
Happy
A dog barks, tin clanks, and wind whooshes across dormant branches.
Simple Italianate
Simple Italianate houses fascinate me. The City of Cincinnati describes Italianates (1860 - 1890) as two or three stories high, rectangular in plan, with low-pitched roofs. They are brick with metal, stone, or wood ornamentation. A distinctive feature is a cornice. Their design is thin with tall windows, similar to 19th-century commercial buildings.

Railroad Street
Navasota, Texas

Courthouse
Lockhart, Texas

Texas Theater
San Angelo, Texas

Railroad Street
Navasota, Texas

City Limit
Kimbro, Texas

Street Lamp
Bartlett, Texas

City Hall
Navasota, Texas

Courthouse
Llano, Texas
Standing at the center of it all
Stone clock towers, arched windows, and decorative ornamentation—courthouses center rural counties.

Main Street
White Deer, Texas

Oak Street
Pecos, Texas

Bank
Barstow, Texas
Navasota
In 2014, at sunset, my parents and I pulled into downtown Navasota for pictures. I walked outside an abandoned hotel, carried my camera, and admired Railroad Street’s timeworn architecture.