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Pretty House

While I was waiting for my grandkid's testing for their martial arts classes, I walked around the neighborhood for a few minutes.  The houses in that area are really pretty, so I grabbed a few images of several different homes.  This is quite a large structure, but I really like the front door with the window on the side.

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Entrances

The front doors to an abandoned structure in Anson, Texas.

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Alleyway Scene

I was walking through some of the downtown alleyways in Anson, TX and came across this scene.

I think this is an abandoned building, but I like the painting of the vase in between the doorways.

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Extra Bedroom

I live in an apartment that has 2 bedrooms/2 bathrooms.  I could have chosen an apartment with one bedroom/bathroom, but I like the extra space.  

My town is building an AI center and there are sooooo many extra people here doing the building and the work, ugh.  Apartment prices have gone up (because people are greedy) and so have trailer park sites and the cost of homes has gone up.  

Last week I found out that I can have a roommate who is working for one of the hospitals in town.  She'll be here for the week, but only for 4 nights because she's going home to her family in another town each weekend.  She'll get the other bedroom/bathroom and I'll get help with the rent. 

I hope this works out.   

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Boarded Windows

Walking around Cisco, TX, I saw the building down a side street.  It was abandoned and it had these boards on the windows and doors that I thought were interesting.

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Vacant Building on South Side

This corner building is vacant and has been for a number of years.  The wood is painted blue but the windows and doors are boarded up with no access to the inside.

Wonder what the building was originally?

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Alley Doorway

This doorway is located in an alleyway in town.  Just a simple door and window.

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Christmas Artwork

One of the downtown Abilene businesses has this adorable artwork  on its plate-glass window:  

two colorful gnomes riding in the back of a red pick-up decorated for Christmas.

It will be too bad when the Christmas season is over and all this artwork is gone.

It was an unbelievable 85 degrees today.  How awesome is that when the northern part of the country is being blanketed by snow?

I checked the temps in Fairbanks, AK today.  It was -30.  

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Back Alley Entrance

Walking down a back ally, there was this entrance to a business.  A guarded window, electric boxes and a locked set of doors.  Late day sun casting sideway shadows.

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Cow Painting

When I was in Dublin, Texas last week, I saw these painted windows on an abandoned building.  

Looks like there's a sports team at the high school that needs some encouragement.

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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.

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Side Entrance

Barnard's Refinishing.  

I don't know if this business is still functioning, but the sign was there along with graffiti on the wall. 

This is located in downtown Abilene, Texas.  

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The Mailbox is in Good Shape

A totally abandoned house.  But the mailbox is in good condition.

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Back Door

We met for our monthly bookgroup today.  We usually go to a local coffee house, which I'm not overly fond of, but it works and there's a room that's usually empty that we meet in.

The book we discussed is the second in the series of The #1 Ladies Detective Agency, 

"The Tears of the Giraffe".

It was a fun discussion and the books, as well as the set of DVDs, is just sweet.  No swearing, no sex, no violence...

I was parked across the street from the coffee shop and when I got in my car to leave I just sat there for a while trying to figure out what to do since the weather was so nice and I didn't really want to go home and just sit on the couch.  I glanced over and noticed this side door of the coffee shop.  It's not very exciting, but for some reason I thought it was a good photo op.

I'm not sure anyone uses this doorway, but I like the color palette of it, and I couldn't think of anything else to photograph today.  I drove around on my way home hoping to find something else to photograph, but no such luck.

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Business Window

I made this image several years ago in Dublin, Texas.  It was an abandoned business and I just liked the way it looked with the round circle just inside the window.

I have no memory of what the business was.

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Houseplants

I've never been interested in or very good at outdoor gardening, but I love houseplants and seem to be ok at keeping them going.  There's only one place in my apartment that works for plants, so this is what I've got.

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WELCOME

I've seen this sign many times before, but decided to photograph it today.  

I think the place is out of business, but not sure.  I love that the management is determining the dress code. It was probably a nice place to spend some time with friends.

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Ooops

I was out and about this morning running errands and decided to stop at my fave coffee shop for an iced coffee.

It appears that the window has a break in it and the owner put a band-aid on it.  How cute is this?

I couldn't resist getting a shot of this happy band-aid

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Reflection in Window Glass

One of the older buildings in downtown Abilene has a series of round windows instead of rectangular windows.  As I was looking for some photo ops today I noticed this reflection so I grabbed a shot of it.  The mural itself is really nice.  Too bad there was a vehicle there.

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Decor

I stayed in an airbnb on my way home from the family reunion this past weekend, and this was in the living room.  The owner is new to the airbnb thing, but the space was really comfortable and actually had just the right amount of decor.  I thought this urn with the sticks was so pretty.