251/365

The Old High School

What a beautiful building.  It was late on a Sat afternoon when I photographed this structure and there were no people walking around.  There are curtains in the windows though, so maybe during the week it's being used for something.  

197/365

Abandoned House on Corner

This abandoned house is on a corner in a run down neighborhood in Abilene, TX.  

The windows on one side are boarded up and there's a chain link fence surrounding the yard.  The other half of the building has an ac unit in the window, but the house is in disrepair and doesn't look like anyone is living in it.

The sky to the left looks like there's copy space.

161/365

Defunct Phone Booth

This phone booth has been at the boat launch for years.  One year there was a lot of weeds and flowers growing on it, but this year, not so much.  I can't believe the booth is still there, but it's a reminder of days gone by.

144/365

Fresh Painted Coca-Cola sign

This bright coca-cola sign seems to be freshly painted and is on the side of a building in central Texas.

106/365

Abandoned Church

This beautiful church sits in front of a cemetery on a partially sunny/cloudy day.

85/365

FREE

In downtown Abilene this structure used to be a restaurant, but it's been taken over by I have no idea who or what.  It offers free games on the patio and there's a FREE GAMES sign on the fence enclosing the patio.  The lights on the sign were on but because it was daytime they don't show up too well.

80/365

Downtown Street

As I pulled into the parking spot, I noticed the Texas flag and the sandwich sign belonging to the store on the corner  The light was so pretty I decided to make an image.

61/365

Bare Tree in Field

On a winter day.  A bare tree in a field of dead grasses.

47/365

Car Dealership

This vacant/abandoned car dealership is located on a corner in Colorado City, Texas.  It looks exactly like it did 7 years ago when I first saw it.  

44/365

Abandoned Tool Shed

I drove through one of the alleyways in downtown Abilene today and saw this abandoned tool shed in the back yard of a house which was not in very good shape itself.

36/365

Two Birds

Seen at the entrance to the Abilene Zoo.

30/365

Wonder What it Was?

This small structure is abandoned and boarded up.  

Can't even offer a guess as to what it was.

24/365

Snow on Tree

Looking out of the library window.  It was about -12.

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Tree with Snow

It's +2 degrees right now and overcast.  According to the forecast, it's supposed to be +30 tomorrow.  

Hopefully I can get out and take some photos in town. 

This tree is right outside my window, so very easy to grab an image.  

It gets light outside about 10 am and gets dark around 4:30 pm. 

8/365

Snowman picture location

We were walking around a town called Desdemona a couple of days before Christmas and we came across this snowman where you can get your photo taken.  It was so cute. 

There were no folks walking around~~maybe it was too close to dinner time.

The temp was about 75.  I LOVE warm temps for Christmas.

357/365

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.

349/365

Snowman Family~~downtown Abilene

There's a small park on one of the corners in downtown Abilene.  This snowman family decorates the park with greetings of happy smiles.  

This is a well-traveled area of the town, so more people can see the happy family.  Last year this display was in another park a few blocks away, but probably wasn't seen by as many people.  

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL.

337/365

Church Christmas Tree

My church has two of these trees, so beautifully decorated, on the stage at the front of the sanctuary.

I couldn't resist taking a photo of one today, but I only had my phone, so the quality isn't quite as good as I had hoped it would be.  

Beautiful just the same.

330/365

Metal Tree against Business Wall

In Coleman, Texas there's a business with a long outside wall and this metal tree is set against the wall as decor.  It's really unique.  I couldn't help taking a photo of  it.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. SO MUCH to be thankful for!! but this is going to be one of the most quiet holidays for me that I've had in a long time.  My daughter's family went to their friend's house today for a meal and on Thursday they're doing nothing.  She's not cooking. She has a baby that's only a few months old plus 4 others under 7.5 years, so I know she needs the day to just chill and enjoy being with her husband.  

I'll have to figure out what to do with myself even though I'm actually looking forward to spending the day alone.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU ALL.

322/365

Grinch Christmas

On my way to my fave coffee shop today, I noticed that someone was painting the windows of the shops across the street.  It isn't even Thanksgiving yet, and Christmas scenes are being painted on windows. 

The artist was painting, so I stopped to talk to her.  She was doing a great job so I had to get some photos of her work.