catch some good luck

 

It's a common practice to hang horseshoes on a barn to ward off evil and bring good luck.  The owner of this shed in Mason is of the school that believes hanging a horseshoe in an upward or U position holds in all the luck and the powers it brings.  Proponents of the downward position believe it allows the good luck and protective powers to shower upon you and the surrounding home.  The doubly superstitious might hang horseshoes both ways!  Unless the intention is "shabby chic," eight horseshoes haven't brought this shed the good luck of fresh paint or new tin for the roof.  And was it good luck for those two horses that lost their shoes?

 

Mason, Texas

1.23.2016

 



gospel church

 

The Spring Street Gospel Church was constructed in 1892, originally served a German Methodist Episcopal congregation. The vernacular one-story raised L-plan building features Gothic Revival detailing in its lancet windows and spire. Of the four oldest church buildings in Mason, this is the only one not of red sandstone construction.  The church is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.  There may be power in the gospel, but the power lines outside are a photographer's bane.

 

Spring Street Gospel Church

Spring Street

Mason, Texas

1.24.2016