

It's the little things that can give joy.

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Three lawn Chairs

I was getting ready to take the group photo for our reunion this past weekend, so I set up these chairs for a few of the people to sit in.  They're kind of cool.

Not a world class photo, but the moms of the little kids don't want photos of their kids on social media, so I thought these chairs might be an option for a photo for today.

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Abandoned Country Home

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