Picspam: Rural Texas Exploration

[elleflies]

I haven't done a picspam of my own photos in... awhile. These photos are from 2008. It's taken my THAT LONG to get them edited. They're photos of abandoned farms and cow sheds from the town I live in in Texas. The area used to be a lot more rural then it is now, sadly the suburbs have made it out that way and so much of this will soon be turned into cookie cutter housing.














A fairly standard sign for my area...


This farm is friend's only!




An article about Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring", a book written in 1962


Someday we might make it to the moon...






Pickled vegetables. Considering the dates on the papers strewn about the house I'm going to estimate that these have been here for a good 50-40 years.







The image below is awesome, but not one that shinyopals or anyone with an aversion to spiders should gaze upon. You have been warned.

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I'm sorry, but I couldn't help but share this. It was the first thing my brother and I saw when we entered the cow shed. Two spiders dangling on a thread enjoying hot spider sex. It was... squirmy and we shrieked like little girls when they unexpectedly dropped to the ground and crawled off in different direction.


Have some golden grass to wipe that image from your brain...

The rest of the photos can be found on flickr

Comments

[jigglykat.livejournal.com]

SO PRETTY.

[elrina753.livejournal.com]

THANKS! :)

[fourfreedoms.livejournal.com]

The style reminds me of the true blood intro a little bit. Awesome.

[elrina753.livejournal.com]

Wow, you're right. I didn't even notice when I was editing these that they've got a True Bloodish look. Maybe there's something about the south that just inspires that!

I'm glad you liked them, Thanks!

[shinyopals.livejournal.com]

Pretty pictures! The dusty bottles and jars are cool, as are the papers.

TY for the warning, bb. XD

[elrina753.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked the photos! I'm dying to go back and get more pics.

As much as I find your spider fear amusing, it's usually best to warn for such things. Glad you could avoid it! :)