LOVELAND SCULPTURE GARDEN

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LOVELAND, COLORADO SCULPTURE GARDEN

 

          Otters at play

                                City Dog

                            My music

We didn't take time to see more sculptures. We could have spent another hour or so...

LOVELAND, COLORADO

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LOVELAND, COLORADO

ROUND PORCHES

Getting ready for Halloween 

More modern but fits somehow.

I think this is offices now.

Loveland is not that far from Cheyenne and we took a day to

search for the post office that has a WPA mural, and visit a beautiful sculpture garden.

Of course, when one has several obsessions, we got side tracked to porches, utility boxes.....

LOVELAND COLORADO UTILITY BOXES

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I was not my intention to look for utility boxes in Loveland, Colorado... I thought that Cheyenne, Wyo was the only city that was doing this.

The difference is that these boxes are "wrapped" instead of actually painted.

You can actually search for more utility box art on line.  I had no idea it was so popular...

OLD BARN

How old are you?

There a story in this old, forgotten barn...  It looks to me like maybe a place for a few horses?  There are remnants of stalls and place for hay over head...
I have driven past this place back off of the highway to Cleburne for many years.
I have driven to Cleburne because the "town" we live in has no left overs.  The old part of town was a rail stop from and to Fort Worth.
The few stores were shells for the most part when we moved here 30+ years ago. 
For a few brief years there was a hardware store that reminded me of Gun Smoke and other western TV shows.
It had a "raised" pay out area. I suspect the area was raised to over look the shoppers....  I hate to think that the sales people were watching for mischief...

As time went by, I watched what was happening around this bit of history.  Nothing much..  I think at one time there were a few horses grazing.

Then, the 21st century happened.  The town Joshua, never really grew until the last few years. I drive through it on the way to the "city" of Cleburne.
Now, there is a huge high school, with a separate building for 9th grade.  There is a huge football stadium.. Two large apartment complexes. A two story motel..

Slowly, buildings started popping up.  It would start with large equipment scraping  away plant life, and laying great slabs of concrete. Nothing small planned here. 
And the barn is still there.

One day, I just stopped and walked through weeds and dirt to the barn. It looks as if it was built with whatever was at hand.  But still standing.  Lacking doors and windows and patches of roof repair...
It looks as if whoever owns the barn fenced off an area.  I saw a horse inside the fence once....

Within weeks things began happening in the pasture.  Who knows what is going to cover more pasture land .  Who knows when the barn will be gone one day and the ground covered in concrete.

I kind of don't want to be around when it goes....

ROUND PORCHES CONTINUED

   Fitting quote, Carpe Diem; Seize the day

This is another not so round but qualifies for me. Mainly, cuz....  It is a chocolate candy store....  It is across from Koffee Kup Family Restaurant in Hico, Texas

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This house is so close to the street, I think it must have been there when they added this street.  The street is on the north side of the county court house. There is another street on the south side of the court house.

I think I put this on another blog...

I have no idea where this house is.  

Not a true "round" porch but close enough.  It looks as if it is being restored.

Taken from my car on a chilly morning. I think it is older and has been restored...The round porch is at the back.

Serendipity find.  Was waiting to pickup some take out and drove a few blocks and found this.  This one is not old, just using an old style blueprint.  I am so happy to see that others think old can be new again..

Double roof and double porch. I wonder if the high peaked roof means there might be bedrooms up there?

SHAMROCK ART

My niece and I stopped in this small town because it was time to stop and I just had to take more pictures.
To find a small, sleepy town splashed with color on nearly all the walls of buildings doesn't happen on a  "back road"
very often.
We had passed through this town the year before and breezed through thinking we would come this way again.
There are not a lot of buildings,
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Name of the cafe is U Drop Inn.The green windows are the cafe side and the left side is a replica of  gas station.

This is a fast food place, doesn't look as if it is open...

We were not sure if the business is still open...

The wonder of this art is staggering...

I don't know the reason for the cow

A mural of historic events of city

Homage to Vietnam Vets

I think this  place is still open..

Whoops! Here is a picture of the U Drop Inn showing the gas station  

A cafe we did not get a chance to try out.

These  pictures are sort of out of order, I was too busy taking pictures to care!

Paintings are tucked in all over this place

          

Secret's out, it is a motel that is still open to travelers.

This is a blocks long homage to vintage cars back in the Route 66 days

I don't think there are all 50 states but close!