After driving back and forth, up and down one way streets for 2 1/2 hours, I headed home to download my pictures. As luck (or lack of skill) would have it, none of my street scenes made me happy. I finally decided on the best picture for the theme, posted it and you can see it here if you want to.Since I have oodles of other pictures, I thought I would post a few of them here.
These two abandoned buildings were in the warehouse district.I think there is a kind of beauty in the deterioration.
The last photo was taken close to home. I drove down a road that has fallen into disuse since a newer larger straighter road was built about 10 years ago. I found abandoned tires, an abandoned boarded up house, lots of potholes, and this....a ladder back chair out in the middle of a field of grass..nothing else around it...no house...no nothing....just the chair....
Second Law of Thermodynamics: the natural progression of the universeis from order to disorder....everything eventually falls apart.
I love picture #3, beautiful beautiful!!! I love crumbling old things. And the color is so rich and the empty windows like eyes that no longer see.
ReplyDeleteAnd can I quote you on the second law of thermodynamics thing?
I really like the last one, the forgotten chair. I wonder who whould sit out there in the grasses. take care, very nice blog.
ReplyDeleteLOVE all the pictures, they fit the theme so well. Even the one you linked too is absolutely great. There is no luck of skill at all, if you ask me.;))
ReplyDeleteStill, the picture of the chair is my absolute favorite.
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The chair is wonderful Stevie! I love old abandoned buildings and houses as my mind can picture them as past beauties full of life and people!
ReplyDeletethey don't make buildings like they used to. The brick work on that one warehouse sure is great. Now days they build them to fall down. So many are just big metal shells. Intersting photos.
ReplyDeleteI love the brickwork on that abandoned building...so beautiful with all of that detail! I always imagine those warehouses being refurbished into condos ...probably from watching HGTV. :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is the chair out in the field with the wildflowers...amazing!
All of these photos are wonderful.. it depicts your post title so well. I love that chair out in the field. It's a great shot.
ReplyDeleteI agree, Stevie. There is beauty in the aging and patina of these old buildings. Your drive downtown was well worth the effort! Great shots, girl!!
ReplyDelete(and thank you for your sidebar mention ~xox)
Great photos - those abandoned buildings look sturdy and handsome - is there any chance of them being renovated? The picture of the lone chair in the field opens up so many questions - its amazing what people throw away, and why and where!
ReplyDeleteBy the way I enjoy visiting your thoughtful blog - there's always something to mull over!
Fabulous photos, Stevie .. I love the chair in the field .. that one deserves a frame
ReplyDeleteoh, chairs in a field....always good things. and of course I love the abandoned warehouses too.
ReplyDeletegreat shots.
Wonderful photos of abandonment Stevie!...the chair in the field just calls out to me especially...beautiful and somehow sad...
ReplyDeleteGreat photos, Stevie. Wish I could've joined you. Love the warehouses and the chair shot. I'd say both embody abandoned very well.
ReplyDeleteI love your pictures. Old buildings have such a charm about them. I must say though that the chair in the field is stunning. I sometimes feel like going and sitting in a place like that. Nice and quiet and hopefully not buggy. I think you achieved your goal with the abandonment.
ReplyDeleteThe chair is lovely among the green weeds in the field. Great eye you have my friend!
ReplyDeleteWonderful photos! There is soemthimh mysterious about abandoned buildings
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