Saturday, February 28, 2015

Snow In Lubbock

Yes, snow and record cold. This is what our neighborhood looked like yesterday morning...


It's unusual to have this kind of weather, here, at this time of year.
 

Friday, February 27, 2015

East 4Th Street Vistas Continue

I'll finish the scenic beauty of Lubbock's East 4Th Street today, as the city becomes immobilized by a fairly heavy snowfall. Less than six inches of snow will pretty much put Lubbock in a state of suspended animation. It doesn't happen very often and we are just not equipped to deal with such quantities of snow. It never sticks around very long anyway. So on the days when the snow is heavy (for us) and the temps are in in the teens, why not just hunker down? WE are hunkered down, that's for sure.




Today we just have more abandoned homes and failed businesses, of which there are many in this part of town. 








And that is the end of my photo series for a while, as we wait for better weather. I guess I could go back and dig through my archives...
 

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Heading Back To Lubbock On East 4Th Street

We stopped to take in the scenic vistas! So many scenic vistas!





This abandoned house had a very good solid wooden door and an antique dresser inside. Naturally, we left those things alone. But we were surprised no one had tried to steal that stuff.



This final pic tells you a lot about the underpinnings of the local economy.
 

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Now Is The Time To Finish Acuff

If we ever go back to Acuff I guess we'll be heading for that Steak House, but I kind of hope not, because we are just not too keen on that Steak House. 




Does Acuff have a Health Department, to check on sanitary conditions, or the lack of them? Does anything like that get done in small, small, really small, towns? I just don't know.


That's it for Acuff. On the way back to Lubbock I found a few things to photograph, typical of what you see on that side of town. I'll get to those tomorrow.
 

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Acuff, East Of Lubbock

That is where we still are, taking pictures of that house, that used to be a home.




To paraphrase Bob Dylan, that's not a home, it's a house...




One thing for sure, it needs work!