Barbara Jean Apartments ~ 1927

The back-door entrance to at least two of the apartments.

                         The sign on the front of the building appears to be original and would indicate

there are four apartments, although the building seems

rather large for four units.  If indeed there are only four,

in the late 1920s these were probably very large, luxurious living places.

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Farmers Market ~ Roadrunner Park

One must be careful what one places on the ground at the farmers market!
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Neglect

From the archives:  Timpson, Texas, August 2009

I See Peach Cobbler in My Future

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Church Doors

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Fox Theater ~ Timpson, Texas

From the archives:  August 2009

Texas Hay Meadow

From the archives:  This is a picture taken in August 2009 of the hay meadow in front of my mom's house.

Encanto-Palmcroft Historic District

The Encanto-Palmcroft Historic District contains a mix of stately mansions and comfortable middle-class homes in an area bounded on the north by the beautiful 200-acre Encanto Park.  The neighborhood was developed in the late 1920s primarily due to the availability of transportation.

New residential districts were tied to the transportation systems of their day and were laid out and developed in a steady progression north from downtown. The Kenilworth streetcar line, which ran to Encanto Boulevard, was built by the subscription of adjoining property owners. By 1926, the price of a Model T Ford had dropped to an all time low of $260, resulting in a population made mobile by the automobile.

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Phoenix Post Office

Details of the columns and facade of the Phoenix Post Office, a building which is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The interior of the post office is much the same today as it was in 1935.  Clockwise from the upper left:
the highly polished saltillo floors appear to be original as are the tall wooden writing tables; brass is abundant in the post office, including the door handles and the "Pull" sign; the original numbered mailboxes are still in use; the "stamped letters" is the original brass embossed plaque.

The first floor also includes several pieces of original Western art depicting the settlement of Arizona.  Most of the upstairs and a few of the lobby offices today contain offices for the Arizona State University downtown campus.

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North Central Avenue Streetscape

A three-and-a-half-mile stretch of Central Avenue in Phoenix has been designated a historic place by the National Register of Historic Places.


On one side of the street is Murphy’s Bridle Path, established in 1895, and the other side is a drainage ditch which carries irrigation water which Phoenix is so highly dependent upon.

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Azaleas

Azaleas do not grow naturally in Phoenix.  Way too hot and not enough water.  But aren't we lucky that we can buy them relatively cheaply as potted plants in some of our grocery floral departments.

For more photographs of beautiful flowers, visit Today's Flowers.

Experimenting with Inversion

Ornamental cabbage with colors inverted and Orton-ish effect applied.

Dandelion with inverted colors and sepia effect applied.

Rebecca at The Dusty Cellar Shoots gives detailed instructions
on how to accomplish these effects.

Three Strawberries

Color Inversion ~ Dandelion

And there you have it!

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