There is something beautiful, mournful, and even a bit haunting about abandoned buildings, and in the past we have published a number of posts and pictures of forgotten and forsaken places, HERE (the link includes this post, so scroll down when it opens). Plus, in 2018, we presented a special exhibit entitled "Alabandoned" -- all about the state of disrepair in the state of Alabama, HERE. Some great shots there, for sure!
Not that we're all living in quarantine to "flatten the curve" of the Coronavirus, our choices for daily outings are severely limited, but I did have the chance to drive around yesterday looking for old signs and forgotten buildings (though not all of them were abandoned). Take a look below.
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These mournful but captivating haunts called to mind these lines from Emily Dickinson: After a hundred years Nobody knows the Place Agony that enacted there Motionless as Peace Weeds triumphant ranged Strangers strolled and spelled At the lone Orthography Of the Elder Dead Winds of Summer Fields Recollect the way – Instinct picking up the Key Dropped by memory – | |
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