greetings from the hughes boys

 

Alongside the interstate, near a small farming community, this Christmas display greeted passersby (who probably didn't make a U-turn and follow the access road to get closer!)  Other than "neat", I have no idea what this is -- 1930s truck, hay baler/spreader nor Hughes Boys had any hits.  Seasons Greetings from Swisher County (December 11, 2015)

swisher county barn

 

FM 2301

Swisher County, Texas

9.5.2016

no hunting

 

The "no hunting" sign is ironic since I drive the countryside hunting for old barns and structures like this.

 

FM 1075

Swisher County, Texas

3.14.2014

vestibule of hell

 

In the Inferno, before entering the Nine Gates of Hell, Dante and Virgil pass through an anteroom referred to as the "vestibule of hell" where they read on the portal "abandon hope all ye who enter here."  This sad building in Swisher Country (March 15, 2014) has a screened anteroom before the single large room.  The door has been reinforced with bathroom tile board, the curtains are tattered and the floor littered with broken glass and droppings.  Those who left here must have abandoned all hope as well.  (You probably didn't realize my background included a degree in English!)

 

FM 1424 north of Road G

Swisher County, Texas

3.14.2014

 

 

off the beaten path

 

Abandoned buildings with lost hopes are found throughout the plains.  Generally you can determine their function -- house, barn, school or church.  This structure has me puzzled because it doesn't seem to fit those categories.  I am guessing it was a store -- out in the middle of nowhere.  It's one-room, with double door and large front windows.  There is a kitchen in the rear with a counter separating it from the rest of the space.  Beside the building are two large areas, curbed with concrete.  No sign, no clue -- just a building hiding behind a hedge of evergreens.  Shotgun shells and empty casings show hunters have wandered by.  And the mattress?  Not a clue but it appears to be recently deposited and I wasn't touching it with a ten-foot pole!

 

FM 1424 north of Road G

Swisher County, Texas

3.14.2014