This blog is an ARTISTIC regional photo journal. I focus on mundane scenes. ANY AND ALL STATEMENTS I MAKE HERE ARE MY OPINONS ONLY! I OFFER NOTHING WHATSOEVER AS A STATEMENT OF FACT! The photographs are offered as ARTISTIC EXPRESSION ONLY! They are not representative of anything other than themselves. Most of the places mentioned here have surely changed substantially since they were visited. Check my list of recommended sites at the bottom of this blog!
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Friday, December 5, 2014
More Abandoned Homes
No surprise, these are all in East Lubbock. No development there. No investment there. Lubbock is a white city, and the money is all white, and the bankers and the developers are all white, and as you go east in Lubbock the color changes from white to darker shades. Wrong color, wrong race, no money, no investment.
These houses are near this nice park. The park is nice enough but it's on the "wrong" side of University Ave.
These houses are near this nice park. The park is nice enough but it's on the "wrong" side of University Ave.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
From Junked Cars To Abandoned Homes
The houses I'm about to present are small, in dismal states of disrepair, and in some cases they have been severely vandalized. They are candidates for demolition. In their neighborhoods they are blemishes. Some of them might be in occasional use as crack houses. The city does NOTHING. These are poorer neighborhoods, and whoever "represents" these parts of town on the Lubbock city council (that laughable body) could not care less.
There is much, much, more of this to come...
There is much, much, more of this to come...
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Junked Cars!
We visited some junked out old cars, out on South University and I took their pictures. I could not even identify some of these hulks. They need to be taken in and sandblasted and given a coat of primer before they are too rusty to have any value. I think these parts ought to be of value, to someone, someone restoring a particular old vehicle, or a hot-rodder, at least.
These things sat in a showroom, once, all bright and shiny and new, and somebody paid good money for them, and drove them, and felt proud of themselves. Now look at them. For that matter, what happened to their former owners? Do they, or whatever is left of them, look even as good as the cars they once drove?
These things sat in a showroom, once, all bright and shiny and new, and somebody paid good money for them, and drove them, and felt proud of themselves. Now look at them. For that matter, what happened to their former owners? Do they, or whatever is left of them, look even as good as the cars they once drove?
Thursday, November 27, 2014
Time To Wrap Up Brownfield
I want to move on. I've got new photos to post here.
By the way, it is Thanksgiving here in the USA, and my wife and I have a few things to be thankful for. Mostly we are thankful that we are together, and that we are able to live a peaceful and quiet life. It was not always like that for us, earlier in our lives.
And now, some pics of our wild flower garden-- the Monarch butterflies finally showed up, about a week before the first snow.
And this is what it all looked like a week later...
I hope you all have something to be thankful for.
By the way, it is Thanksgiving here in the USA, and my wife and I have a few things to be thankful for. Mostly we are thankful that we are together, and that we are able to live a peaceful and quiet life. It was not always like that for us, earlier in our lives.
And now, some pics of our wild flower garden-- the Monarch butterflies finally showed up, about a week before the first snow.
And this is what it all looked like a week later...
I hope you all have something to be thankful for.
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