Monday, September 7, 2009

Abandoned

Before work yesterday morning, I checked the Lens.Us.Together blog for this week's theme. All the way to work, I ran possibilities past my mind's eye. After putting in a half day, I headed to downtown Birmingham. I had decided it might be the best destination to find topics that would fulfill the theme, abandoned. My original plan was to take photos of empty streets since I knew no one would be working on a major holiday.

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 universe
is from order to disorder....everything eventually falls apart.

16 comments:

  1. 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.

    And can I quote you on the second law of thermodynamics thing?

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  2. I really like the last one, the forgotten chair. I wonder who whould sit out there in the grasses. take care, very nice blog.

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  3. LOVE 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.;))

    Still, the picture of the chair is my absolute favorite.

    xo

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  4. 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!

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  5. they 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.

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  6. I 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. :)

    My favorite is the chair out in the field with the wildflowers...amazing!

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  7. 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.

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  8. I 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!!

    (and thank you for your sidebar mention ~xox)

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  9. 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!

    By the way I enjoy visiting your thoughtful blog - there's always something to mull over!

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  10. Fabulous photos, Stevie .. I love the chair in the field .. that one deserves a frame

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  11. oh, chairs in a field....always good things. and of course I love the abandoned warehouses too.

    great shots.

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  12. Wonderful photos of abandonment Stevie!...the chair in the field just calls out to me especially...beautiful and somehow sad...

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  13. Great photos, Stevie. Wish I could've joined you. Love the warehouses and the chair shot. I'd say both embody abandoned very well.

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  14. I 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.

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  15. The chair is lovely among the green weeds in the field. Great eye you have my friend!

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  16. Wonderful photos! There is soemthimh mysterious about abandoned buildings

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