Abandoned and Forgotten
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Abandoned House
Abandoned house standing in the overgrown path
with faded (dull) gray sideboards,
that were once bright white with life.
Shutters hanging at awkward angles,
flapping in the wind,
banging against the house with creaking determination.
Darkened dusty windows,
looking sad and lonely,
yet forbidding entry
to passersby.
Door hanging ajar on it hinges,
as if the last exit was in haste.
Sagging roof with missing tiles,
hanging gutters,
proof of neglect
for many years.
Rotted porch,
sagging downward
with scattered broken furniture,
covered with cobwebs and debris.
Life has come and life has gone.
Time has gone by
with no one to tend it,
happiness in its past,
for it will never feel love again.
anne crawford
This is an abandoned village called Jazirat Al Hamra also known as Ghost Village located south of Ras Al Khaimah, UAE.
Many thanks to everyone who takes the time to look, like and comment on my pictures it's much appreciated.
SEEN IN EXPLORE
Been here once before and had to go back - had to have sunrise here.....will i ever go back - oh yes for dramatic clouds
Someday.
Someday I will remember where this picture was taken. I will return there and risk trespassing just to capture pictures of this lovely wreck. I will stand on tiptoes to peer in the windows and I will wade through brush and bramble to get the perfect shot.
I will; I will....
(Texture and technique courtesy of Distressed Jewell)
Another shot of this abandoned sauna, somewhere in Finland. Taken last month.
I will always remeber the first impression when I saw it the first time. I had the feeling of being in some kind of surreal dream.
I love that place.
Autumn and winter are great times to see the many abandoned millstones that are scattered beneath the famous gritstone edges of the eastern Dark Peak. During the summer months these iconic features tend to be hidden from view by bracken which grows prolifically in the area.
Millstone production, along with lead mining was one of the main medieval industries of the Peak District and the two main centres of production were above Hathersage and Baslow. Production is believed to have started as early as the 14th century, reaching its peak in the late 16th and 17th centuries. It was a huge industry.
Traditionally the stones were quarried by individual stone masons, each making about 16 pairs per year up on the hillside near to where the stone was quarried. They would then be transported down the hill and taken away by road or river. Peak District Millstones found their way all over the UK.
It is thought that the market for our local Peak District millstones disappeared very suddenly mid-18th century when white bread became fashionable. The gritstone of which they were made turned flour a grey colour, whereas it was found that French millstones were capable of producing white flour.
Dozens of millstones in production in the Peak District couldn’t be sold and still lie today exactly where they were produced – up on the hills below the gritstone edges.
The industry didn’t die without a fight by the local millstone workers who found themselves suddenly without work. As the French stones replace the local ones in the Derwent Valley, enraged workers attacked the mills and destroyed the stones. It was necessary to bring in military help to restore order.
The Millstone is now the symbol of the Peak District National Park. Enter the park on a main road and that chances are that you will see a great millstone standing on a stone mount indicating that you are now entering the Peak District.
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Abandoned homestead on the Snaefellsnes Peninsula, 2 hours + from Reykjavík and near the iconic view of Kirkjufell and Triple Falls.
Thanks for having a look!
Saw my son of the LAX to wave goodbye over the ocean and as I found a place to watch the plane take off I found this old abandoned boat ! lucky me!
A scene from my village Nikiforos Dramas, North Greece taken down during my first autumn outdoors photographic attempt for 2014 ... Abandoned, derelict houses, long forgotten even from their actual owners ... The scene was taken very early in the morning, just before sunrise, with the invaluable help of a monopod ... Nikiforos is a village that unfortunately has many such scenes to offer to one's eyes ...
Nevertheless I'll never cease to adore this place, mainly because of its quiet, peaceful character and of its simple, yet imposing and definitely unique architectural environment ...
I wish to all of you my friends a wonderful and photographically creative autumn season ....
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A totally different treatment than the one I posted earlier. I am happier with this one.
This is the same farmhouse that is visible in the "Lonely Farm" image, also recently posted.
Cropped off a bit of the bottom, too. This is one I am having a hard time letting go of.
Abandoned ~ Northern NB
I'm always in awe of the little things, like curtains still hanging.... were they not important enough to take?.... did they leave in a hurry?.. And the house number still hanging, as if waiting for visitors....
I'd love to go back to this one and peek inside
And none too happy about it, I think...
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