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A non-panoramic shot of this wall can be seen here:
www.flickr.com/photos/mollyblock/12531558385/
Spotted on the main street of Coolidge, Texas (pop. 963), on a cold, wet day. (Light snow was falling while I walked around.)
In case you're wondering: The word "TAKER" can be seen on the wall that's behind the door area in the background.
For earlier shots taken here three years ago, in February 2011, which show little change from today, see my friend Kay's (a.k.a. Mathteacher on Flickr) post here:
Before Kay (mathteacher) and I went our road trip this weekend one of the places I saw information on and wanted to check out is this abandoned school in the town of Indian Gap Texas. The town was named for the Comanches' use of a mountain gap on their raids. Old settlers used to say that an Indian chief was killed there years ago in a fight between two tribes of Indians. He was buried on the mountain top that was traditionally used for Indian dances and celebrations. Tradition also has it, that the point of the north mountain was used for an Indian lookout. The town was at it's peak in the 1920's and at that time it had a hotel, a bank, three stores, a gin, a blacksmith shop, a barber shop, churches, schools, and a weekly newspaper named the Arrow. This school closed in 1950 and as you can see in the photos below is in terrible shape. The only other building we could find other than a few homes was the old general store.
Kay (mathteacher) & I spent the morning at the DockDog competition at DiscoveryGreenPark in Houston. This little dog was really scared to jump but wanted it's ball so bad that with loving encouragement from mom it finally took the plunge. The next photos are of the second try where this adorable dog with it's courage running high now jumped right in and got the ball. There were lots of big dogs jumping higher and further but in my book this one wins!
See Kay's photo of this cutie here www.flickr.com/photos/1stlady/2619241069/
Poor girl. Her Mom, Dad, and Grandpa are all math teachers. Both Grandmas and her Aunt are elementary school teachers. It's in her blood. But I know she'll become who she is meant to be, and have all the support and love in doing so.
Today was "Bring your Daughter to Work" day. She had so much fun and wants to know when she gets to come back. The idea for this photo was from Jenni, thanks Jenni! I like the picture in the comments for her reflection. She is so little sitting behind that big desk!
A couple of months ago Kay (mathteacher), Margaret (Reedphoto) and I were on a ramble and stopped in the tiny town of East Columbia where we found this little church. As I peeked in through one of the windows I saw this rusty bell and well.....I could not resist taking a photo.
Drifted through the alleys of Galveston yesterday with mathteacher......what an incredible experience that was....and mathteacher was the perfect guide for the occasion! Galveston,Texas. 5.27.2013.
On our return from the east Texas ramble Kay (mathteacher) and I came through Crockett Texas and spotted this wonderful old historic building. We spent a good while exploring the outside and imagining what it must have been like when the halls rang with girls voices. It is in quite sad shape now, I did read where last year there was a sign on the building stating it was to become the Mary Allen Museum and I wish that whoever's dream this is it will come true.
Text below is from the State Historical Marker
In 1886 the Board of Missions for Freedmen of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, under the leadership of the group's secretary the Rev. Richard Allen, began planning for the establishment of a black girls' school in Texas. After a statewide survey, they chose Crockett as the school site because of the area's large black population and because of a local black parochial school operated by the Rev. Samuel Fisher Tenny, pastor of the city's First Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Allen's wife Mary, for whom the school was named, was instrumental in raising the organizational funds for the new seminary. Dr. Byrd R. Smith became the school's first black president in 1924 and initiated a period of growth which included the adoption of new programs and the admission of male students. Transferred to the Missionary General Baptist Convention of Texas in 1944, Mary Allen College became a 4-year liberal arts institution. In 1972, plagued by a series of legal and financial setbacks, the school closed. Once the site of a 12-building campus and the home of a noted academic program of quality education and religion, this site serves as a reminder of the proud heritage of Texas' black population.
How lucky were Kay (mathteacher), our hubbies and I to be on the boat Parrotdice this evening on Clear Lake and catch this beautiful sunset!
Spotted on the main street of Coolidge, Texas (pop. 963), on a cold, wet day. (Light snow was falling while I walked around.)
In case you're wondering: The word "TAKER" can be seen on the wall that's behind the door area in the background.
A panoramic shot of the wall can be seen here: www.flickr.com/photos/mollyblock/12548701835/
For earlier shots taken here in February 2011, see my friend Kay's (a.k.a. Mathteacher on Flickr) post here:
www.flickr.com/photos/52507672@N00/5495876446/
Little has changed in three years! That debris on the right -- an old boat -- apparently hasn't been moved!
(Additional note: Shot on iPhone 5 via the Hipstamatic app, then edited on iPhone via the Snapseed app.)
While exploring portions of the the Texas Highway 95 "corridor" in Williamson County with my friends Kay (mathteacher...) and Marilyn (photomajik) a couple of weeks ago, we wandered the back roads in search of this abandoned bridge that Marilyn had read about where County Road 336 crosses the San Gabriel River. According to Bridgehunter.com, it was constructed in 1922.
We had to climb over barricades while avoiding barbed wire to get onto it. If felt kind of like we were teenaged delinquents or something...lots of fun! :-)
ODC = Friendship
What a truly great friend Kay is, we have so much fun together even doing something as simple as hanging off a pier watching little crabs and sand fleas:) To see what Kay was photographing (me) click here www.flickr.com/photos/1stlady/14988581922/
A certain mathteacher who shall remain nameless getting up close and personal with her subject on an abandoned bridge over the San Gabriel River that we explored. :-)
You can see her shot here.
Williamson County, Texas
I see that eating grass is what I am supposed to be doing!
Kay (mathteacher) and I were taking photos of the horses from the road of a wonderful ranch called Bluebonnet Farm near Belleville. The owners saw us and graciously invited us to come in and photograph all we wanted to.
Story about a young couple who is trapped in a remote town where a dangerous religious cult of children believe everyone over the age of 18 must be killed.....
I think I found one of them in Mississippi!
To see what Kay saw click here
Kay''s birthday is today and this is the card I made for her. The card that the photo is inserted into is actually from 1924. I bought a number of photos with wonderful frames such as this at a yard sale quite some time back not knowing exactly what I was going to do with them, just loved them and couldn't pass them up. This is the first one I have used, I do wish I had taken a photo of the card opened up but you can tell it is a photo of us smiling and having a good time on one of our road trips. Thanks to Richard Childress for taking this photo, I believe we were in Coupland:)
Oct. 26,2012
Just North of Livingston Texas today.
50 mm lens used.
Thanks to Mathteacher for driving today & inviting us. Photomajik, Do-A-U-E , Backup1940 out on our anual train day juant. Movie x Judy came out good also.
Ornamentation on the old Bartlett National Bank building. Another case of "they don't make 'em like they used to"!
Spotted while wandering around Bartlett, Texas with my friends Kay (mathteacher...) and Marilyn (photomajik).
Anyone care to go for a swing? Taken on a ramble looking for wildflowers last Saturday with Kay (mathteacher), Pat (backup1940) & wife, and our friend D'anna. Although the day was overcast and we dodged a few sprinkles we had a wonderful time!
While exploring the Texas Highway 95 "corridor" with my friends Kay (mathteacher...) and Marilyn (photomajik), we got to the town of Bartlett and found props everywhere for the filming of the TV series "Revolution". (I am not much of a TV-watcher and had never heard of it.)
Spotted while wandering around Taylor, Texas with my friends Kay (mathteacher...) and Marilyn (photomajik).
Images of the way I saw the very haunted Stamford lnn located in Stamford Texas while there on a roadtrip with Kay (mathteacher) and Bob (Bob Weston) & his wife Kay. What an incredible place this was....
All the photos embedded here are also public, if you would like to see more detail just click on them to go view large.
To see Kay's photos click here www.flickr.com/photos/1stlady/6810855008
Photo trip pic taken on Oct. 01,2016. Pic taken on a photo trip with my wife Judy & Marilyn (photomajik) & Kay (Mathteacher) .
Today on the way home from our road trip Kay and I drove through town of Taylor found an amazing number of wonderful old buildings and photo opportunities in spite of the rain. As you can see here we pulled out the umbrellas and ended up having a grand time going about in the rain taking photos and here is a tip for you, we found we were able to make use of the black umbrellas to block window reflections:) To see the result of Kay's efforts click here
Yesterday Kay (mathteacher) and I were lucky enough to attend the 15th Annual Keels & Wheels Concours d'Elegance in Seabrook Texas which is the largest collection of classic cars and boats on display in the U.S. The number of gorgeous cars and boats on display was truly amazing. Keeping in mind my love of trains this one instantly became one of my favorites, not only because it is such a fine automobile but it does share part of it's name with a locomotive:)
The first Locomobile was really a Stanley Steamer. In 1899 the Stanley brothers had very good success with their steam car, but they allowed themselves to be talked into selling all the assets of their company and the patents to a magazine publisher named J. B. Walker. After Walker's purchase he proceeded to manufacture the Stanley under the name of Locomobile. In 1908 a Locomobile won the Vanderbuilt Cup car race, it was the first American car to win this prestigous international race. and the entire country went wild with excitement The cars continued to be manufactured as luxury limousines until the Great Depression.
Just as Kay (mathteacher) and I were leaving the wildlife refuge on Monday we saw this beautiufl hawk. One thing about winter time, it sure makes it easier to see birds without leaves on the trees:) Large is best
While exploring portions of the the Texas Highway 95 "corridor" in Williamson County with my friends Kay (mathteacher...) and Marilyn (photomajik) a couple of weeks ago, we wandered the back roads in search of this abandoned bridge that Marilyn had read about where County Road 336 crosses the San Gabriel River. According to Bridgehunter.com, it was constructed in 1922.
Spotted while wandering around Bartlett, Texas with my friends Kay (mathteacher...) and Marilyn (photomajik).
BFFs go to school!
The day of exploring the Texas Highway 95 "corridor" through Williamson County with my friends Kay (mathteacher...) and Marilyn (photomajik) ended with a visit to the Old Red Brick School in Bartlett. These two ladies were a lot of fun to spend the day exploring with and I look forward to doing it again. For proof that they are still young at heart, look no further than here!
January 15, 2019-It takes a big heart to shape young minds. Getting ready for class to begin and warming up with some tea. ODC Warming up
The day of exploring the Texas Highway 95 "corridor" through Williamson County with my friends Kay (mathteacher...) and Marilyn (photomajik) ended with a visit to the Old Red Brick School in Bartlett.
ODC=The Best Things In Life Are Free
Adventures with Kay these past four days found us once again acting like kids and having fun on these swings which we found in the tiny town of Fredonia Texas. Good times like these are free and when shared with a best friend are priceless. Were the people staring at us as we ran back and forth to our tripods? Yep and that is priceless too!
Great Egret - Smith Oaks Sanctuary, High Island, Texas
My wife and I spent last weekend in Galveston and spent the day Saturday on a photo excursion with friends Kay, mathteacher... (who is also my cousin-by-marriage) and Marilyn, photomajik. One of our stops was the Smith Oaks bird sanctuary at High Island on the Bolivar Peninsula, across the bay from Galveston. There were so many birds that I thought I was in an Alfred Hitchcock movie! :-)
Inspired by photos of Galveston from Kay (mathteacher) and Marilyn (photomajik), I decided to check the photo vault and virtually revisit Galveston.
In March, 2000, my wife and I did a road trip from Houston to New Orleans experiencing Mardi Gras celebrations in Galveston and in New Orleans. And, one of the only decent photos of this trip, was this photo of an Oil Drilling Platform in Galveston.
Thank you Kay and Marilyn for inspiring the virtual revisit.
Spotted while wandering around Taylor, Texas with my friends Kay (mathteacher...) and Marilyn (photomajik).
ODC End/Endings
A very dear friend of mine (most of you know her as Kay/mathteacher) has a thing for paint brushes. Well.....we've been working on painting our house and I was looking for something for the challenge and.....this is especially for her...lol
On the roadtrip to Abilene area with Kay (mathteacher) we were traveling between Wingate and Winters and saw an abandonded house alongside the road. Open doors and no signs mean an open inventation to us and we spent some time checking it out. I liked the way the light streaming through the bedroom window softens the harshness of this room. To see Kay's photos of the house click here www.flickr.com/photos/1stlady/6814488806/in/photostream
On a road trip last month with Kay (mathteacher) and Margaret (reed photo) we were traveling down a dirt road in search of historic cemeteries and happened upon this wonderful old tractor along the way. The light was beautiful on it, this is SOOC except for resizing,
Built in 1872 this jail once held some really famous outlaws including the James brothers and Sam Bass. The remains of the town include only the jail and the courthouse, everything else was moved to the town of Pearsall when the railroad came through there and bypassed Frio. A true Texas ghost town. Photos of the courthouse will be in another series. There are five photos in this series. See mathteacher's photostream for more photos.
It is a little early for baby Egret action at Smiths Oaks Rookery at High Island, they are a few but just little fluffy things as you can see under this adult. Lots of sitting on nests going on including the Spoonbills but didn't see any Spoonbill babies. Taken last weekend on while out photographing with Kay (mathteacher), Donna (Ollie Girl), Michelle (crawgator) Martha and L.
This is Kay and I doing what we love doing.....exploring and photographing! Thanks to Kay's stepdaughter Sheri (winterbloom) for taking this great photo which Kay and I both love:)
ODC --
1. The world is beautiful with you in it -- explained below (Sept. 5).
2. Off center (Sept. 3).
3. Sphere (Sept. 2).
4. Begins with I (Sept. 1) -- ivy's growing on the trellis/pergola.
5. Feathered (Aug. 30) -- in this shot, there's a blackbird on the ground, to the right of the kugel ball.
Hi, Our Daily Challenge members! Yvonne just added me to the group, and this photo is my first post. (Have I done this post correctly?!)
The explanation for item # 1 above is that I used to work for the Hermann Park Conservancy, raising funds to help improve and maintain Hermann Park -- a 99-year-old landmark public park in the middle of Houston -- in which I took this photo today. The Houston Zoo, Houston Museum of Natural Science, and an amphitheater, Miller Outdoor Theater, where a variety of performances take place, are all located within the park.
There's one more thing I'd like to add: It's thanks to the Flickr posts of Mathteacher (a.k.a. Kay) that I found the Our Daily Challenge group. (Thanks, Kay -- and thanks, Yvonne!)
Last night Kay (mathteacher) and I attended the Art Walk in Galveston and saw many beautiful and unusual works of art in the different galleries. My favorite artist of the evening is Bonnie Blue. Bonnie hails from the Houston area and has traveled to over 10 states in her unique Art Car Women That Rocks. In 2001 she was at the Blanco River in Wimberly Texas and surrounded by beautiful river rocks she began to visualize women’s faces on them. It is her belief that we are all created differently as are each of the rocks. Over the years she has painted over 4000 of the rocks, many with custom portraits including Ellen Degeneres and David Letterman. Kay found a wonderful rock that she had to have, to see a photo of it click here click here In addition to the rocks Bonnie also paints wonderful boots, purses, barstools and many other items. For more information visit her website at www.womenthatrocks.com
To find out more about the 100 strangers project and see pictures taken by other photographers check out www.100strangers.com/
This past weekend Kay (mathteacher) and I were on a 3 day roadtrip to East Texas. In Tyler we were exploring the old warehouse district near the depot and while I was photographing this old concrete block window this pup showed up. I know he looks a bit sad here but I promise he was an adorable happy dog who lives next door to this abandoned building we made sure of that. If he hadn't had a home, he would have been in the back seat of Blondie and I would have had some explaining to do to Shiloh and Nixon!
Kay (mathteacher) Jane (42leaves) and I found ourselves on a path to the beach this morning, the sand felt wonderful, soft and silky sifting between our toes:)
While exploring the Texas Highway 95 "corridor" with my friends Kay (mathteacher...) and Marilyn (photomajik), we got to the town of Bartlett and found props everywhere for the filming of the TV series "Revolution". (I am not much of a TV-watcher and had never heard of it.)
Found this little calf was resting in a field of Bluebonnets near Poteet Texas while on a roadtrip with Kay (mathteacher) last weekend. To see a photo of a possible relative that Kay took click here