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Aubrey, Texas

27 Monday Mar 2017

Posted by castl23 in Digital Photography, hasselblad digital, Portraits and People, Small Town, Travel, Uncategorized

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corrugated building, decay, Digital Photography, grain elevators, hasselblad digital, international harvester, north texas, old sofa, old truck, portraits, rural, rural texas, Small Town, small town in north texas, texas

My wife and I recently took a short Sunday afternoon excursion looking at the countryside and small towns just north of the DFW Metroplex. I think I’m trying to find the unspoiled village where chain restaurants and retailers have yet to bury their roots to leech out more wealth from the locals.

In Aubrey there was, of course, Main St. which had Mom’s Restaurant and other quaint establishments. The folks there did seem friendly enough and I kept hearing the theme song to Andy Griffith running through my head.

However, Main St. wasn’t that interesting to me. It was too dressed up for the tourists, too clean. We did notice not too far from this center of commerce some interesting, genuine, old, perishing parts of the town that appealed to us photographically.

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Truck is from 1953 and is in better shape than I am.

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This wasn’t too far from the truck.

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The grain elevators gave some nice shadows.

Altogether, a nice visit. We hope to see more of them!

Oh, PS

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Deferred Maintenance in Texas

04 Wednesday May 2016

Posted by castl23 in "photography", Digital Photography, Real Estate, Travel, Uncategorized

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abandoned, abandoned buildings, decay, decaying buildings, old buildings, texas, vintage car, west texas

These photos are digital all the way, shot on a trip or two across Texas. This is why I really don’t go out with my camera where I currently sojourn in Houston:  Everything is too CLEAN! Hardly a molecule of ferric oxide or a fleck of peeling paint or a bare board to be seen.

I like to imagine how it was when all these things were new and in good repair. How did their owners feel? When did neglect begin and why? Maybe these hard-living people didn’t care about the aesthetics of their structures and vehicles as much as simply how they served to help them survive over a few years of life. If the possessions succumbed to decay, so what? Plenty of this to see in Texas…except HOUSTON!! (Unless you’re talking about the roadways, then that’s another matter.)

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Old home somewhere in west Texas. Not too long ago judging by the fact they had television…oh, wait, that WAS a long time ago!

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Corner fillin’ station somewhere in Texas. Surely there was a market inside as well.

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When was the last meal served? Somewhere in west Texas.

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In west Texas.

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In west Texas.

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Outlaw bars…Either Talpa or Valera

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The F. D. I. WHAT?

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Old farmhouse not far from Rowena, Texas.

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In Rowena, Texas.

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In Rowena, Texas.

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